Gujarat Police No. 1 in bullying, barely 50% score against other state police

Gandhinagar, 16 April 2021

Gujarat has been pushed to the 8th position in the police department among the 18 important states of the country. Gujarat Police gets a score of 5.14 out of 10 compared to other states in the country. Thus, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, who is in charge of the Gujarat Home Department, and his assistant Minister of State for Home Pradeep Jadeja get a 50 per cent score of the police. Gujarat is being pushed back in the practice of police. Both leaders have failed to modernize the police.

Budgets State value State score (out of 10) Worst value Best Value State rank
Modernisation fund used (%, 2019-20) 27 3.41 0 129 8
Spend on police per person (Rs, 2017-18) 701 2.41 500 1,786 11
Spend on training per personnel (Rs, 2019-20) 5232 3.99 0 15,745 13
Human Resources
Constables, vacancy (%, Jan 2020) 20.8 5.33 40.1 2.9 12
Officers, vacancy (%, Jan 2020) 22.6 5.83 48.8 8.6 9
Officers in civil police (%, Jan 2020) 18.1 5.34 9.7 27.1 5
Diversity
Share of women in police (%, Jan 2020) 11.7 3.94 5.1 25.3 5
Share of women in officers (%, Jan 2020) 9 3.64 2.4 24.8 7
SC officers, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020) 163 10 39 163 1
SC constables, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020) 124 10 56 127 1
ST constables, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020) 99 9.88 0 259 9
OBC officers, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020) 66 5.58 30 164 12
OBC constables, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020) 79 5.34 60 214 12
1 out of 5 police personnel are missing at both constable and officer level. Compared to last year (IJR 2019), the state has reduced its vacancy at both the levels.

ST officers, actual to reserved ratio (%, Jan 2020)919.2101865