‘Home Department will always stand by police personnel’
The Hindu
Addressing a gathering at a Police Flag Day function organised by the Kalaburagi City and District police at the District Armed Reserve Police Grounds on Sunday, Police Commissioner R. Chetan has asserted that the Home Department will always stand by police personnel and officers on duty and those retired from service.
Police Commissioner R. Chetan has asserted that the Home Department will always stand by police personnel and officers on duty and those retired from service.
Addressing a gathering at a Police Flag Day function organised by the Kalaburagi City and District police at the District Armed Reserve Police Grounds here on Sunday, he said that the Police Department is committed to supporting police personnel on duty and those retired from service.
Expressing happiness, he said that funds allocated for the welfare of police personnel are being released on time.
In 2022, the Home Department allocated ₹30 lakh for the welfare of police, which has been kept in a fixed deposit. Of this amount, ₹10 lakh has been kept as fixed deposit for the welfare of retired police officers.
Mr. Chetan said that the department has extended ₹80,000 as funeral honorarium in the last two years. And, each police officer retired in 2022 was given an honorarium of ₹10,000.
In 2021, the Kalaburagi Police has allocated ₹2.5 lakh for the education of 54 children of police personnel from the Police Welfare Fund. The department has also given cash prizes to students who have scored the highest marks in the SSLC examination.
The department has also released ₹48,500 for medical treatment of retired officers in the last one year.
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