Jammu, March 15: Director General of Police (DGP) J&K Dilbag Singh on Wednesday sanctioned Rs 2.16 crore as welfare loan/relief for serving police personnel. He also sanctioned rupees 1.10 crore as special welfare relief/ex-gratia relief in favour of six martyr or deceased police personnel or SPO.
“DGP has sanctioned welfare loan of Rs 1.5 lakh each in favour of 68 serving police personnel for the marriage of their son/daughter and rupees one lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 93 police personnel for self-marriage/marriage of their son/daughter,” a police spokesperson said in a statement. “Rs 1.5 lakh each has also been sanctioned in favour of 21 police personnel for the professional education of their wards. Rs 50 thousand each has been sanctioned in favour of two police personnel.”
The grant of welfare relief/loan is sanctioned out of Central Police Welfare Funds. The loan amount will be recovered from police personnel in 20 equal installments.
Meanwhile, the DGP has sanctioned Rs 38 lakh as ex-gratia relief in favour of NoK of Martyr Constable Mudasir Ahmad Sheikh who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack. “He also sanctioned special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each in favour of dependents/legal heirs of the deceased police personnel HC Shiv Darshan Singh, SgCt. Ab Rashid Khanday and SgCt Parvaiz Ahmad who expired during service due to health-related issues besides special relief of Rs 6 lakh have also been sanctioned in favour of NoK of deceased SPO Romesh Kumar who expired due to illness during the course of his engagement with the department. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund,” the spokesperson said.
