Attend training or lose increments, MHA tells officers

NEW DELHI: With many serving IPS officers opting out of mid-career training programmes (MCTP), citing personal or administrative grounds or not being relieved by states for attending the session, the Union home ministry has said such officers would be denied promotion. In a recent letter to all states, the ministry has warned officers “would be barred” from promotions and increments if they do not complete the designated phases of training within the stipulated length of service.“The officers who are due for 9th, 16th and 26th years of service may have to face stoppage of promotion/increment if they do not attend the designated phase of MCTP,” the home ministry letter to states on April 28 said.