Srinagar: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Monday sanctioned retirement gift of Rs 1.4 crore in favour of 139 police personnel in Jammu and Kashmir.
A police spokesperson said that as a token of appreciation for their services to the Department, Mr Singh sanctioned retirement gift of Rs 1.4 Crore in favour of 139 personnel of J&K Police, who retired from services on Monday after attaining superannuation or voluntary retirement.
“Sanction has been issued vide PHQ J&K order NO 1662 in favour of three gazetted officers, 97 non gazetted, 27 lower subordinates, 11 followers and one Tehvildar. The personnel belong to different units and wings of the department,” he said.
“Retirement gift of Rs 75,000 each is sanctioned to police personnel from the Contributory Police Welfare Fund at the time of his/her retirement. The gift serves as a token of appreciation for his/her services rendered to the department,” he said.
He said as a gesture of welfare, Police Headquarter (PHQ) has sanctioned over Rs 6.16 Crore retirement gift in favour of 822 police personnel this year so far.