Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, May 26: In order to provide assistance to personnel to meet expenses on health, education of wards, marriage etc., the Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh today sanctioned welfare loan/relief of over rupees sixty eight lakh fourty thousand in favour of 69 police personnel. The assistance has been sanctioned out of Contributory Central Police Welfare Fund (CPWF).
Welfare loan that ranges from rupees fifty thousand to rupees two lakh has been sanctioned in favour of ten police personnel for the self-treatment or for the treatment of their dependants. Similarly, rupees one lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 58 police personnel to meet the expenses for self-marriage or marriage of dependant. Loan of rupees one lakh has been sanctioned in favour of one police personnel for his ward for higher education. The loan is recovered in installments from the personnel.
Similarly, welfare relief has been sanctioned in favour of three police personnel at different rates for self treatment and treatment of their dependants. This monetary assistance is not recovered.