LUCKNOW: More than 130 candidates have applied for one post as UP Police is going for one of its biggest drive to recruit sub-inspectors. The Uttar Pradesh Police Recruitment and Promotion Board (UPPR&PB) will fill up 9,534 vacancies, including 9,027 of the post of sub-inspectors in civil police, 484 in PAC, and 23 in fire department by the end of the year.
Director general (UPPR&PB) RK Vishwakarma said, “We have received as many as 12.5 lakh applications, from both female and male candidates, for the posts of sub inspectors and plan to hold the written examination in November.”
“We will conduct the written examination by mid-November and declare the results by the month-end. We will start the second phase of physical tests in early December as the weather is good. The entire process will be completed by December-end,” said Vishwakarma.
“We had earlier advertised the posts of 1,329 confidential assistants for which we received around 1.5 lakh applications, and will conducted the exam soon,” the DG added.
‘1.44 lakh cops recruited on diff ranks since 2017’
A senior officer in the board said UP Police has recruited 1.44 lakh cops in all its wings on different ranks since Yogi Adityanath took over as the chief minister in 2017.
“Last year, around 5,042 constables were promoted to the rank of head constables and 717 head constables were promoted to the rank of platoon commanders in the Provincial Armed Constabulary (PAC). These promotions had been due since 1988,” he added.
The state government also gave jobs to 2,281 dependents in the police department on compassionate grounds.
A senior officer said that as many as 46 defunct PAC units were restored on the directives of CM Yogi Adityanath and all the required resources were arranged for their efficient working.
