During the last one year, revolutionary steps have been taken by the State Government for the welfare of police personnel and their families for the first time in the State. These efforts of the new Government have led to develop a sense of faith in the police department. As a result of these steps, the police of the State have become more alert and vigilant.
Till recent past, 24X7 duty was part of the police personnel. Because of the continuous duty, health related problems and mental depression were being faced by the police personnel. To avoid this situation, the new government decided to give weekly off to the police personnel.
Such a major decision was taken for the first time in the state to safeguard the interest of police personnel.
As many as 25,000 houses are being constructed to provide free housing facility to the police personnel from the level of constable to inspector. The construction of 5000 houses has been completed in the first phase and 5,000 houses under the second phase are being constructed at the speedy pace. Besides, the tender process for the construction of 5,000 house under the third phase is being completed.
An action plan is being prepared for merging SAF constable upto head constable posts in the district police upto 25 percent posts, for the people who have served for 5 years. In this series, the plan for giving the compassionate appointment to the dependents of the deceased police personnel in other departments is in the process on not getting the appointments in the police department.
In order to make women of police families self-reliant, the Police SC /ST Women Welfare committee was registered in 2003 and the training centers, libraries and schools for children were established. These seva kendras had become inactive for the last several years. Now, the kendras have been reactivated and along with the free coaching for the children of the policemen for competitive examinations, training pertaining to the cultural activities are being given.
In order to provide employment opportunities to the dependent women and girls of police personnel of other units, amount has been sanctioned from the Central Welfare Fund at SAF Range Gwalior, Jabalpur and Indore. The Welfare Centers have been set up at 6th Battalion SAF -Jabalpur, 2nd Battalion-Gwalior, 1st Battalion-Indore, 15th Battalion-Indore, 24th Battalion-Jawra and 32nd Battalion-Ujjain and training in entry operator, beautician, sewing makeup artist and beauty therapist fields are being imparted.
This will help the dependent women and girls in getting employment easily and they could become economically self-dependent. Moreover, the State Government is also striving to start aaganbadis, children homes and crèches in all the police units of the State.