Maharashtra: Big news! 15,000 police constable posts approved for recruitment by State Cabinet

The Maharashtra Cabinet on Tuesday approved the recruitment of 15,000 police constables in the state, the Chief Minister's Office said.

The Maharashtra Cabinet's decision ends the wait for thousands of young people, who had been dismayed after it had been delayed for a few months, as per an X post from Maharashtra's Directorate General of Information and Public Relations (DGIPR).

During the monsoon session of the Parliament, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis had announced that 13,560 police vacancies would be filled. This follows an earlier announcement from Rashmi Shukla, Director General of Police (DGP) Maharashtra in June, who declared that about 10,000 police officers would be recruited and that the field test would be held on September 15.

Despite these announcements, the police recruitment process had not yet begun, due to which the Student Coordination Committee—a body representing students aspiring to enter various levels of Maharashtra's police force—had expressed concerns a few days ago.

The committee argued that it was impossible to take a government decision, submit applications, evaluate them properly, and conduct examinations—all before September 15—especially when the cabinet's decision was being delayed.

The move, which was highly anticipated since Maharashtra's ruling Mahayuti alliance government came to power, is set to majorly replenish the state's police forces.

Other important decisions taken at the State Cabinet on Tuesday include the increase in fair price margins for shopkeepers in the state, the approval of Viability Gap Funding for the Solapur-Pune-Mumbai route, and the relaxation of norms for guarantors of loans under various public-sector schemes by the Social Justice department.   

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