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POLICE BUDGET

Expenditure on States/UTs Police & CentralPolice Forces State Wise Data on:

l Police Expenditure

l Training Expenditure

l Modernization Grants

l Housing Expenditure

Law & Order and Police are state list subjectsas per division of subjects between the Union &the States, under our constitution (Schedule-VII).Therefore, States are competent and responsiblefor maintenance of Police Force according totheir requirement.

This chapter attempts to provide informationregarding the total Budget for States, Expenditureof States/UTs Police Forces,, Police TrainingExpenditure, expenditure of some Central PoliceForces (CPFs) maintained by the Government ofIndia, Modernization Grants made available topolice by the Central Government and the StateGovernments and Police Housing Expenditurealong with percentage level of satisfaction of familyaccommodation.

Police Expenditure as %age of Total StateBudget

Data on total budget for States has beenreceived from 27 States/UTs only. Using this dataPolice Expenditure as percentage of State Budgethas been estimated for 27 states. At nationallevel the trend for police expenditure aspercentage of State Budget comes out to be 3.17.

Details are given in Table No. 5.1 (Page No. 83)

Expenditure on Central Police Forces (CPFs)

Central Police Forces are raised andmaintained by the Ministry of Home Affairs,Government of India to perform duties likeguarding of International borders of the country,providing security to the vital installations andrendering need based assistance to the States/

UTs for the maintenance of Law and Order andInternal Security. Railway Protection Force,maintained by the Ministry of Railways has alsobeen included in this category. Its role is limitedto providing security and maintenance of orderon Railways and their passengers/goods areasalong with the Government Railway Police (GRP)of the states as per defined demarcation of theirrole.

Data on some Central Police Forces (CPFs)for the last 9 years i.e. from 2000-01 to 2008-09,has been tabulated in Table No. 5.2 (Page No. 84)

An analysis of data on CPFs for last 4 yearsas shown below, reveals an increase of 68.5% inthe expenditure of Central Police Force (CPFs)from Rs. 11529.78 crores in 2005-06 to 19426.10crores in 2008-09 at all India level.

The maximum increase of 149.5% wasobserved in Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP)followed by (113.3%) in Sashtra Seema Bal(SSB)and 91.4% in Central Reserve Police Force(CRPF) during the last four years.

CPFs 2005-06 2008-09 % Change

Assam Rifles 1314.17 2018.23 53.6%

Border Security Force

3560.46 5462.22 53.4%

Central Industrial Security Force

1134.07 2170.22 91.4%

Central Reserve Police Force

3228.73 5477.87 69.7%

Indo-Tibetan Border Police

576.25 1437.58 149.5%

National Security Guard

141.98 210.45 48.2%

Railway Protection Force

992.14 1408.16 41.9%

Sashtra Seema Bal 581.98 1241.37 113.3%

Total 11529.78 19426.10 68.5%

Expenditure of States/UTs Police Forces

The sanctioned strength of Civil PoliceForces has shown an significant increase of21.35%, from 1619163 in 2008 over 13,34,344in 2007 and the expenditure on State Police Forceshas also increased by 20.9% from Rs. 26,269crores (INR 262.69 Billions) in 2007-08 to Rs.31,748 crores (INR 317.48 Billions) in 2008-09.

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However, during the same period police trainingexpenditure has decreased from Rs.413 crores(INR 4.13 Billions) in 2007-08 to Rs. 366 crores(INR 3.66 Billions) in 2008-09 showing decreaseby 11.4%. The expenditure on police housing hasincreased from Rs. 862.1 crores (INR 8.621Billions) in 2007-08 to Rs. 897.9 crores (INR 8.979Billions) in 2008-09 showing a marginal increaseof 4.2%. Details are given in Tables No. - 5.3(Page No. 85).

simulators, forensic training labs, gymnasia,computer labs, swimming pools, auditorium,assault / obstacles courses etc.

The modern training classrooms are alsohaving audio - visual facilities. The National PoliceCommission as well as Padmanbhaiah Committeeand the committee headed by Union HomeSecretary to review all the recommendations ofvarious committee/Commissions on PoliceReforms have unanimously recommended toimprove the police training after recruitment aswell as the in-service training for the policepersonnel. The present trend in police expenditureis in accordance with these recommendations.But it is still much less than the amount requiredto be spent to ensure timely and periodical skillupgradation of the police personnel.

