Provincial Police Service (Uttar Pradesh)

Provincial Police Service
Prāntīya Pulisa Sevā
Service overview
Also known asUttar Pradesh Police Service
Founded1858; 166 years ago (1858)
StateUttar Pradesh
Staff collegeDr. Bhim Rao Ambedkar Police Academy, Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh
Cadre controlling authorityDepartment of Home and Confidential, Government of Uttar Pradesh
Minister responsibleYogi Adityanath, Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh and Minister of Home and Confidential
Legal personalityGovernmental: civil service
Current cadre strength1310 members (807 officers directly recruited by the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission and 503 officers promoted from the rank of inspector)[1]
SelectionState Civil Services Examination
AssociationUttar Pradesh PPS Association
Head of the State Civil Services
Chief SecretaryDr. Anup Chandra Pandey, IAS[2][3][4]
Additional Chief Secretary (Home)Awanish Awasthi, IAS
Director General of Uttar Pradesh PoliceMukul Goyal, IPS

Provincial Police Service (IAST: Prāntīya Pulisa Sevā), often abbreviated to as PPS, is the state civil service for policing of Uttar Pradesh Police comprising Group A and Group B posts. It is also the feeder service for Indian Police Service in the state.[5]

PPS officers hold various posts at the circle, district, range, zonal and state levels to maintain order, enforce the law and to prevent and detect crime. The Department of Home and Confidential of the Government of Uttar Pradesh is the cadre controlling authority of the service. Along with the Provincial Civil Service (PCS) and the Provincial Forest Service (PFS), the PPS is one of the three feeder services to its respective All India Services.

  1. ^ "2017 Total Cadre strength of PPS as in December 2017" (PDF). Department of Home and Confidential, Government of Uttar Pradesh. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ^ "Anoop [sic] Chandra Pandey takes charge as chief secretary". Hindustan Times. HT correspondent. Lucknow. 1 July 2018. ISSN 0972-0243. OCLC 231696742. Retrieved 31 October 2018 – via PressReader.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  3. ^ "Anup Chandra Pandey took over as the new Chief Secretary of UP". The Pioneer. Lucknow: Chandan Mitra. Pioneer News Service. 1 July 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Anup Chandra Pandey takes charge as new Chief Secretary of UP". United News of India. Lucknow. United News of India. 30 June 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2018.
  5. ^ "61 PPS officers promoted to IPS". WebIndia123. Retrieved 3 October 2018.