11 years to fill IPS gap

Recruitment through the Limited Competitive Exam has to be in addition to the 130 recruitments that need to be made annually over the next 11 years, he added.

Till January 1 this year,IPS was 557 officers short of its sanctioned strength of 3,889,314 out of whom fell in the direct recruitment quota.

The report confirms my conclusion that there was grave neglect in determining the number of candidates to be recruited to the IPS in the Civil Services Examination during the 1999-2002 period,and that,as against the number of 85,only 36 candidates were recruited each year,resulting in a shortfall of 49 candidates a year or a total shortfall of 196 candidates, Union Home Minister P Chidambaram said on Friday.

I have to regretfully point out that the damage can be repaired only over a period of 11 years. I have directed that the report be processed expeditiously and placed before the competent authority for appropriate decisions, the Home Minister added.