Is Indian Police Service A Good Job

After completing graduation I want to join Indian Police Service [IPS], is Indian Police Service a good job or not, please provide here Indian Police Service [IPS] officer career opportunities & salary criteria, with age limit restriction here???

Hello sir, if I prepare for IPS exam then Is Indian Police Service A Good Job for me? Please provide me benefits of Indian Police Service Job?

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The IPS officer job is a good job. This job is provides you a good and secure future. The Indian Police Service are coming with huge responsibilities. An Indian Police Service officers shoulders are burdened with huge responsibilities.

People have a tremendous job to fulfil, that of ensuring safety and security in the country. But that is not all there is to the IPS.

An IPS officers scope of work is not limited to only internal security. There are other fields entrusted to him, such as the counter-terrorism, tackling corruption, economic offence, disaster management among others.

An IPS officer can often head intelligence agencies such as the IB (Intelligence Bureau), RAW(Research & Analysis Wing) and CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation

The IPS is mainly responsible for the internal security of the country, maintenance of law and order, control and detection of crime and ensuring peace by enforcing the law of the land.

Unlike other services, a lot of power is vested in an IPS officer, like ensuring instant justice for an aggrieved person.

The scope of work of an IPS officer is unlimited.

Skills needed for an IPS Officer:

One has to be hard-working, have strong will power and determination
Must have clarity of thought and an ability to analyze a situation to take a just decision
Must be sensitive to the aspirations of people
Must have good listening and communication skills
Thorough grounding in the law of the land
Despite the demands of the job one has to focus on physical fitness and stay mentally alert

IPS Officers:

Vinod Kumar Chaubey
Mohan Chand Sharma
Hemant Karkare
Ashok Kamte
Vijay Salaskar
K. Prasad Babu
Ajit Kumar Doval
Shivdeep Waman Lande

Duties:

Law Enforcement
Crime Investigation
Security Intelligence (Internal & External)
Public Order

Zones under the new Cadre Allocation Policy:

Zone States
Zone-I AGMUT (Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territories), Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Rajasthan and Haryana.
Zone-II Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha.
Zone-III Gujarat, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh.
Zone-IV West Bengal, Sikkim, Assam-Meghalaya, Manipur, Tripura and Nagaland.
Zone-V Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu and Kerala.

IPS Officer Salary Scales:

Designation or Rank in State Police/ Central Police Force Analogous Position in Delhi Police 6th Pay Comm. Pay Scale 7th Pay Comm. Pay Scale (Entry Pay)

Director General of Police Commissioner of Police (name of the state) 80,000 INR (consolidated) no grade pay Rs.2,25,000.00

Additional Director General of Police Special Commissioner of Police 37,400-67,000 INR along with grade pay of 12,000 INR Rs.2,05,400.00

Inspector General of Police Joint Commissioner of Police 37,400-67,000 INR along with grade pay of 10,000 INR Rs.1,44,200.00

Deputy Inspector General of Police Additional Commissioner of Police 37,400-67,000 INR along with grade pay of 8,900 INR Rs.1,31,100.00

Senior Superintendent of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,100 INR along with grade pay of 8,700 INR Rs.1,18,500.00

Superintendent of Police Deputy Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,000 INR along with grade pay of 7,600 INR Rs.78,800.00

Additional Superintendent of Police Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,000 INR along with grade pay of 6,600 INR Rs.67,700.00

Deputy Superintendent of Police Assistant Commissioner of Police 15,600-39,100 INR along with grade pay of 5,400 INR Rs.56,100.00