Every year, the best-performing police stations across the country are selected by the Government of India. This is primarily done to incentivise an effective functioning of police stations and instil healthy competitive spirit among them. The top 10 police stations in the country for 2020:RANK POLICE STATIONSTATEDISTRICT1NongpokSekmaiManipurThoubal 2AWPS- SuramangalamTamil Nadu Salem City 3Kharsang Arunachal Pradesh Changlang 4Jhilmili (Bhaiya Thana)Chhattisgarh Surajpur5Sanguem Goa South Goa 6Kalighat Andaman & Nicobar Islands North and Middle Andaman 7Pakyong Sikkim East District 8Kanth Uttar Pradesh Moradabad 9Khanvel Dadra and Nagar Haveli Dadra and Nagar Haveli 10Jammikunta Town PSTelangana Karimnagar  The list is as per the directions received from the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, during a conference in 2015 in Kutch, Gujarat. The survey for the year was conducted by the Ministry of Home Affairs under extremely challenging circumstances as it was challenging to access police stations situated in remote areas. The aim was to rank the best ten police stations from an exhaustive list of 16,671 police stations in the entire country. This was done through observation, feedback from public and data analysis. Additionally, several parameters were taken into consideration while shortlisting the best police stations in terms of performance. They are as follows: Crime against womenProperty Offence Unidentified dead bodies, missing persons or unidentified found person Crimes against weaker sections of the society The third parameter has been introduced this year by the government. Initially, from each state, the number of police stations selected constituted of the following: One from every Union TerritoryTwo from all the other states on the country as well as Delhi Three from each state in the country with over 750 police stations As part of the next stage for the ranking process, a total of 75 police stations were selected. For the final stage, around 19 parameters were selected to evaluate the shortlisted entries. These parameters were used to understand service delivery and listing techniques to improve policing. This constituted 80% in the overall scoring process. The remaining 20% was evaluated on the infrastructure of the police station, feedback from the citizens and how approachable the personnel are. Even during the pandemic, all States of the Union were a part of the survey conducted this year with 100% cooperation. Source of Image Source: Press Information Bureau, Government of India