CRPF gifts martyrs' children FDs, money to fund education

In order to aid school education of the children of its martyrs, country's largest paramilitary force CRPF has initiated a fixed-deposit scheme for them apart from helping them with money when they opt for professional courses.
The Family Welfare Association of the force recently handed over Fixed Deposit (FD) certificates of Rs 20,000 each to 182 such children whose parents (mainly fathers) were killed in the line of duty like anti-Naxal operations or counter-insurgency tasks.
The FDs will be provided to those children who are studying in classes I-XII and the maturity of these financial instruments has been so timed that they can get the money once they attained the age of 18 years, a senior official said.

Also, the children who get enrolled in higher professional courses will be given a cheque for Rs 30,000 each.
"Eight girls from families of these martyrs were given the cheques recently by the association. A total sum of Rs 38.80 lakh has been distributed under the new scheme," the official said.
The force, in action in various parts of the country, also initiated a new scheme called 'Muskaan' where wheel chairs are provided to children of these brave hearts who have more than 50 per cent disability and who are not able to secure medical reimbursement.
The schemes were launched by association's President Sandhya Mishra, wife of Central Reserve Police Force chief Prakash Mishra.