Punjab CDR should not be reduced due to fragile internal security, infiltration attempts: DGP office

Punjab has a CDR of 37 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, but only 12 from the state are on central deputation at present, according to the DGP's office.

Responding to the Union Ministry of Home Affairs' proposal to reduce the Central Deputation Reserve (CDR) of states and union territories, the office of the Punjab DGP has stated that the CDR of Punjab-cadre IPS officers “should not be disturbed at a time when…internal security is fragile due to repeated attempts of ISI and Punjab terrorists”.

Punjab has a CDR of 37 Indian Police Service (IPS) officers, but only 12 from the state are on central deputation at present, according to the DGP's office. States and UTs a certain number of their IPS officers on central deputations, during which these officers work with central security agencies. Each state has a difference CDR.

Last month, the MHA had written to states and UTs, “It has been noted that most of the state governments are not sparing their officers to serve on central deputation. On going through the data of officers on central deputation throughout the country it is observed that at present only 428 IPS officers are working in central deputation…