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Seven SC directives, one Prakash Singh case, and a police-population gap that never closes.
Prakash Singh 2006
- Seven directives: state security commissions, UPSC-empanelled DGP selection, fixed tenures, separation of law and order from investigation, complaints authorities, national security commission, insulation from transfers.
Implementation record
- Compliance patchy; contempt nudges in 2018 and 2023; some states kept loopholes in enacted laws.
- Police-population ratio about 152-155 per lakh actual against sanctions above 220; vacancies near 22%.
- SMART policing, CCTNS 2.0 and iGOT training are the modernisation bright spots.
CAPF file
- CAPF strength near 10 lakh; Bastar 2025 clearance phases freed over a hundred villages with IED hardening and drone surveillance.
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- Prakash Singh: 7 directives, patchy compliance.
- Police: ~152 per lakh actual.
- CCTNS 2.0 + iGOT: tech bright spots.
- CAPF near 10 lakh strong.
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- Seven directives: state security commissions, UPSC-empanelled DGP selection, fixed tenures, separation of law and order from investigation, complaints…
- Compliance patchy; contempt nudges in 2018 and 2023; some states kept loopholes in enacted laws.
- Police-population ratio about 152-155 per lakh actual against sanctions above 220; vacancies near 22%.
- SMART policing, CCTNS 2.0 and iGOT training are the modernisation bright spots.
- CAPF strength near 10 lakh; Bastar 2025 clearance phases freed over a hundred villages with IED hardening and drone surveillance.
- Prakash Singh: 7 directives, patchy compliance.