Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Mar 4: To boost the morale and instill competitiveness among the wards of serving police personnel, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned a meritorious scholarship of over Rs 1.39 lakh in favour of 22 wards of serving police personnel.
Meritorious scholarship of Rs 7200 each has been sanctioned in favour of six 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 16 wards of serving police personnel who have secured 80 to 90 per cent marks in the annual examination of 12th class. The scholarship is sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
DGP also sanctioned Rs 1 lakh in favour of Narinder Kaur, wife of martyr SgCt Suraj Singh out of J&K Police Pariwar Fund in connection with the marriage ceremony of her daughter.