Police academy set for expansion

July 05, 2019 11:44 pm | Updated 11:44 pm IST - Serish Nanisetti

The Union Budget has sketched out a roadmap for the expansion of Hyderabad-based National Police Academy (NPA) as well as improvement of infrastructure at the National Investigation Agency (NIA). The budget plan aims at enhancing the training capacity of the NPA, which trains IPS probationers.

The NPA located in Sivarampally on the southern side of Hyderabad will be expanded by 42 acres for ensuring the provision of security and administrative infrastructure. The addition of 100-room IPS mess and 112 residential quarters is expected to enhance the training capacity to 600 police officers and 150 IPS probationers.

The total budgetary outlay for modernising the police force across the country for 2019-20 has been pegged at ₹3,462 crore, and ₹4,757 crore has been earmarked for improving police infrastructure. In the case of NIA, which has one functioning unit in the city, the budgetary outlay is for office building and construction of 65 residential quarters.

The announcement of an ₹152-crore Central share for Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) based at Amaravati for Andhra Pradesh will also ease the burden on Hyderabad-based FSL, which was allocated to Telangana during the bifurcation of the State.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.