Punjab’s Technical Education Department has provided a government job to the widow of the soldier who died in a militant attack at Jammu in 2014.
The state Technical Education and Industrial Training and Employment Generation and Training Minister Charanjit Singh Channi on Monday handed over the appointment letter to Ranjit Kaur for the post of Sewing or Embroidery Instructor in Technical Education Department.
Punjab Government, under the leadership of Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh, has always taken the initiative on priority to provide support to the families of the martyrs who sacrificed their life for the country, said the spokesperson, adding that special efforts have been made to provide assistance and government jobs to the dependent of such martyrs on priority basis.
“On the same lines, the Technical Education Department has provided government job to Ranjit Kaur, the widow of the soldier Manpreet Singh who died in a militant attack at Jammu,” said the spokesperson.
Notably, Shaheed Manpreet Singh, a resident of Awan village of Gurdaspur district, died during the militant attack by terrorists in Morganan area of Uri sector of Jammu on December 5, 2014.
Punjab Government has offered this job to Ranjit Kaur as an honour and thanksgiving gesture, said the spokesperson.