L-G Kiran Bedi directs Puducherry govt to give Rs 22 crore compensatory pay to police

On Wednesday, Puducherry Lt Goverr Kiran Bedi directed Home and Finance Departments of Narayanaswamy government to immediately provide special ex-gratia payment to police personnel who performed duty during 2019 Parliamentary elections in  Union Territory.

As per a release by ministration, Lt Goverr also ordered departments to disburse arrears of duty allowance for Home Guards. On account of this horarium of  police personnel and disbursement of arrears of duty allowance, government would incur an expenditure of around 22 crore. 

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release also stated that Kiran Bedi has given her d to Department of i Dravida and Scheduled Tribes Welfare to disburse Rs 1,000 to each ult member.

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DBT to i Dravidars and STs

release said payment would benefit 1,31,938 ults of i Dravidars and Scheduled tribes in Union Territory. A sum of Rs 13 crore will be spent under this scheme and amount of Rs 1000 will be credited to bank accounts of beneficiaries under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme.  Rs 1000 includes payment for Diwali festival of 2019 and Pongal festival this year in lieu of free garments.

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DBT to BPL families 

Each family coming under Below Poverty Line would also be paid Rs 900 through ir bank accounts in lieu of free garments under a scheme of Department of Women and Child Development, release said. Lt Goverr has given d for disbursement of Rs 12 crore under this scheme, benefitting 1.40 lakh BPL families, release said.

(With ANI Inputs)

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