Category Governance and Law

A Case for Police and Judicial Reforms in India

Profile of Indian Police 

Total Strength of State Police : 2.63 million 

Total Strength of Central Armed Police Forces : 1.10 million 

Total number of Police Stations: 17.379 

Total number of Police Outposts : 8.992 

Police per hundred thousand population: 193.95(S) /152.51(A) 

Population per Policeman :515.59 

Policemen per 100 sq km area: 80.07 

Women Police total strength: 2,17,026 (10.49 % of total)

Law and Public Policy Discourses: Valedictory Session

LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two- Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. An informative and interactive valedictory session was taken by Shri Surendranath Tripathi, retired IAS Officer and Director General of the Indian Institute of Public Administration based in New Delhi.

Careers in Law & Public Policy

LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two- Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. An informative and interactive panel discussion on “Careers in Law & Public Policy” was held by Advocate Sanchita Ain.

Consumer Rights 

LPPYF Law and Public Policy Youth Fellowship is an Online National Summer School Program, a Two- Month Online Immersive Legal Awareness & Action Research Certificate Training Course and Internship Program, from June-August 2023 by IMPRI Impact and Policy Research Institute. An informative and interactive panel discussion on “Consumer Rights” was held by Adv. Dr. Shalu Nigam, an Advocate, Author, Researcher under the themes of Gender and Human Rights and visiting senior fellow at IMPRI.

Gender and Public Policies In India

Prof. Patel started with the reservation policy which is affirmative action to compensate for historical injustices. The Indian constitution provides provisions which allows the Union government and the states and territories of India to set reserved quotas or seats, at a particular percentage in Education admissions, employments, political bodies, promotions, etc., for “socially and educationally backward citizens.” She also highlighted the first population policy of India which came in 1952. India was the first post colonial nation to adopt Family Planning. NITI Ayog and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare decide the population stabilization policies in India.

Social Security and Public Policy

On Day 6 of the Fundamentals of Public Policy, an immersive online spring school programme, organized by the Impact and Policy Research Institute (IMPRI), New Delhi, an insightful session on Social security and Public Policy was led by Mr. Sandeep Chachra. The discussion began with the evolution of social security and where it lies in history. While social welfare provisions have existed in all civilizations, the evolution of modern social security can be traced back to the early days of capitalism around the end of 16th century.

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