Modernization Grants to State Police Forces

The modernization grants to state policeforces, allocated under the MPF Scheme of MHA,are especially meant to upgrade the infrastructureof the state police forces in order to improve theircapabilities to meet the emerging challenges tointernal security in the form of terrorism, extremism,naxalism etc besides improving efficiency andeffectiveness of police in general. The focus ofthe scheme is on strengthening the policeinfrastructure by way of construction of secureand people friendly Police Stations, Police Posts,improved mobility, modern weaponry,communication equipment, modern traffic controlequipment and introduction of computerization ina big way and police housing.

At All India Level the grants made availableto the police forces in financial year 2007-08 bythe Central Government and State Governmentand the total amount utilized for modernization bythe State Government for State Police Forces isshown below: Details are given in Table - 5.4.(Page No. 86)

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EXPENDITURE ON STATES/UTs POLICE FORCE (RS. IN CRORES) 2007-08 2008-09 Percentage change Total Police Exp. 26,269 31,748 20.9% Police Training Exp. 413 366 (-) 11.4% Police Housing Exp. 862 898 4.2% Training Exp. as % of 1.57% 1.15% Total Police Exp. Housing Exp. as % of 3.28% 2.83% Total Police Exp.

Expenditure on Police Training

An amount of Rs. 366 crores (INR 3.66Billions) was spent on police training at all Indialevel 2008-09 which was only 1.15% of the totalpolice expenditure of Rs. 31,748 crores (INR317.48 Billions), which is slightly less than 1.57%of total police expenditure of Rs. 26,269 crores(INR 262.69 Billions), incurred on police trainingduring 2007-08.

Expenditure on Police Training during 2001to 2008 has shown an increasing trend except2003 and 2008 as shown in graph below, whichis due to the funding under Modernization of PoliceForces Scheme (MPF Scheme) started by theMinistry of Home Affairs jointly with the states witheffect from the financial year 2000-01. Moderntraining complexes have been constructed or arebeing constructed and equipped with the latesttraining gadgets like firing simulators, driving

Modernization grants* - 2007-08 (Rs. In crores) Central Govt 1130.47 State Govts 252.78 Utilized for Modernization 1170.72 *excluding Bihar & Maharashtra

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The total Modernization grants (Central &State share) for the last eight years i.e. from 2000-01 to 2007-08 have been shown in Graph below.

It is interesting to note that the modernizationgrants have increased over the years except for2003. The police infrastructure deficiency studyconducted by the BPR&D in the year 2000 haddepicted deficiencies under various heads whichneeded about Rs. 30,000 crores (INR 300 Billions),at the then prevailing price levels, over ten yearsto remove it. During these eight years (2000-07)under the Police Modernization of State PoliceForces Scheme (MPF Scheme) around Rs. 7500crores (INR 75 Billions) have already been spent

on modernization. Therefore, in order to removethe deficiency gap the MPF scheme should allocatesufficient funds to meet the deficiency level in areasonable period. MHA is seized of this and ismaking suitable efforts for this purpose. The StateGovernments will also have to ensure theirmatching contribution and timely utilization of thetotal funds allocated under the scheme to improvethe overall Police functioning and consequentquality of Police service to the public at large.

Expenditure on Police Housing

A marginal decrease was noticed in thepercentage share of police housing expenditurefrom 3.28% in 2007-08 to 2.83% during 2008-09of the total police expenditure on state policeforces at all India level. The national average ofpercent level of satisfaction of familyaccommodation as on 1.1.2009, for the GazettedOfficers(GOs) was 23.60%, for the UpperSubordinates 29.11% and for Lower Subordinatesit was 24.78%.

The percentage level of housing satisfactionfor family accommodation over the last eight yearsis shown in the Table below.

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PERCENTAGE LEVEL OF SATISFACTION FOR FAMILY ACCOMODATION(DURING 2001 TO 2008)

Year Total Strength (Civil + Armed) Family Quarters % Satisfaction Level

DGP to Dy. SP (GOs)

Insp. to ASI

Head Const. &

Const.

Total DGP to Dy. SP (GOs)

Insp. to ASI

Head Const. & Const.

Total DGP to Dy. SP

Insp. to ASI

Head Const. & Const.

