STATE TIMES NEWS
JAMMU: To discuss the working of police establishments and enhance more facilities for the cops and families of police martyrs, PHQ has started open discussions to revisit the existing welfare schemes and deliberate on to introduce more initiatives.
This was disclosed by the Director General of Police (DGP), Dr. S.P Vaid, while chairing a joint meeting of State Level Executive and Managing Committees of Police Parivar, at Police Headquarters (PHQ)) here on Monday.
Dr. Vaid, dwelling on the welfare initiatives taken in the recent years, to bring efficiency in the working of police establishments, said that our thrust has always remained to improve performance of all establishments including educational institutions.
He said that JKP is grappling with the daunting task of the welfare of police personnel, especially the martyrs’ families and we have embarked upon a massive programme to educate children and help women start their own income generating units. Rehabilitation of the martyr’s wives, besides the retired personnel has been top on the agenda and a beginning has already been made to ponder and introduce innovative schemes.
DGP sought reports from members of Board of Administration regarding the functioning of Police Public Schools in providing quality education.
He said that our focus should be to upgrade the standards of education in these schools, reiterating commitment to work for ameliorating the lot of police families. He hoped that these measures would enable the children to attain academic excellence, besides facing the challenges of the present day world with more vigorous and confidence. Opening of Pardhan Mantri Jan Aushadhi Kendra in police hospitals was also discussed in order to provide quality
medicines to the patients at cheaper rates. iscussing the status of Police Parivar Fund, the DGP said that the Fund has been established to provide a succor to the families of police martyrs and various schemes have been introduced to benefit these families. He said that various effective measures have been taken by the department to generate new ideas and sources for making effective improvements in the working of the fund. Skill development courses for the school dropouts and unemployed wards of police personnel would be introduced in the police establishment centers for their rehabilitation.
Among others, the meeting was attended by ADsGP, Dilbag Singh, L. Mohanti and A.K Choudhary, AIsGP, Dr. S.D Singh, Sunil Kumar, Danesh Rana, S.L Sharma, S.A Watali, J.P Singh and SK Gupta, DIsG, Alok Kumar, Nissar Ahmed and Deepak Kumar, DoP, Pawan Gupta, AIsGP, MS Police Hospital Jammu, Principal of PPS Jammu. Other officers participated through video conferencing were IGP, Kashmir, S.J.M Gillani, Range DIsGP and District Superintendents of police, besides MS Policed Hospital Sgr. and Principal PP School, Srinagar.
