DGP sanctions meritorious scholarship

Excelsior Correspondent

JAMMU, Jan 22: To boost the morale and instill competitiveness among the wards of serving police personnel, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned meritorious scholarship of over Rs 1.28 lakh in favour of 20 wards of serving police personnel.
Meritorious scholarship of Rs 7200 each has been sanctioned in favour of seven wards of serving police personnel who have secured 90 per cent and above marks in the annual examination of class 12th during the academic session 2020-21. Similarly Rs 6000 each has been sanctioned in favour of 13 wards of serving police personnel who have secured 80 per cent to 90 per cent marks in the annual examination of 12th class. The fund is sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
The meritorious scholarship schemes of Jammu and Kashmir Police include scholarships for wards of serving, deceased, martyred police personnel and SPOs for class 10th & 12th.
Special reward is also given to the students who perform exceptionally in the college, universities and technical courses. Rewards are also given to the wards, who crack competitive exams like UPSC, JKPSC, NEET, NET, CSIR, etc.