Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 2: Continuing with its endeavor to provide assistance to the police personnel and their dependents for health, self marriage or marriage of children, technical education etc, Director General of Police (DGP), Dilbag Singh has sanctioned welfare relief and welfare loan of over Rs 2.38 crore in favour of 240 police personnel.
Rs 47.5 lakh welfare loan has been sanctioned in favour of 37 police personnel to meet the expenses on their self treatment or the treatment of their dependents. Rs 1.76 crore welfare loan has been sanctioned in favour 177 police personnel for their self marriage or marriage ceremony of their wards. Similarly, Rs 1 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of two police personnel for their circumcision of their wards and Rs 50,000 has been sanctioned in favour a of police personnel for conducting Akhand Path.
The assistance has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund to meet the expenses of different natures including self-treatment, treatment of dependents, education of wards, self-marriage and marriage of wards, circumcision of son or Akhand Path of a son.
Meanwhile, Rs 10 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of ten police personnel as welfare loan for their wards, pursuing different professional degree courses. Rupees over 2.5 lakh has been granted as welfare relief in favour of 16 police personnel to meet the expenses of different natures.
Pertinent to mention that Police Headquarters has sanctioned welfare loan of about Rs 16 crore and welfare relief of over Rs 69 lakh for the police personnel during the current year as the welfare measures.
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