On October 27, 2025, the 77 RR (2024 batch) probationers of the Indian Police Service called on President Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan. The President stated that India is the fastest growing major economy and highlighted the importance of law and order for attracting investment. She emphasized that a future-ready police force, led by young officers, is crucial for the making of Viksit Bharat. The President advised the young officers to remember that with power comes accountability, to choose what is ethical, and to follow just and fair procedures. She also mentioned that the real authority comes from personal and professional integrity. The President also urged officers to keep their compassionate core intact as they deal with crime and criminals. She also underlined the importance of the need to keep ahead in adopting technology to mitigate the impacts on policing. This release (ID: 2182870) has a visitor counter of 663 and is available in Urdu, Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam. MJPS/SR is mentioned at the end of the release.
Key Entities Referenced
Viksit Bharat: A national vision for India's development, emphasized in the context of policing.
Indian Police Service: The civil service responsible for maintaining law and order in India, specifically the 77 RR (2024 batch) probationers.
Droupadi Murmu: The President of India, who addressed the probationers of the Indian Police Service.
President's Secretariat
PROBATIONERS OF INDIAN POLICE SERVICE
CALL ON THE PRESIDENT
A FUTURE-READY POLICE FORCE LED BY YOUNG
OFFICERS WILL PLAY A MAJOR ROLE IN THE MAKING
OF VIKSIT BHARAT: PRESIDENT DROUPADI MURMU
Posted On: 27 OCT 2025 2:24PM by PIB Delhi
Probationers of Indian Police Service 77 RR (2024 batch) called on the President of India, Smt
Droupadi Murmu at Rashtrapati Bhavan today (October 27, 2025).
Addressing the probationers, the President said that India is the fastest growing major economy in the
world. We need increasingly larger public and private investments for sustaining and accelerating our
economic growth. She emphasised that law and order is a necessary pre-condition for attracting
investment in any state or region. She added that effective policing is as important as economic
incentives in promoting investment and growth. A future-ready police force led by young officers will
play a major role in the making of Viksit Bharat.
The President said that young officers occupy positions of power and authority. So they should keep
in mind that with authority comes the accountability. She stated that their actions and conduct will
always be under public scrutiny. They should remember to choose what is ethical and not what is
expedient. Just and fair procedures should be followed even when dealing with exigencies. She said
that while they derive a lot of powers from the laws and systems, the real authority will come from
their personal and professional integrity. She emphasised that moral authority will earn them
everyone’s respect and trust.The President said that a police officer deals with crime and criminals almost all the time. This may
have a desensitising effect on them and blunt their humaneness. She urged officers that in the course
of becoming an effective officer, they should make a special effort to keep their own compassionate
core intact.
The President underlined that technology has substantially altered the space of policing. Just about
ten years ago, the expression ‘digital arrest’ would have been impossible to understand. Today, it is
one of the most dreaded threats to citizens. India has one of the largest and fastest growing AI user-bases. This is going to impact policing also. She said that IPS officers should be several steps ahead in
adopting new technologies, including AI, compared to those who will use these technologies with
wrongful intent.
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