Total (National Level)

2001 13024 177484 1302813 1493321 2841 62648 357903 423392 21.81% 35.30% 27.47% 28.35%

2002 14292 178464 1277020 1469776 3350 55939 372578 431867 23.44% 31.34% 29.18% 29.38%

2003 13530 182093 1300653 1496276 3503 56447 390830 450780 25.89% 31.00% 30.05% 30.13%

2004 13865 183607 1332917 1530389 8865 44191 389688 442744 63.94% 24.07% 29.24% 28.93%

2005 14121 194921 1370655 1579697 8627 48279 406653 463559 61.09% 24.77% 29.67% 29.34%

2006 14601 205304 1412746 1632651 8683 53782 428732 491197 59.46% 26.19% 30.34% 30.08%

2007 15988 221686 1508541 1746215 8727 55275 438506 502508 54.58% 24.93% 29.07% 28.78%

2008 16974 244473 1794594 2056041 4006 71175 444722 519903 23.60% 29.11% 24.78% 25.29%

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The percentage satisfaction level of familyaccommodation for Gazetted Officers (GOs)has substantially decreased from 54.6% in theyear 2007 to 23.6% in 2008 (excluding the Statesof Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh) whilethe percentage satisfaction level of UpperSubordinates has increased from 24.9% to29.1% in year 2008. The percentage levelsatisfaction of Lower Subordinates level has infact, decreased from 29.1% in the year 2007 to24.8% in the year 2008. The main reason for the

decrease in the percentage level satisfaction andrelatively lower satisfaction rate for Lower and UpperSubordinates is due to significant increase in thetotal strength of Upper Subordinates and LowerSubordinate in the State Police Forces sanctionedby the States/UTs during the last eight years. Overall,the rising trend of availability of total number ofhouses for police personnel is an encouragingdevelopment though much more action and atfaster pace too, is desired for this purpose. Detailsare given in Table - 5.5 (Page No. 87)

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Sl. No. States / UTs. Total Budget

for State

Total Police

Expenditure

Total

Expenditure on PoliceTraining

Police

Expenditure as% of State

Budget

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6)

1 Andhra Pradesh 100,831.80 2,185.63 36.01 2.17

2 Arunachal Pradesh 6,146.31 159.26 7.77 2.59

3 Assam 17,485.89 941.58 14.44 5.38

4 Bihar NA 1,400.35 5.03 NA

5 Chhatisgarh 18,285.80 605.41 0.39 3.31

6 Goa 5,079.47 129.78 0.51 2.55

7 Gujarat 48,983.99 1,139.42 8.44 2.33

8 Haryana 28,765.85 813.56 11.84 2.83

9 Himachal Pradesh 14,502.42 305.34 0.43 2.11

10 Jammu & Kashmir 19,077.00 1,405.35 20.00 7.37

11 Jharkhand NA 1,252.73 0.83 NA

12 Karnataka NA 1,325.08 16.32 NA

13 Kerala 30,636.80 995.38 12.93 3.25

14 Madhya Pradesh 44,498.21 1,256.55 27.09 2.82

15 Maharashtra 99,562.62 2,720.49 24.84 2.73

16 Manipur 4,142.41 315.75 0.26 7.62

17 Meghalaya 3,592.57 188.00 0.00 5.23

18 Mizoram 3,199.37 211.50 8.36 6.61

19 Nagaland 4,257.87 498.00 8.67 11.70

20 Orissa NA 924.18 10.83 NA

21 Punjab NA 1,700.18 19.30 NA

22 Rajasthan 40,884.77 1,196.01 17.03 2.93

23 Sikkim 3,484.83 89.07 1.08 2.56

24 Tamil Nadu 66,140.94 1,922.03 0.60 2.91

25 Tripura 5,248.76 412.13 3.84 7.85

26 Uttar Pradesh NA 4,227.99 47.70 NA

27 Uttarakhand NA 441.41 3.00 NA

28 West Bengal 52,092.73 1,176.02 5.53 2.26

29 A&N Islands 2,733.92 127.54 3.34 4.67

30 Chandigarh 1,852.15 101.20 0.40 5.46

31 D&N Haveli NA 7.29 0.00 NA

32 Daman & Diu 702.80 4.22 0.00 0.60

33 Delhi 20,200.00 1,490.26 49.54 7.38

34 Lakshadweep 565.76 9.24 0.00 1.63

35 Puducherry 2,979.18 70.37 0.07 2.36

All India ** 645,934.22 31,748.30 366.42 3.17

NA: Not Available

** All India total of State Budget and average of Police Expenditure as percent of State Budget excludes the States of Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Dadra & Nagar Haveli.