Mandal Classes

31/10/2022

✔✔:One Nation, One Uniform:✔✔

☞ Addressing the first Chintan Shivir (brainstorming session) of state home ministers and top police officers, Prime Minister of India pitched the idea of “One Nation, One Uniform” for Indian police forces.

☞ Prime Minister’s suggestion “One Nation, One Uniform” is in line with his broader attempt to introduce a uniform set of policies across the country.

☞ The Indian Constitution puts police forces under the jurisdiction of state governments, and each state have their own police force.

☞ Both ‘public order’ and the ‘police’ are placed in List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, which deals with the division of powers between the Union and States.

☞ While police personnel in India are often associated with the colour khaki, their uniforms do differ in varying degrees in different regions.

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✪✪The Kolkata Police wear white uniforms.
✪✪Puducherry Police constables wear a bright red cap with their khaki uniforms.
✪✪Delhi Traffic Police personnel wear white and blue uniforms.