New Delhi, Jan. 26: The UPA government is planning an emergency recruitment drive to meet the shortfall of Indian Police Service Officers, the first such emergency exercise in post-Independence India.
The Union home ministry is finalising a proposal to hold special examinations for direct recruitment of officers from the Central Police Organisations (CPOs) and Central Paramilitary Forces (CPFs) to induct them into the elite IPS.
Union home minister P. Chidambaram had last year said the acute shortage of IPS officers was a result of neglect between 1999 to 2004, the period when the BJP-led NDA government was in power.
The UPA government’s plan is to recruit 70 IPS officers per year for 10 years as part of the competitive examinations to be conducted by the Union Public Service Commission. The ministry is likely to finalise its proposal in a fortnight.
Namrata Biji Ahuja