Pooja Shali
New Delhi
The national recruitment drive that Delhi Police organises from May every year sees the lowest number of applicants from the national capital. Haryana and Uttar Pradesh dominate the applications. Out of the 21, 944 candidates recruited since 2004, only a few hundred were from Delhi.
According to Rajan Bhagat, the Delhi police PRO, the city offers several lucrative private jobs and that are big attractions. “Apart from transparent examinations, police recruits are provided a reasonable salary, but still the post of a constable does not feature as a career option for many Delhi residents,” he said.
A constable gets anything between Rs 14, 000 and Rs 17, 000 but in a city where egos run deep, the tag of a call-centre employee is preferred over that of a mere constable.
Abhishek Kumar, a 20-year old applying for the post of a constable has studied up to class XII. He feels it is a matter of honour to wear the police uniform but is sceptical about sustaining his family with his salary in an expensive city like Delhi. Kumar adds that if he was a graduate he would not want to become a constable or even a sub-inspector, as his family would expect more from him.
The increasing cases of corruption in the police is another factor that is failing to attract the youth, but Bhagat believes that the organisation often holds exercises within and outside the force to maintain its respectable standard.
— as published in The Sunday Guardian —
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