The state government will provide the soldier's 16-year- old daughter Simrandeep Kaur a police job, and also a job to his son Sahildeep Singh (12) on completion of their education, he said at the family's home in Vein Poin village.
The CM also said his government would soon table before the Cabinet a comprehensive policy standardising compensation rules for Punjabis, working with of any force, who lays down life fighting for the nation.
Amarinder said the jobs for the two children, which the family had sought from the government, would be in addition to the compensation already announced for the family.
The state government had earlier announced a compensation of Rs 12 lakh for the family-- Rs 5 lakh for the widow and the children, Rs 2 lakh for parents, and a plot worth Rs 5 lakh.
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Another Rs 1 lakh was announced for renaming the local rest house in the soldier's name.
The younger daughter, Khushdeep Kaur, has been adopted by an IAS-IPS couple from Himachal Pradesh.
Asked if the government was not discriminating against the third child of the deceased, he said it was not possible to provide individual compensation to every family member, but he made it clear that all promises made to the family would be fulfilled and more help would be granted if needed.
He also alleged that the central government was not doing enough for the forces manning the country's borders.
The Chief Minister was accompanied by Cabinet colleagues Rana Gurjit Singh and Navjot Singh Sidhu, as well as Punjab Congress president Sunil Jakhar.