Srinagar, June 07: Encouraging and appreciating the hard work of the wards of Police personnel who have excelled in academic annual examination during the session 2020-2021, the Director General of Police, J&K Shri Dilbag Singh has sanctioned meritorious scholarships/scholarships of over rupees 7.40 lakh in favour of 139 wards of serving/deceased police personnel under different orders.
The DGP has sanctioned over rupees 4.82 lakh for 93 meritorious wards of serving Police personnel who have secured 80% and above marks in the Annual Examination of Class 10th during the academic session 2020. Among these rupees 6000 each have been sanctioned in favour of fifty-five meritorious wards who secured 90% and above marks and rupees 4000 each have been sanctioned in favour of thirty eight meritorious wards who have secured 80% and above marks.
Vide PHQ, J&K order No.1706 of 2021, the DGP has also sanctioned meritorious scholarship of rupees 78,500 in favour of eight wards of serving Police personnel who have secured 80% and above marks in the Annual Examination of Graduation/Post Graduation during the academic session 2020-21. Among these rupees 12,000 each has been sanctioned in favour of three meritorious wards who have secured 80% and above marks in the Annual Examination of Post Graduation and rupees 8,500 each have been sanctioned in favour of five meritorious wards who have secured 80% and above marks in the annual examination of Graduation. The amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police Welfare Fund.
Besides, the DGP has sanctioned rupees 5,000 each in favour of thirty-eight wards with the academic status of different courses from primary to the undergraduate of deceased police personnel who expired while in service due to natural/ accidental deaths.
Police Headquarters has been sanctioning scholarships, rewards, for the wards of martyred and serving/retired Police personnel under different schemes to boost their morale.