JK News Today
Jammu January 29:
Continuing with its endeavour to provide financial assistance to the families/NoKs of the martyred/deceased Police personnel/SPOs, the Director General of Police J&K Dilbag Singh has sanctioned rupees 38 lakh ex-gratia relief in favour of dependents/legal heirs of a martyred Police officer and rupees 40 lakh as Special Welfare Relief in favour of 04 Police personnel/SPOs. He has also sanctioned Special Welfare Loan/Relief in favour of three Police personnel for their treatment.
Vide a PHQ order Rupees 38 lakh as ex-gratia relief has been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of PSI Arshad Ashraf Mir who attained martyrdom in a terrorist attack at Khanyar, Srinagar.
Similarly Special Welfare Relief of rupees 22 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of dependents/legal heirs of deceased Police personal SgCt. Ashani Kumar who passed away while in service due to health-related issues.
Besides Special Relief of Rupees 6 lakh each has also been sanctioned in favour of NoKs of deceased SPOs Karam Chand, Neeraj Kumar and Rakesh Kumar who passed away during the course of their engagement with the department.
Out of this amount (special welfare relief) rupees one lakh to the NoKs deceased police personnel and rupees fifty thousand each to the families/NoKs of SPOs has already been paid for performing the last rites as immediate relief by the PHQ through their concerned units/Districts. The financial assistance has been given out of the Contributory Police Welfare Fund.
Meanwhile the DGP has also sanctioned financial assistance of rupees 1.50 lakh each in favour of two personnel as welfare loan who are suffering from different ailments. Besides rupees twenty five thousand each has also been sanctioned as welfare relief in their favour and another policeman for the purpose of self treatment.
Police Headquarters is running many schemes for the welfare of its personnel and their families. There are also schemes for the wards of Police personnel and SPOs. Besides, there are schemes for the NoKs of martyrs, their wards and also for the retired Police personnel and their spouses.
