Bengaluru Police distribute ₹58.30 lakh incentive awards to 274 children of officers
· India · The Hindu, Times of India
Bengaluru City Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh distributed incentive awards totalling ₹58.30 lakh to 274 children of police personnel for academic excellence in 2025-26. Of the recipients, 69 SSLC top performers and 74 PU examination high achievers each received ₹10,000. The remaining 131 beneficiaries pursuing bachelor’s, master’s, engineering, law or medical courses received tiered awards ranging from ₹20,000 for bachelor’s degrees to ₹50,000 for MD, MS and MDS programmes. The awards were disbursed from the Police Welfare Fund to recognise academic achievement and support the educational aspirations of police families.
Why it matters
The scheme directly benefits 274 children of Bengaluru’s police workforce by easing financial barriers to higher education, rewarding academic merit across diverse disciplines such as engineering, law and medicine.
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