NEW DELHI: Giving a boost to confiscation of narcotics and psychotropic substances in the country, the Centre today announced monetary rewards up to Rs 20 lakh to officers involved in drug interdiction.
In a revised guideline, the Home Ministry said an officer involved in seizure of drugs was eligible for Rs 20 lakh reward during his entire career and Rs 50,000 at a time. However, a maximum reward of Rs 2 lakh may also be given to an individual, in exceptional cases, by the Apex Central Rewards Committee.
Up to 50 per cent of the total admissible reward amount can be given at pre-trial stage i.e. If the test report from the chemical lab turns positive, it said.
Earlier, the maximum reward in each case was Rs 50,000 for an officer up to the rank of deputy commissioner and not exceeding Rs 25,000 for an officer in the rank of joint or additional commissioner.
According to ‘Guidelines for Grant of Rewards to be paid to Officers, Informers and other persons, 2017’, the reward sanctioning authority should consider factors like accuracy of the information, degree of risk involved, extent and nature of the help rendered by the informer and whether the information also gave clues of the person involved in the drug trafficking racket. (AGENCIES)
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