Bengaluru: Deputy Chief Minister Dr. G. Parameshwara, who is also the Home Minister, has assured that salaries of Police Constables will be increased to match the salaries of Revenue Inspectors. Speaking to media persons after chairing a progress review meeting with senior officials of Home Department at the office of City Police Commissioner here recently, the Dy.CM said that he had already recommended the State Government to ensure better salary for Police constables. He said that new pay scale will be implemented in the Sixth Pay Commission. The pay scale of Policemen has been revised based on reports submitted to the government by senior Police Officer Raghavendra Auradkar-led Committee. This Committee was constituted by the State Government in 2016 to study the pay scales of Policemen. However, the State Government has provided a monthly allowance of Rs. 2,000 to Policemen even before the committee recommendations, he added. Parameshwara said that as many as 75,000 Police constables have been working as against the sanctioned 1.06 lakh posts. This means, over 18,331 Police personnel are working against the sanctioned 24,875 posts in Bengaluru Commissionerate alone. Still, 6,500 posts are vacant in Bengaluru. Recently, the government had recruited one-and-a-half thousand Policemen and they are at present undergoing training. The Dy.CM further said that State Government is also spending Rs. 2,872 crore for the construction of Police quarters at various places. These accommodation facilities will be constructed in three stages.
Police tighten night patrolling network
