The Home Minister has said that inadequacies of police in the States and their over-dependence on the Central Para- Military Forces are not a good sign for the federal structure. Mr P Chidambaram said that massive expansion of Central Para-Military Forces is indicative of inadequacies of State Police. Speaking at a meeting of the Consultative Committee for the Ministry of Home Affairs, he also pointed to the large number of vacancies that exist in state police at lower as well as higher levels. <br/><br/><br/>