Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Sept 25: Consequent upon the State Administrative Council’s decision, the Government today issued formal order according sanction to the enhancement of ex-gratia relief in favour of next of kins of the J&K Police personnel martyred while dealing with violence and militancy related incidents.
For police officers, the ex-gratia has been hiked to Rs 70 lakh from the existing Rs 48 lakh in case of death in militancy-related incidents while for the Special Police Officers (SPOs), the ex-gratia has been increased to Rs 30 lakh from the existing Rs 14.50 lakh.
As per the order, the ex-gratia has been increased to Rs 5 lakh from Rs 2 lakh under the Security Related Expenditure (SRE), which will be payable to the next of kin of J&K police personnel, SPOs and CAPFs and Army personnel.
Similarly, the ex-gratia of Rs 3 lakh from Police Welfare Fund (MHA) has been increased to Rs 7 lakh while the ex-gratia out of State resources has been increased from Rs 18 lakh to Rs 33 lakh.
An additional amount of Rs 12.50 lakh will be given to the next of kin of SPOs, out of State resources.
The order further states that the education of two children, upto class 12th in private schools in the State, of such Police martyrs, shall be borne by the State Education Department.
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