Overview

• Chief Minister Nitish Kumar distributed appointment letters at Patna’s Bapu Auditorium on June 28 to 21,391 newly recruited constables.
• The latest intake lifts Bihar Police’s strength above 100,000 officers, including about 36,000 women—the largest female contingent in any Indian state.
• The government is moving ahead with plans to recruit an additional 19,838 personnel, create 10,000 new posts and hire 4,360 drivers in the coming months.
• Bihar aims to fill all 2.29 lakh sanctioned police positions by the end of 2025 to reinforce law and order and boost youth employment.
• Authorities are expanding state-run training facilities and rolling out biometric and CCTV systems to modernize the policing framework.