DGP sanctions financial assistance, medical relief, meritorious scholarship

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Sept 4: Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial aid to the police personnel and SPOs in the time of need, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned over Rs 10 lakh in favour of 108 police personnel/SPOs. He has also sanctioned meritorious scholarship in favour of wards of SPOs who have secured above 80 per cent marks in the annual examination of class 10th and 12th during the academic sessions 2020-21.
Medical relief has been sanctioned in favour of twenty six SPOs to defray the expenses in connection with self treatment or treatment of their dependents. The medial relief amount sanctioned ranges from Rs 5000 to Rs 50,000.
Financial assistance of Rs 5,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of 82 police personnel and SPOs, who had tested positive for COVID-19 during the 2nd wave of the pandemic.
The financial assistance/ medical relief has been sanctioned out of SPOs Contributory Fund/Police Pariwar Fund.
Meanwhile, the DGP has sanctioned over rupees seventy five thousand in favour of meritorious wards of SPOs who have secured 80 per cent and above marks in the annual examination of class 10th and 12th during the academic session of 2020-21 to boost their morale.
Rupees six thousand each for the three wards of class 10th and rupees seventy two hundred each for the six wards of class 12th has been sanctioned for securing 90 per cent and above marks in the annual examination during the academic session of 2020-21.
Similarly, Rs 6,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of three wards of class 12th who have secured 80 per cent and above marks in the annual examination.