JAMMU: Continuing with an aim to provide more and more welfare measures for police personnel and to provide financial assistance to meet their urgent needs, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned over Rs 73 Lakh welfare loan/relief in favour of 81 police personnel of J&K Police.
Over Rs 57 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of 69 personnel to meet the expenses of self-treatment or for treatment of their dependents. The welfare loan given for the treatment purpose varies from Rs 50000 to Rs 2 lakh. Rupees one lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 19 personnel for their own marriage, and marriage of sons/daughters. Loan of Rs 1 lakh each has been sanctioned in favour of 11 police personnel for higher education of their wards.
Rupees 50, 000 have been sanctioned in favour of 7 persons for performing rituals like circumcision/mundan of their wards. Among 69 personnel who have been given welfare loan for the treatment purpose, Rs 2,40,000 has been sanctioned as welfare relief in favour of 13 personnel. The welfare relief ranges from Rs 10000 to Rs 25000 which is non-refundable.
The welfare loan sanctioned to the Police personnel is refundable and will be recovered in monthly instalments from their salaries without any interest. The amount has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund.
