Srinagar: The Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh has sanctioned an amount of Rs 25 lakhs as scholarship in favour of 479 wards of in-service police personnel.
The scholarship amount has been sanctioned out of the Central Police Welfare Fund (CPWF) with an aim to encourage and appreciate the hard work of the wards of Police personnel who have excelled in the annual examinations of class 10th, Graduation and Post Graduation during the academic session 2021-2022, a police spokesman said.
As per the order issued by Police headquarter, the DGP has sanctioned Rs 6000 each in favour of 242 students who have secured more than 90 percent marks while rupees Rs 4000 each has been sanctioned in favour of 217 students who have secured 80 percent and above marks in their annual examination of class 10th during the academic session of 2021-22.
The DGP has also sanctioned meritorious scholarship of over Rs two lakhs in favour of 20 wards of in-service police personnel who have secured above 80 percent marks in the annual examination of graduation or Post Graduation (PG) during the academic session 2021-2022.
As per the order, Rs 8500 each has been sanctioned in favour of 13 wards who have secured 80 percent and above marks while Rs 12000 has been sanctioned in favour of one ward who has secured above 90 percent marks in the annual examination of Graduation.
Similarly Rs 12000 each has been sanctioned in favour of five wards of in-service police personnel who have secured 80 percent and above marks while Rs 18000 has been sanctioned in favour of one ward who secured above 90 percent marks in annual examination of PG.
During the current year till date over Rs 54.13 lakh have been sanctioned in favour of 950 wards of Police personnel who have achieved above 80 percent marks in the annual examination of class 10th, and graduation/post graduation during the academic session 2021-22.
The police headquarter has been sanctioning scholarships and rewards for wards of martyred, in-service and retired police personnel under different schemes to boost their morale.
