Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Aug 21: The state home department has set the process of recruiting 8,500 policemen to strengthen its police force. Home minister, K J George, said that his department has decided to make appointment 8,500 additional personnel to the department, and that a proposal on this plan has already been submitted to finance department.
He said that state chief minister, Siddaramaiah, has already agreed in-principle for the appointment of fresh batch of 8,500 policemen. “I will soon hold consultation with the secretary in finance department and get the department's nod for the proposal, and then set into motion the process of appointing 8,500 more people afresh,” he added.
The minister noted that about 22,000 posts have remained unfilled in police department as of date, and that the government proposes to fill this gap and also the vacancies arising out of annual retirements by making 8,500 new appointments to police force every year.
He said that in order to stop delays in completion of the process of appointment process, rules will be framed to the effect that names of those who pass physical fitness tests are added to the waiting list for being considered in the next batch of appointments.
The minister noted that during every process, the number of applications received is 20 to 30 times of the number of vacancies. All these candidates undergo written tests, physical fitness tests, verification of documents etc, after which only the number of people necessary are absorbed from out of those who clear them. “Instead of following this long process every time, we propose to keep those who have passed physical fitness test in waiting list for one to two years and consider them for appointment as and when new vacancies arise and appointments are made,” he explained.
He said that it has been decided to enhance the holiday allowance being given to policemen working on holidays to Rs 400 from the previous Rs 200. The chief minister has agreed for this proposal, and orders would be issued soon on this subject, he clarified. The minister said that daily honorarium payable to home guards volunteers has been raised from Rs 300 per day to Rs 400 in the city, and for other centres in the state, honorarium has been hiked to Rs 325 from the earlier Rs 250.