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MP police constable vacancy: 100 applicants per post, 28 PhDs apply
The Story in Brief
Nearly 750,000 applicants have applied for 7,500 constable posts in Madhya Pradesh Police, a ratio of 100 candidates per vacancy. The recruitment drive, which sets the minimum educational qualification at Class 8 pass, drew applications from 28 PhD holders, 9,933 engineers, 41,827 postgraduates and 6,448 ITI certificate holders. Employees Selection Board (ESB) data also shows 342,188 higher secondary pass candidates and 277,921 undergraduates applied.
About 110,000 candidates are from outside Madhya Pradesh, including from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Gujarat, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan. in 2025, the same recruitment drew 850,000 applications, with 95,000 from other states. This year total applications fell but inter-state interest rose. The Congress has criticised the state government over the figures, saying highly qualified youth being forced to apply for constable posts reflects poor employment opportunities.
Indian Opinion Analysis
For 7,500 MP police constable posts, 750,000 people applied, 100 per vacancy. Among them are 28 PhDs, 9,933 engineers, and 41,827 postgraduates, even though the minimum qualification is Class 8. This is the concrete measure of what the source calls job desperation in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress frames it as a failure of government employment policy, but the numbers themselves show the story: highly educated youth are competing for jobs far below their qualification. The source leaves unresolved whether this reflects a shortage of private-sector opportunities or a structural mismatch between education and employment. The state election commission or the MP government will next have to address this in policy or in the assembly session.
Source: tv9hindi.com
This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Methodology and corrections.
