DGP sanctions special welfare relief

Jammu, Jan 3: Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the families, NoKs of the deceased police personnel, the Director General of Police  R.R. Swain has sanctioned rupees 2.2 crore as special welfare relief in favour of dependents, legal heirs of 10 deceased police personnel. He has also sanctioned over Rs 1.51 crore welfare loans in favour of 119 serving police personnel to meet their immediate financial needs and rupees 2 lakh financial assistance in favour of Noks of 2 martyred police officials.

The special welfare relief of Rs 22 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of dependents, legal heirs of deceased police personnel SI Ab Hamid, ASI Sukh Dev Singh, HC Mohammad Yaseen, HC Ichpaul Sing, HC Mohd Sadeeq, HC kamal Kishore SgCt. Daya Kishan, SgCt Kuldeep Singh, Ct Bilal Ahmad and follower Altaf Hussain who passed away while in service.

Out of this amount of special welfare relief, rupees one lakh each has already been paid to the families, NoKs for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units and districts. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.

Welfare loan of Rupees 42 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of 42 police personnel for self marriage. While as Rupees 1.50 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 63 police personnel to meet the expenses of the marriage of their sons, daughters. 11 police personnel have been provided a welfare loan of rupees 1.5 lakh each for higher, professional education of their wards. While as rupees one lakh has been sanctioned in favour of one police personal for the technical education of his son. Rupees 50 thousand each has been sanctioned in favour of two police personnel for circumcision, Akhandpath of his ward. The welfare loan sanctioned to the Police personnel is refundable and is recovered in monthly installments from their salaries without any interest.