Continuing with an aim to provide more and more welfare measures for police personnel and to give financial assistance to meet the urgent needs, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned welfare loan in favour of 328 officers and personnel of J&K Police. The amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police Welfare Fund. Welfare loan and relief of Rs 3,27,55,000 has been sanctioned in favour of 328 police personnel. Among these 328 police personnel, 37 personnel have been provided loan and relief for self-treatment and treatment of their dependents. 276 police personnel have been provided loan to meet the expenses of their own marriage and marriage of wards. Seven police personnel were provided loan for circumcision of their wards. Seven police personnel have been provided loan for higher education of their wards and one policeman has been provided relief for defray losses suffered in a fire incident. DGP also sanctioned Rs 5,000 each out of Police Pariwar Fund in favour of 188 police personnel as financial assistance who had tested positive for COVID-19 during the prevailing pandemic. Meanwhile, DGP Dilbag Singh has ordered promotion of six Assistant Sub-Inspectors to the rank of Sub-Inspectors of Police Telecommunication. The promotions were cleared by the Departmental Promotion Committee which met at Police Headquarters under the chairmanship of DGP. DGP has stressed upon the promotees to rededicate themselves for public service with more zeal and dedication. Those who have been promoted include Susheel Kumar, Karan Singh, Showkat Ahmad, Bashir Ahmad, Bashir Ahmad and Mohammad Ashraf.
