Agency overview
Formed
1948[1]
Preceding Agency
Indian Imperial
Police[1]
This article is about the civil
service,the Indian Police Service.
All India Service
For the police in India, see Law
enforcement in India.
Indian Police Service
Agency overview
Formed
1948[1]
Preceding
Indian Imperial Police
Agency
Type
All India Service
Republic of India
Jurisdiction
Employees
4730[2]
Minister
Rajnath Singh, Minister of Home Affairs
responsible
Agency
Dineshwar Sharma,
executives
Bureau
Ajit Seth, Cabinet Secretary
Parent agency
Ministry of Home Affairs
Website
http://mha1.nic.in/ips/ips_home.htm
Service colour
Dark blue and red
Uniform colour
Khaki[3]
The Indian Police
Service (Bhratya Pulis Sev)
or IPS, is one of the three All India
Services of the Government of India.
[4]
It has replaced the Indian
(Imperial) Police in 1948, a year
after India gained
Type
Republic
Jurisdiction
of India
Employees
4730[2]
Minister responsible
Rajnath
Singh, Minister of
Home Affairs
Agency executives
Dineshwar
Sharma, Director of
Intelligence Bureau
Ajit Seth, Cabinet
Secretary
Parent agency
Ministry of Home
Affairs
Website
http://mha1.nic.in/ip
s/ips_home.htm
Service colour
Dark blue and red
Uniform colour
Khaki[3]