Yogi Adityanath at Police Commoration Day event: Rs 115 cr set aside for cops’ allowance hikes

Adityanath also announced a Rs 1,380-crore corpus fund for the upkeep of multi-storeyed police housing and administrative buildings. The CM made these announcements during his address on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day.

An approval was granted to levy a proposed fee for expenses incurred by the police force during international events, which will be managed by the Director General of Police and governed under the proposed corpus fund rules.

Earlier, the CM paid homage to police personnel killed in the line of duty by offering floral tributes at the Police Shaheed Smarak. He said that financial assistance amounting to Rs 36.2 crore has been provided to the families of 115 martyred police personnel from Uttar Pradesh serving in the Central Paramilitary Forces and the Indian Police Service.

He pointed out that Rs 3.5 crore was allocated for the welfare and comfort of police personnel posted in several districts and Rs 4 crore was earmarked for general welfare initiatives. Additionally, Rs 30.56 lakh was used to settle 2,66 medical reimbursement claims for active and retired police personnel and their dependents.

The CM also highlighted that Rs 12.6 crore was approved for 312 medical reimbursement cases exceeding Rs 5 lakh, Rs 5.05 crore as advance loans for the treatment of serious illnesses affecting 135 police personnel and their families, and Rs 9.08 crore to support the dependents of 306 deceased police officers under the Jeevan Bima Yojana.

Also, Rs 31.16 lakh was spent on cashless treatments for police personnel and their dependents, while Rs 53.3 lakh in scholarships was awarded to 205 meritorious students of police families through the Education Fund.

Adityanath said that since 2017, over 154,000 recruitments have been made across various positions in the state’s police department, including more than 22,000 women personnel.

Additionally, more than 141,000 personnel have been promoted to various gazetted posts, and at present, the recruitment process is underway for over 60,000 positions, he informed.

The Chief Minister highlighted that in the past seven years, 17 police personnel have shown extraordinary bravery and made the ultimate sacrifice, while 1,618 officers have been injured in the line of duty to uphold the rule of law in the state.

To combat crime, action has been taken against 77,811 individuals under the Gangster Act. Effective prosecution in 68 cases involving mafia and criminal gangs has led to life sentences for 31 mafia members and 66 of their associates, with two individuals receiving death sentences.

To enhance women’s safety, dedicated women’s beats and help desks were set up in every police station across the state.
The event was attended by DGP Prashant Kumar and several senior officers.