DGP sanctions welfare relief for NOKs of deceased personnel and retired personnel
JAMMU, MARCH 15: Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has sanctioned welfare relief for fifteen retired police personnel and NOKs of three deceased personnel in distress.
An amount of rupees 2.97 lakh has been sanctioned out of Retired Policemen Welfare Fund to cater their expenses of urgent nature.
As per the PHQ order issued on March 14, 2019 welfare relief has been sanctioned for the personnel to meet the expenses like self treatment, treatment of spouse or children and education or marriage of daughters.
“PHQ has been working for the welfare of retired police personnel and their families. “Martyrs/Retired Police Assistance Cells” at all district and unit level have been constituted to resolve the issues related to the families of police martyrs and retired police personnel. This was in addition to the existing mechanism (Savera Scheme) for assisting the NOKs of the martyrs and retired personnel in resolving their issues,” reads the order.
“Each Assistance Cell is supervised by a gazetted officer with one non-gazetted officer and two lower subordinates as its members,” it added.
