MHA | Modernisation of State Police Forces

PIB News Update: Union Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, in a written reply to a question regarding modernization of state police forces, in Lok Sabha today, said that Government of India has, on 27.09.2017, approved implementation of the umbrella scheme of ‘Modernization of Police Forces (MPF)’.  The umbrella scheme has two verticals – Security Related Expenditure (SRE) of specific theatres & Modernization of Police Forces.

Informing about the salient features of the scheme, Shri Reddy stated that under the Modernization of Police Forces vertical, central assistance will be provided to the State Governments for weapons, equipment for Forensics, Information Technology, Communication, Training, etc. To facilitate targeted interventions, ‘mobility’ and ‘construction of police infrastructure including housing’ are permitted only in cases of Jammu & Kashmir, insurgency affected North Eastern (NE) States and Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Districts.

Further, three Himalayan States, namely, Jammu & Kashmir, Uttarakhand and Himachal Pradesh and 8 North Eastern States including Sikkim are eligible to receive financial assistance on 90:10 Centre:State sharing basis.  The remaining States are eligible for financial assistance on 60:40 Centre:State sharing basis. There are specific projects in the North-East region. The approved central outlay for the 3 year period from 2017-18 to 2019-20 is Rs. 7,380 crores.

State-wise details of funds allocated under the sub-scheme of ‘Assistance to States for Modernization of Police’ during the last year, i.e. 2018-19 and the current year, i.e. 2019-20:

(in Rs. Crore)

S.No.	State	2018-19	2019-20
1.	Andhra Pradesh	26.48	24.46
2.	Arunachal Pradesh	4.25	3.92
3.	Assam	28.57	26.4
4.	Bihar	29.90	27.62
5.	Chhattisgarh	10.52	9.72
6.	Goa	1.11	1.03
7.	Gujarat	27.69	25.58
8.	Haryana	12.43	11.48
9.	Himachal Pradesh	3.79	3.5
10.	Jammu & Kashmir*	43.19	39.9
11.	Jharkhand	9.97	9.21
12.	Karnataka	41.53	38.37
13.	Kerala	17.44	16.11
14.	Madhya Pradesh	29.34	27.11
15.	Maharashtra	51.00	47.11
16.	Manipur	10.34	9.55
17.	Meghalaya	4.07	3.75
18.	Mizoram	5.16	4.77
19.	Nagaland	11.63	10.74
20.	Odisha	16.89	15.6
21.	Punjab	17.77	16.42
22.	Rajasthan	33.83	31.26
23.	Sikkim	1.92	1.77
24.	Tamil Nadu	37.70	34.84
25.	Tripura	8.49	7.84
26.	Telangana	18.93	17.48
27.	Uttar Pradesh	68.39	63.19
28.	Uttarakhand	3.64	3.37
29.	West Bengal	31.28	28.9
	Sub-total	607.25	561
	Contingency Reserve	38.45	39.57
	Mega City Policing	45.00	32.025
	PMU**	1.40	0.45
	Incentive for Police Reform	76.90	158.26
	Separate Project***	(9.08)	20
Grand Total		769.00	811.30

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*     Funds released prior to formation of UTs.

**   Programme Management Unit

*** Greyhounds Training Centre in Andhra Pradesh.

States are encouraged to utilize the funds released under the scheme on time. If utilization certificates due in respect of the amount released are not received by 31^st December of the current financial year from a State or States, then the remaining un-allocated amount of such State(s) is pooled and released to better performing States, which have no pending/overdue Utilization Certificates. State-wise details of funds allocated and released under the Scheme of Assistance to States for Modernization of Police during 2018-19 and the current year i.e. 2019-20 are at Annexure. UTs are not part of the Scheme.