CM announces slew of incentives for cops

Bijendra Ahlawat

Tribune News Service

Faridabad, December 30

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday announced a slew of incentives for the welfare of police personnel, including enhancement in the matching grant being given by the government for welfare of police personnel from the existing Rs 4 crore to Rs 6 crore.

Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the Police Housing Complex here today, the CM announced to provide uniform allowance of Rs 4,000 to non-gazetted officers, including ASIs, SIs and Inspectors, and Rs 3,000 to the ranks of Constable and Head Constable.

He also made public the decision to form Callers User Group (CUG) in the Police Department to provide mobile facility to all police officials. The CUG number will be shared with all ranks and the department will pay the bill.

He also announced that Exempee Sub-Inspector (ESI) would be promoted to the rank of Honorary Inspector six months before retirement.

Announcing hike in ration money of police personnel from Rs 600 to Rs 1,000 per month, he said arrangement of crèche in police offices for care of babies and young children of women police personnel and facility of changing room for them in police offices would be made.

In addition, he said the police personnel could get HRA up to March 31, either of new places of posting or existing, in case of transfer in the middle of the year.

He said an additional fund of Rs 1,050 crore will be provided to the Police Housing Corporation through HUDCO for construction of more houses. With this, police housing satisfaction level would increase further.

Earlier, financial assistance of Rs 550 crore was provided to the corporation by which construction of 3,060 houses in various districts is under progress at different levels.

The CM dedicated 384 houses built at a cost of Rs 65 crore to police personnel. He also advised them to improve their working style and behaviour further and help in making Haryana Police one of the best police force in the country. He said that recruitment against 7,000 posts would be made next year.

‘Committed to giving F’bad a makeover’

Faridabad: Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar said here on Sunday that the BJP rule was committed to giving Faridabad, the industrial hub of Haryana and North India, a complete makeover with projects worth several hundred crores. He was addressing ‘Shankhnad’ rally organised by local MLA and Industries and Environment Minister Vipul Goel at Sector 12. MLAs Mool Chand Sharma, Seema Trikha, Tek Chand Sharma and Nagender Bhadana were among those who attended the rally. However, MP and Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Krishan Pal Gurjar was conspicuous by his absence. The relations between Goel and Gurjar have been a subject of debate after a public spat between them on a Dasehra function here in October. Claiming that Faridabad had got its due under the present government, Khattar said besides the Smart City project worth Rs 2,600 crore, the city was being given a makeover at a budget of several hundred crores. While some of the projects had either been completed, many others had been under implementation. Citing Metro to Ballabgarh as an achievement, he said the work on the ambitious project of connecting Faridabad with Gurugram was expected to be rolled out soon. TNS