DANIPS

{{Short description|Police service of Indian Union Territories}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services | type = | seal = | seal_caption = | logo = | logo_caption = | image = | image_caption = | formed = {{Start date and age|1972||}} | preceding1 = Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DHANI; 1967–1972) | agency_type = | jurisdiction = Union Territories | status = | headquarters = | employees = | budget = | minister1_name = Amit Shah | minister1_pfo = Minister of Home Affairs | chief1_name = T. V. Somanathan | chief1_position = Cabinet Secretary | parent_department = Union Territories Division | parent_agency = Ministry of Home Affairs | parent_agency_type = | website = }}

The '''Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/DANICS_270314%5B1%5D.PDF|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=6 December 2024|page=3}}</ref> abbreviated as '''DANIPS''', formerly called the '''Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service''', is the police service of the Union Territories of India. It is part of the Central Civil Services (CCS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=242 |title=::Ministry of Home Affairs:: |publisher=Mha.nic.in |access-date=2013-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203062452/http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=242 |archive-date=2013-02-03 }}</ref>

Candidates are recruited directly through the Civil Services Examination. The selected Group B officers are responsible for the law and order and policing functions of Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, and Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu. They form a feeder cadre of the Indian Police Service.

== Selection == DANIPS officers are recruited directly through the rigorous Civil Services Examination (CSE) conducted by Union Public Service Commission every year.<ref name=Exam_1>{{cite web|url=http://www.awaazindia.net/ips.html|title=Awaaz India Pvt. Ltd – About Indian Police Service|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628190800/http://awaazindia.net/ips.html|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Selected recruits are trained at Police Training College, Jharoda Kalan by the Delhi Police.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Azad |first1=Vinayak |title=Delhi Police organises passing out parade of 14 DANIPS |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/delhi/delhi-police-organises-passing-out-parade-of-14-danips.html |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=The Pioneer |date=19 July 2017}}</ref>

In DANIPS, two-thirds of the strength is directly recruited through CSE examination and the remaining are promoted from the non-gazetted officers of the Union Territories.{{cn|date=December 2024}}

==Cadre== The Union Territories Division of the Ministry of Home Affairs is the cadre controlling authority for DANIPS.<ref name="mhacadre">{{cite web|title=Union Territories Division|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/en/division_of_mha/AGMUT_Cadre_Management|publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs|access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref> As of 2018, DANIPS comprised 510 personnel,<ref name=cadre2018>{{cite web |last1=Srivastava |first1=P. K. |title=Notification - The Gazette of India |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/DANIPS25.01.2018_16022018%5B1%5D.PDF |publisher=The Gazette of India |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=31 January 2018}}</ref> with a sanctioned strength of 533.<ref name="Not2018"/>

== Positions == {{Main|List of police ranks in India}}

The Service includes four grades—Entry Grade (Group B), Selection Grade (Group A), Junior Administrative Grade-II (Group A), and Junior Administrative Grade-I (Group A). Officers in the Entry Grade undergo a two-year probation period. Entry and Selection Grade positions include Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) in Delhi and Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) in other Union Territories, while JAG I and II posts include Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Add. DCP) in Delhi and vice principal at the Police Training College. Promotions up to JAG-I follow a time-scale basis: Entry Grade officers with a minimum of eight years of service are promoted to Selection Grade, then requiring 13 years to reach JAG-II and 18 years for JAG-I.<ref name="Not2018">{{cite web |last1=Mohan |first1=Govind |title=Notification |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/NotificationEnglish_27092018.pdf |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=September 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" |- ! Grade ! Delhi ! Other UTs ! Insignia |- | Junior Administrative Grade-I | rowspan="2"|Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police (Addl.DCP) | rowspan="2"|Additional Superintendent of Police (Addl. SP) | rowspan="2"|40px |- | Junior Administrative Grade-II |- | Selection Grade | rowspan="2"|Assistant Commissioner of Police (ACP) | rowspan="2"|Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) | rowspan="2"|40px |- | Entry Grade |}

Officers are posted in various wings (such as Crime & Traffic or others) or in a sub-division. In a sub-division, they are designated as Sub-Divisional Police Officers (SDPO). Both DSP and Add. SP rank officers can serve as SDPOs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thakur|first1=B. S.|title=Order |url=http://www.daman.nic.in/websites/personnel_department/documents/2013/3602-08-01-2013.pdf |publisher=Daman.nic.in |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=8 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DANIPS Officers {{!}} UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |url=https://ddd.gov.in/danips/ |publisher=Ddd.gov.in |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=22 November 2024 |archive-date=22 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122204218/https://ddd.gov.in/danips/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> DANIPS officers may also be promoted to the Indian Police Service (IPS), after which they can be appointed as Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |author1=Press Trust of India |title=DANIPS officers should be considered for posting as district DCPs: Parl panel |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/danips-officers-should-be-considered-for-posting-as-district-dcps-parl-panel-118080701103_1.html |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=Business Standard |date=7 August 2018}}</ref> IPS officers in the UTs are placed in the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.<ref name="mhacadre"/>

==See also== {{Portal|India}} * DANICS * Indian Police Service * State Police Services

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Category:Federal law enforcement agencies of India Category:Central Civil Services (India) Police Service Category:Law enforcement in Delhi Police Service Police Service Police Service Police Service Police Service Police Service Category:1972 establishments in India