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{{Short description|Police service of Indian Union Territories}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}}
{{Use Indian English|date=February 2017}}
{{Infobox government agency
| name = Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services
| type = [[Civil services of India|Civil service]]
| seal =
| seal_caption =
| logo =
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| image =
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| formed = {{Start date and age|1972||}}
| preceding1 = Delhi, Himachal Pradesh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service (DHANI; 1967–1972)
| agency_type = [[Civil services of India|Civil service]]
| jurisdiction = [[Union Territories]]
| status =
| headquarters =
| employees = 510 (2018)<ref name=cadre2018/>
| budget =
| minister1_name = [[Amit Shah]]
| minister1_pfo = [[Minister of Home Affairs (India)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| chief1_name = [[T. V. Somanathan]]
| chief1_position = [[Cabinet Secretary (India)|Cabinet Secretary]]
| parent_department = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Union Territories Division]]<br/>[[Department of Personnel and Training]] (DoPT)
| parent_agency = [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]
| parent_agency_type = ministry
| website =
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The '''Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services''',<ref>{{cite web|title=Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli (Police) Services|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/DANICS_270314%5B1%5D.PDF|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|access-date=6 December 2024|page=3}}</ref> abbreviated as '''DANIPS''', formerly called the '''Delhi, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Police Service''', is the [[civil service|police service]] of the [[Union Territories]] of India. It is part of the [[Central Civil Services]] (CCS).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=242 |title=::Ministry of Home Affairs:: |publisher=Mha.nic.in |access-date=2013-04-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130203062452/http://mha.nic.in/uniquepage.asp?Id_Pk=242 |archive-date=2013-02-03 }}</ref>

Candidates are recruited directly through the [[Civil Services Examination]]. The selected Group B officers are responsible for the law and order and policing functions of [[Delhi]], [[Andaman and Nicobar Islands]], [[Lakshadweep]], and [[Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu]]. They form a feeder cadre of the [[Indian Police Service]].

== Selection ==
DANIPS officers are recruited directly through the rigorous [[Civil Services Examination]] (CSE) conducted by [[Union Public Service Commission]] every year.<ref name=Exam_1>{{cite web|url=http://www.awaazindia.net/ips.html|title=Awaaz India Pvt. Ltd – About Indian Police Service|access-date=2010-04-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100628190800/http://awaazindia.net/ips.html|archive-date=28 June 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> Selected recruits are trained at Police Training College, [[Jharoda Kalan]] by the [[Delhi Police]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Azad |first1=Vinayak |title=Delhi Police organises passing out parade of 14 DANIPS |url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2017/delhi/delhi-police-organises-passing-out-parade-of-14-danips.html |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=[[The Pioneer (India)|The Pioneer]] |date=19 July 2017}}</ref>

In DANIPS, two-thirds of the strength is directly recruited through CSE examination and the remaining are promoted from the non-gazetted officers of the [[Union Territory|Union Territories]].{{cn|date=December 2024}}

==Cadre==
The [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Union Territories Division]] of the [[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] is the cadre controlling authority for DANIPS.<ref name="mhacadre">{{cite web|title=Union Territories Division|url=https://www.mha.gov.in/en/division_of_mha/AGMUT_Cadre_Management|publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]]|access-date=7 December 2024}}</ref> As of 2018, DANIPS comprised 510 personnel,<ref name=cadre2018>{{cite web |last1=Srivastava |first1=P. K. |title=Notification - The Gazette of India |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/2022-08/DANIPS25.01.2018_16022018%5B1%5D.PDF |publisher=[[The Gazette of India]] |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=31 January 2018}}</ref> with a sanctioned strength of 533.<ref name="Not2018"/>

== Positions ==
{{Main|List of police ranks in India}}

The Service includes four grades—Entry Grade (Group B), Selection Grade (Group A), Junior Administrative Grade-II (Group A), and Junior Administrative Grade-I (Group A). Officers in the Entry Grade undergo a two-year probation period. Entry and Selection Grade positions include [[Assistant commissioner (police)#India|Assistant Commissioner of Police]] (ACP) in [[Delhi]] and [[Deputy Superintendent of Police]] (DSP) in other [[Union Territories]], while JAG I and II posts include [[Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police]] (Add. DCP) in Delhi and vice principal at the Police Training College. Promotions up to JAG-I follow a time-scale basis: Entry Grade officers with a minimum of eight years of service are promoted to Selection Grade, then requiring 13 years to reach JAG-II and 18 years for JAG-I.<ref name="Not2018">{{cite web |last1=Mohan |first1=Govind |title=Notification |url=https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/NotificationEnglish_27092018.pdf |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs]] |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=September 2018}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Grade
! Delhi
! Other UTs
! Insignia
|-
| Junior Administrative Grade-I
| rowspan="2"|[[Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police]]
(Addl.DCP)
| rowspan="2"|[[Additional Superintendent of Police]]
(Addl. SP)
| rowspan="2"|[[File:AddlSP.svg|40px]]
|-
| Junior Administrative Grade-II
|-
| Selection Grade
| rowspan="2"|[[Assistant commissioner (police)#India|Assistant Commissioner of Police]]
(ACP)
| rowspan="2"|[[Deputy Superintendent of Police]]
(DySP)
| rowspan="2"|[[File:Assistant Superintendent of Police.svg|40px]]
|-
| Entry Grade
|}

Officers are posted in various wings (such as Crime & Traffic or others) or in a sub-division. In a sub-division, they are designated as [[Sub-Divisional Police Officer]]s (SDPO). Both DSP and Add. SP rank officers can serve as SDPOs.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Thakur|first1=B. S.|title=Order |url=http://www.daman.nic.in/websites/personnel_department/documents/2013/3602-08-01-2013.pdf |publisher=Daman.nic.in |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=8 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=DANIPS Officers {{!}} UT of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |url=https://ddd.gov.in/danips/ |publisher=Ddd.gov.in |access-date=7 December 2024 |date=22 November 2024 |archive-date=22 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241122204218/https://ddd.gov.in/danips/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}</ref> DANIPS officers may also be promoted to the [[Indian Police Service]] (IPS), after which they can be appointed as [[Deputy Commissioner of Police]] (DCP) in Delhi.<ref>{{cite news |author1=[[Press Trust of India]] |title=DANIPS officers should be considered for posting as district DCPs: Parl panel |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/danips-officers-should-be-considered-for-posting-as-district-dcps-parl-panel-118080701103_1.html |access-date=7 December 2024 |work=[[Business Standard]] |date=7 August 2018}}</ref> IPS officers in the UTs are placed in the Arunachal Pradesh-Goa-Mizoram and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.<ref name="mhacadre"/>

==See also==
{{Portal|India}}
* [[DANICS]]
* [[Indian Police Service]]
* [[State Police Services (India)|State Police Services]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

{{coord missing|India}}

{{Public Services of India}}
{{Law enforcement agencies of India}}

[[Category:Federal law enforcement agencies of India]]
[[Category:Central Civil Services (India)]]
[[Category:Union territories of India|Police Service]]
[[Category:Law enforcement in Delhi]]
[[Category:Government of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands|Police Service]]
[[Category:Government of Lakshadweep|Police Service]]
[[Category:Government of Puducherry|Police Service]]
[[Category:Administrators of Chandigarh|Police Service]]
[[Category:Administrators of Dadra and Nagar Haveli|Police Service]]
[[Category:Administrators of Daman and Diu|Police Service]]
[[Category:1972 establishments in India]]

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