Mission Shakti 5.0 rolls put, Uttar Pradesh DGP lists comprehensive directives to all police stations

Under the new guidelines, each Mission Shakti centre will be headed by an officer-in-charge or sub-inspector, preference to be given to women, and supported by one to four additional sub-inspectors, four to 15 constables with at least 50 percent women, one or two female home guards and counsellors where required. Staff posted to these centres will typically serve three to five years, and trained personnel will be eligible for transfer.

Station house officers have been asked to make a dedicated room available with basic infrastructure such as a computer, records, stationery and a women’s toilet, and to ensure the centre is operational within two weeks of formal launch.

Responsibilities of Mission Shakti Centres

The centres will function as women’s outposts embedded within existing police stations: they will receive and prioritise complaints from women, investigate sensitive cases, maintain parallel records of FIRs and preventive actions, ensure timely medical examinations and raids where necessary, and coordinate referrals for legal aid, rehabilitation and compensation.

The order emphasises timely and sensitive disposal of matters, mandatory counselling in selected cases such as alleged elopements or where allegations may be false, and regular awareness programmes on women’s safety and cyber security. Centres are also expected to run prevention activities including Anti-Romeo squads, women-beat plans and self-defence classes. The guidelines include ensuring sensitivity, promptness, and priority towards complainants from women.

Responsibilities of designated officers

A clear supervisory structure has been prescribed. Range IGs and IGPs are to act as change agents, implementing the system and conducting inspections, while zonal ADGs will be overall supervisors for Mission Shakti operations in their zones. Police commissioners and district superintendents must appoint APS-level nodal officers to oversee implementation, review centre performance in monthly crime review meetings and ensure adequate human, financial and infrastructural resources. The nodal officers will propose personnel transfers between centres; transfers, inductions or de-inductions of sub-inspectors and constables are not to be made without the nodal officer’s recommendation and review by the district establishment board.

Responsibilities of the centre in-charge

Centre in-charges are responsible for ensuring adequate staffing and resources, establishing district-level coordination with social welfare, health and education departments and judicial authorities, and supervising regular training and capacity-building programmes for subordinate personnel. They must identify cases that require professional psychological counselling and arrange appropriate care, assess one-stop centre capacity, and ensure the Mission Shakti in-charge’s mobile number is disseminated at the village level to improve accessibility.

Responsibilities of Assistant Police Commissioner/Area Officer

Assistant police commissioners and area officers will act as assistant nodal officers, monitoring the performance of all Mission Shakti centres in their circle, conducting surprise inspections, reviewing monthly or fortnightly progress reports and analysing crime trends to recommend preventive measures. They are also to help ensure that centres have the necessary human, financial and infrastructural support.

Responsibilities of Police Commissioner/SP/DSP

Police commissioners, superintendents of police and deputy superintendents are designated as the key supervisors for Mission Shakti centres in their jurisdictions and must ensure these units are set up and made fully operational within two weeks. They will appoint APS-level officers as district or commissionerate nodal officers and supervise their work, define district-level strategies for women’s and child safety, and provide clear implementation directions. These senior officers are required to review the performance and problems of centre heads in monthly crime review meetings, take decisions based on subordinate reports and issue corrective instructions where needed, and guarantee that adequate human, financial and infrastructural resources are available. They are also responsible for establishing district-level coordination with government departments, judicial authorities and other stakeholders to ensure victims receive comprehensive support services.

Responsibilities of Zonal ADG

Zonal Additional Directors General of Police will act as the supreme supervisors for the Mission Shakti roll-out across all districts in their zone, holding overall responsibility for training, certification and performance monitoring. They must ensure that nodal officers and centre personnel complete

Quarterly review of centre operation

The Women & Child Safety Organization, will implement the system and provide training material on the IGOT Karmayogi portal. All personnel must complete mandated Karmayogi certification within one month, and district nodal officers will plan ongoing refresher and capacity-building programmes. They will also conduct quarterly reviews of centre operations and supply standardised guidelines, pamphlets and hoarding formats to districts for awareness campaigns.