Amid endless reports of corruption in the appointment of lower rung police personnel in the states and the central paramilitary forces, the Centre has decided to adopt a transparent hiring policy that will leave no room for “discretion”.
The process has begun for recruitments to the central paramilitary forces while the state governments have been asked to follow suit.
The recruitment policy, which is a part of the National Police Mission, was approved at a meeting of the home ministry’s consultative committee on Monday. According to a source, the policy will use the latest available technology to eradicate malpractice.
The Centre has adopted the model of the Uttar Pradesh government, where a massive recruitment scandal had taken place a few years ago. Uttar Pradesh had adopted its new policy three months back.
Ministry sources said the UP model played an important role because a UP-cadre police officer was handling the subject under the National Police Mission. She enforced the new policy on a priority basis after orders were issued recently to repatriate her to her parent state.
The UPA government has been repeatedly requesting states to fill up the over two lakh vacancies for constables. The new policy would help improve the police-public ratio in the country.
Presently, this ratio stands at 1.25 policemen per 1000 people, against the United Nations norm of 2.2 policemen per 1000. Among the states, Bihar is at the bottom of the table with only 0.57 policemen per 1000 people.
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