Jammu, December 02: Continuing with its endeavor to provide assistance to the police personnel and their dependents for health, self marriage or marriage of children, technical education etc, Director General of Police, Shri Dilbag Singh has sanctioned welfare relief and welfare loan of over Rupees 2.38 crore in favour of 240 police personnel vide police headquarters order Number 4563 of 2019.

Under this order, Rupees 47.5 lakh welfare loan has been sanctioned in favour of 37 police personnel to meet the expenses on their self treatment or the treatment of their dependents. Rupees 1.76 crore welfare loan has been sanctioned in favour 177 police personnel for their self marriage or marriage ceremony of their wards. Similarly, Rupees one lakh has been sanctioned in favour of two police personnel for their circumcision of their wards and rupees fifty thousand has been sanctioned in favour a of police personnel for conducting Akhand Path.

The assistance has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund to meet the expenses of different natures including self-treatment, treatment of dependents, education of wards, self-marriage and marriage of wards, circumcision of son or Akhand Path of a son.

Meanwhile, rupees 10 lakh has been sanctioned in favour of ten police personnel as welfare loan for their wards, pursuing different professional degree courses. Under the order, Rupees over 2.5 lakh has been granted as welfare relief in favour of 16 police personnel to meet the expenses of different natures.

Pertinent to mention that police headquarters has sanctioned welfare loan of Rupees about sixteen crore and welfare relief of Rupees over sixty nine lakh for the police personnel during the current year as the welfare measures.