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Indian Express
14-07-2025
- Politics
- Indian Express
Punjab gets eight new DGPs: Promotion includes two women officers; total DGP-rank officers in state now 20
The Punjab government has promoted eight Indian Police Service (IPS) officers of the 1994 batch to the rank of Director General of Police (DGP). The list includes two women officers, Neerja Vohra and Anita Punj. Notably, Punj has been promoted alongside her husband, Praveen Kumar Sinha, marking a rare instance of a couple both holding the DGP rank in the state police. The other officers elevated to the top police rank are Naresh Kumar, Ram Singh, Sudhanshu Srivastava, V. Chandrashekhar, and Amardeep Singh Rai. All of them were serving at the Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) level prior to this promotion. With these elevations, the total number of DGP-rank officers in Punjab has risen to 20. As per the provision and notification of the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, Punjab has two sanctioned posts of DGP. The notification, issued in 2010 by the Centre under the All India Services Act, 1951 (LXI of 1951), read with sub-rules (1) and (2) of rule 4 of the Indian Police Service (Cadre) Rules, 1954, was framed in consultation with the Government of Punjab. It specifies that the state can have one DGP as the head of the police force and one DGP for home guards and civil defence. Under existing rules and DoPT guidelines, IPS officers are eligible for promotion to the ranks of Inspector General (IG), ADGP, and DGP upon completing 18, 25, and 30 years of service respectively.
New Indian Express
23-05-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
Telangana's IPS cadre strength increased from 139 to 151
HYDERABAD: After a nine-year gap, the Union government has reviewed the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre in Telangana, increasing its sanctioned strength from 139 to 151. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) issued a gazette notification to this effect on Thursday. As per the revised cadre strength, the number of senior duty posts for the state has increased from 76 to 83. The last cadre review was conducted in April 2016, prior to the formation of new districts. In the latest review, the Centre has sanctioned posts of Superintendent of Police (SP) for eight newly formed districts: Jayashankar Bhupalpally, Kumurambheem Asifabad, Nirmal, Jagtial, Rajanna Sircilla, Kamareddy, Bhadradri Kothagudem and Mahbubabad districts. Additionally, the post of Commissioner of Police for Rachakonda has also been sanctioned. Changes also include the removal of the SP post in Rangareddy district and its addition in Vikarabad. Similarly the SP post in Warangal has been removed. The Centre has also revoked the posts of Additional Superintendent of Police (Operations) for Bellampally-Adilabad and Kothagudem. The notification stated: 'In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 3 of the All India Services Act, 1951, read with sub-rule (1) and (2) of Rule 4 of the Indian Police Service (cadre) Rules, 1954, the Union government, in consultation with the Government of Telangana, is amending the Indian Police Service (fixation of cadre strength) Regulations, 1955. These regulations may be called the Indian Police Service (Fixation of Cadre Strength) Sixth Amendment Regulations, 2025.' Telangana had 112 IPS posts at the time of its formation. This was increased to 139 in 2016, and has now been further revised to 151.
