New Delhi: Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs has mandated the various state governments, via a letter, to nominate/recommend more IPS officers against the available vacancies (around 240 senior posts) in the paramilitary and central agencies. The letters were addressed to all states except all union territories, Himachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Sikkim and Tripura, requesting them to forward “sufficient nominations” at the ranks of Superintendent of Police (SP) to the Inspector General (IG) to strengthen the central agencies.
There are a total of 239 vacancies across 17 police and security-related organisations – one each vacancy for Director General and Special DG, two for Additional DG, 25 for IG, 81 for Deputy IG and 129 SPs. The highest number of vacancies are in the Intelligence Bureau (IB), where there are vacancies of one IG, 33 DIGs and 50 SPs. In CBI, there are three vacant posts of DIG and 54 SPs. The National Investigation Agency has 19 vacancies – one ADG, four IG, one DIG and 13 SPs – while BSF has vacancies of six IGs and ten DIGs.
