Trip of IPS probationers to Japan cancelled due to fund crunch

A trip of more than 100 IPS probationers to Japan for specialised training has been cancelled by the government owing to financial constraints. However, the Indian Police Service officers, who are undergoing training at the SVP National Police Academy, Hyderabad, will travel to Singapore for a similar training programme next week.

A Home Ministry official said the Academy has expressed its inability to bear the expenses for the Japan leg of the trip and hence decided to cancel it with government's nod. The NPA was supposed to bear the cost of travel of the young officers and the Japanese authorities would have taken care of their food, accommodation and travel within that country. "However, the cost of a round trip of more than 100 people to Japan alone would have been quite substantial which led to the cancellation of the trip," the official said. The Japanese authorities are said to be unhappy with India's decision and reportedly lodged a complaint saying they have already made arrangement for the training of the IPS officers and other logistics.