Archive · 23 Jul 2025
Madhya Pradesh Police Recruits to Recite Ramcharitmanas During Training
New police officers in Madhya Pradesh will now read from the Ramcharitmanas every night during their training.
This is happening at eight different police training schools in the state.
The training lasts nine months and started on July 23rd.
The head of training, Raja Babu Singh, wants the officers to concentrate on their training and learn from the wisdom in Ramcharitmanas.
The training course has been updated to include information about new criminal laws that started July 1, 2024.
New police constables in Madhya Pradesh will recite Ramcharitmanas daily.
A nine-month basic training course for new recruits has begun at eight Police Training Schools.
ADG (Training) Raja Babu Singh instructed the recitation.
The training course includes amendments reflecting new criminal laws.
The ADG emphasized the importance of focusing on training.
- Who
- Newly recruited police constables in Madhya Pradesh and ADG (Training) Raja Babu Singh.
- What
- New police constables will recite Ramcharitmanas daily.
- When
- Training began on July 23rd.
- Where
- Eight Police Training Schools in Madhya Pradesh.
- Why
- To focus on training and find wisdom.
Potential Concerns
Focus on Values
Religious Neutrality
Potential Concerns
Some may view the mandatory recitation as a promotion of a specific religious text within a secular institution, potentially conflicting with principles of religious neutrality.
Focus on Values
The focus on the recitation is meant to instill values for an ideal value based living for the recruits.
- Training Duration
- 9 months
- Number of Training Schools
- 8
- Location of Training Schools
- Rewa, Umaria, Pachamarhi, Indore, Ujjain, Bhauri-Bhopal, Sagar, and Tighra-Gwalior
- Number of Constables
- 4000
- ADG (Training)
- Raja Babu Singh