Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Nityanand Rai on Tuesday informed Lok Sabha in awritten reply that the Government has increased the recruitment to IPS (Direct Recruitment) from 150 to 200 from Civil Services Examination (CSE)2020.
On the question of Lom Sabha MP Dr Pon Gautham
Sigamani, Nityanand Rai informed Lower House that the vacancies in the service are caused due to factors such as retirement, resignation, death, removal of service etc. As on 01.01.2022, the authorized strength of Indian Police Service (IPS) officers is 4,984 against which 4,120 IPS officers are in position.