The Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions recently increased the Indian Police Service (IPS) cadre strength in Maharashtra from 317 to 329 officers after 12 non-cadre posts that belonged to the State Police Service (through the Maharashtra Public Service Commission) officers were included in the IPS cadre posts.
Every five years, the Union government reviews the cadre strength of each state and the state is asked to send a proposal where if a state believes that particular areas need a cadre post due to challenges there in the past few years or if some new commissionerate has sprung up which needs IPS officers it communicates the same to the Centre. The Centre then decides whether the non-cadre posts must be converted to cadre posts.
