Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 24: Continuing with an aim to provide more and more financial assistance to police personnel and to extend helping hand to meet their urgent needs, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh sanctioned welfare loan in favour of 115 personnel of J&K Police.
Welfare relief has also been granted in favour of thirteen needy personnel. DGP has also sanctioned retirement gift in favour of 94 personnel.
Welfare loan and relief of Rs.1,19,60,000 has been sanctioned in favour of 115 personnel. The amount has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
Among the 115 police personnel 21 personnel or their dependents suffering from different ailments have been provided loan of Rs 23.50 lakh and similarly 13 personnel among them have also been provided relief of Rs 2.60 lakh.
Rs 88 lakh have been sanctioned to eighty eight personnel to meet the expenses of their marriage or the marriage of their dependents.
Similarly DGP also sanctioned Rs 1 lakh each in favour of six police personnel of different ranks to meet the expenses of their wards on technical, professional and higher education.
The DGP has also sanctioned retirement gift of Rs 70.50 Lakh in favour of 94 police personnel of J&K Police, who are attaining superannuation or retiring voluntarily at the end of this month.
Order has been issued by PHQ for grant of retirement gift of Rs 75000 each in favour of three gazetted, 76 Non-gazetted officers and 15 lower subordinates including four followers. These personnel belong to different units and wings of the department.