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Home minister Rajnath Singh today said a draft cabinet note was ready on police modernisation. Replying to supplementary in the Lok Sabha, Mr Singh said central assistance for better infrastructural facilities at police stations and strengthening of state government training institutions is provided to state police through the modernisation scheme.
In reply to another question, minister of state for home Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said 109 central police personnel committed suicide in 2015.
Mr Chaudhary said in most of the cases domestic and personal problems were the causes for suicide. He said the central government has been advising the state governments to improve the working conditions of their police personnel by undertaking necessary welfare measures.