Delhi cops get Rs100 a year as uniform allowance
24 Jun 2013 4:42 AM IST
A Delhi police constable can be punished for wearing a shabby uniform. But guess what a policeman’s annual uniform allowance is, all of Rs 100!
Delhi police personnel - from a constable till inspector — are provided the cloth from their units and are expected to get the uniform stitched for Rs 100, when the actual cost comes to Rs.800-Rs.1,000. This has been the practice since 1992, when the provision of stitched uniforms was stopped.
Above inspectors are assistant commissioners of police (ACPs), the only other officers to be directly recruited into the force. They get Rs 6,000 as uniform allowance at the time of joining and Rs 3,000 every three years as maintenance allowance.
‘A policeman gets three metres of cloth after every 14 months, but he has to get it stitched from outside tailors. The force stopped providing stitched uniforms in 1992,’ an officer said.
A Delhi policeman said, ‘Yes, it is one of our allowances which is very low. Before the 1990s, stitched uniforms were given to us. But it was available in just three standard sizes which often did not fit.’
Dinesh, the owner of a tailoring shop near the police lines, said ‘Stitching a police uniform is not easy. It needs expertise.’
Other central forces provide stitched uniforms to their personnel. They have in-house tailors for this.
‘We give our policemen stitched uniforms; so there is no need to give any kind of allowance,’ a senior officer of the paramilitary Central Industrial Security
Force, said.
Another allowance that has not changed since 1992 is the Rs 75 monthly
cycle allowance.
Delhi police personnel - from a constable till inspector — are provided the cloth from their units and are expected to get the uniform stitched for Rs 100, when the actual cost comes to Rs.800-Rs.1,000. This has been the practice since 1992, when the provision of stitched uniforms was stopped.
Above inspectors are assistant commissioners of police (ACPs), the only other officers to be directly recruited into the force. They get Rs 6,000 as uniform allowance at the time of joining and Rs 3,000 every three years as maintenance allowance.
‘A policeman gets three metres of cloth after every 14 months, but he has to get it stitched from outside tailors. The force stopped providing stitched uniforms in 1992,’ an officer said.
A Delhi policeman said, ‘Yes, it is one of our allowances which is very low. Before the 1990s, stitched uniforms were given to us. But it was available in just three standard sizes which often did not fit.’
Dinesh, the owner of a tailoring shop near the police lines, said ‘Stitching a police uniform is not easy. It needs expertise.’
Other central forces provide stitched uniforms to their personnel. They have in-house tailors for this.
‘We give our policemen stitched uniforms; so there is no need to give any kind of allowance,’ a senior officer of the paramilitary Central Industrial Security
Force, said.
Another allowance that has not changed since 1992 is the Rs 75 monthly
cycle allowance.
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