DGP sanctions scholarship for police wards

Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 13: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned scholarship of over Rs 5.93 lakh in favour of 97 school going wards of serving police personnel.
Rupees seven thousand two hundred each have been sanctioned in favour of nine meritorious wards of police personnel of class 12th who secured 90% and above marks and rupees six thousand each have been sanctioned in favour of eighty-eight meritorious wards of police personnel of class 10th who have secured 80% and above marks during the academic session 2019-20.
DGP also sanctioned over Rs 1.26 lakh in favour of seventeen wards of deceased police personnel who died while in service due to natural/ accidental deaths. These seventeen wards of deceased police personnel are studying in different classes of primary, middle, graduation and post-graduation.
The amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police Welfare Fund and Central Police Education Fund.