Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh sanctioned scholarship of over Rs 3.6 lakh in favour of forty four school going wards for the academic year 2019-2020 vide an order issued by PHQ today.
According to a statement, the amount has been sanctioned out of Central Police Education Fund. “The scholarships are granted round the year for the school/college going wards of police martyrs to provide them assistance in pursuing education,” the statement said.
The statement further says that the Police Headquarters is running a number of schemes for the welfare of wards of martyrs and it is exploring and planning to introduce some more schemes for the wards of martyrs in near future.