Abstract
Maintenance of order is a crucial function for the police, since development is possible only in an orderly society. In India, group violence and organised challenge to the established order are common phenomena and major areas of responsibility for the Indian police. The nation is besieged by social strife of every kind. Communal, economic, linguistic, caste, class and ethnic conflicts are a part of its social and political milieu. This paper examines the nature of order maintenance problems in the country, the socio-political reasons behind them and the ways in which the police are dealing with these. The paper describes some of the innovative measures that the Indian police have developed to deal with these frequently occurring problems. Future issues related to order maintenance in India are also discussed. An earlier version of this paper was presented at the Sixth IPES Conference at Hydrabad, July 1999.
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