(From left) Addl DG Nikhil Gupta, Addl DG Krishna Prakash, MoS (Home) Yogesh Kadam, DGP Sadanand Date, Spl IG Nishit Mishra today sat together at the Maharashtra Police headquarters to discuss reforms in the upcoming Police Recruitment
Minister of State (MoS) for Home Yogesh Ramdas Kadam today met the Director General of Police (DGP) Sadanand Date and other senior police officers at the Maharashtra Police headquarters in Mumbai to take up for a lengthy discussion ‘Mission Khaki’. Under the concept, the police department was looking at sweeping reforms in the upcoming Police Recruitment 2026.
The high-level meeting took up for discussion as to how to safeguard the interests of the police job seekers on a priority basis and make the process more transparent. Besides, the MoS has been exploring ways to make the recruitment more accessible, and ensure it was aligned with the best recruitment practices in the world.
The MoS and the senior policer officers brainstormed key issues such as the preparatory works, drawing out of an annual recruitment schedule, standardization of equipment used in physical tests and explored the possibility of a uniform pattern for written examinations.
Besides, conducting examinations for all police forces under a single umbrella and holding physical tests in the candidates’ home districts also topped the agenda. The MoS also discussed as to how to keep the examination fee affordable. A separate women’s battalion within the State Reserve Police Force (SRPF) also came up for discussion.
Apart from MoS Yogesh Kadam and DGP Sadanand Date, Additional Director General of Police (Addl DG) Nikhil Gupta, Addl DG Krishna Prakash, and Spl IG Nishit Mishra were part of the brainstorming.
