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)
Dr Shobha started the session by troughing light on Contours of The Public Policy In India in the Amrit Kaal -
Careers in Public Policy, an Online National Monsoon Workshop Program, a Three-Day Immersive Online Introductory Career Counselling & Awareness Certificate Training Workshop was conducted on on 22nd, 23rd and 24th August, 2023 by IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi in collaboration with PPI, Public Policy India. On the first day our second speaker, Mr Yash Agrawal, Founder, Public Policy India (PPI) & Proficy, New Delhi continued the discussion by talking about how we can understand the world of Public Policy in India and what career opportunities are present to us.
Careers in Public Policy, an Online National Monsoon Workshop Program, a Three-Day Immersive Online Introductory Career Counselling & Awareness Certificate Training Workshop was conducted on on 22nd, 23rd and 24th August, 2023 by IMPRI, Impact and Policy Research Institute, New Delhi in collaboration with PPI, Public Policy India. On the first day our first speaker, Prof Mukul Asher, former Professor Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, National University of Singapore; Visiting Distinguished Professor, IMPRI opened the discussion by talking about what a reimagined Public Policy education in India implies for career paths and Prospects.
There is a surreal quality to the whole episode as India-Canada relations hit rock bottom after Canadian Prime Minister (PM) Justin Trudeau linked India to the murder of Khalistani terrorist Hardeep Singh Nijjar, a charge that New Delhi termed as “absurd”. This allegation by Trudeau has exposed the fundamental fault line in the bilateral relations between the two nations, resulting in tit for tat diplomatic expulsions, travel advisories being issued by the two, Canada deciding to reduce the number of personnel in its embassy in India and India deciding to suspend issuing of visas to Canadian citizens.
The session on 'Goods and Services Tax in India: Rationale and Reform Directions' was conducted by Prof Sachchidananda Mukherjee. He began the session by mentioning the indirect tax reform that the introduction of Goods and Services Tax has brought about.
The session on ‘Evolving Global Trade Architecture and Return of Industrial Policy’ was conducted by Dr. Aashish Chandorkar. He began the session with an introduction to Neoliberal times where government interventions in the economic policies became a bit of a taboo. The current economic and trade system that we see today is a result of a series of events that mainly happened post World War II, but mostly after the establishment of the World Trade Organisation (WTO).