DGP sanctions Rs 1.60 crore Special Welfare Relief, Rs 1.08 crore Welfare Loan

Excelsior Correspondent

SRINAGAR, Aug 16: Director General of Police J&K, Dilbag Singh has sanctioned Rs 1.08 crore Welfare Loans in favour of 85 police personnel to meet their immediate financial needs. He has also sanctioned Special Welfare Relief of Rs 1.60 crore in favour of NoK of deceased police personnel, Special Police Officers.
The welfare loan of Rupees one lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 29 police personnel while as Rupees 1.50 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 47 police personnel to meet the expenses of their own marriage, or marriage of their wards. Four police personnel have been provided a welfare loan of rupees 1.5 lakh each for higher, professional education of their wards. Rupees fifty thousand each has been sanctioned in favour of five police officials to meet the financial expenses of sister’s marriage and for circumcision, Akhand Path of their ward. The amount has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
Meanwhile the DGP has also sanctioned Special Welfare Relief of Rs 22 lakh each in favour of dependents, legal heirs of deceased personnel Sub Inspector Jatinder Singh, HC Farooq Ahmad, special grade constables Ameet Kumar, Shabir Ahmad, Ashiq Hussain and Constable Yash Pal and Follower Murli Lal who have passed away while in service.