Bengaluru City Police Commissioner’s Office. File photo.
Bengaluru: The Bengaluru City Police Welfare Fund distributed education incentive awards totalling ₹58.30 lakh to 274 children of police officers and personnel for the 2025–26 academic year, with support ranging from ₹10,000 for SSLC and PUC achievers to ₹60,000 in the MD, MS and MDS category.
Of the beneficiaries, 143 students secured at least 90% in their SSLC or PUC examinations, while 131 were pursuing higher education. The details were set out in the police press note attached to Home Minister Priyank Kharge’s post.
Commissioner presents awards to SSLC and PUC achievers
The award programme was held at 3 pm on October 14 at the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner’s Office. Police Commissioner Seemant Kumar Singh presented awards to 69 SSLC students and 74 PUC students who secured 90% or more.
Each of these 143 students received ₹10,000, taking the SSLC allocation to ₹6.90 lakh and the PUC allocation to ₹7.40 lakh.
Higher-education support by course
The fund provided ₹20,000 each to 40 bachelor’s-degree students, totalling ₹8 lakh, and ₹30,000 each to 16 master’s-degree students, totalling ₹4.80 lakh.
Another 64 students in the engineering-degree/LLB category received ₹40,000 each, accounting for ₹25.60 lakh. Six medical students received ₹50,000 each, totalling ₹3 lakh.
One student in the MD, MS and MDS category received ₹60,000. Four students in the category listed as “PhD/MS/Engineering/LLM” received ₹50,000 each, totalling ₹2 lakh.
Kharge said supporting the education and aspirations of police personnel’s children was an important part of police welfare, and congratulated the students and their families.
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