Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 27: With an aim to promote the merit among the wards of police personnel, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Rs 7,72,500 meritorious scholarship for 160 wards of serving police personnel.
The amount has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
157 wards of serving police personnel have secured eighty per cent and above marks in the annual examination of class 10th during the academic session 2019-20. Rs 6,000 each have been sanctioned for 57 wards who have secured above ninety per cent marks in the examination. Similarly Rs 4,000 each have been sanctioned for 100 wards for securing between eighty and ninety per cent marks in the said examination.
Meritorious scholarship have also been sanctioned in favour of three wards of serving Police personnel who have secured above 80% marks in the annual examination of Graduation/Post Graduation during the academic session of 2019-20.
Rs 12,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of two wards for securing above 80% marks in Post Graduation and Rs 8500 has been sanctioned in favour of a ward for securing above 80% in graduation.