Chhattisgarh Police has renamed the Director General of Police Merit Scholarship Scheme after the martyrs of the police force.
The DGP Merit Scholarship Scheme will now be named after Shaheed Vinod Kumar Choubey, an IPS officer of 1998 batch who was the Superintendent of Police in Rajnandgaon district when he was killed in a fight with Naxalites.
Children of police personnel securing 85 percent or more marks in Class 10 School Board examination get as scholarship Rs 2,000 a month for two years and Rs 3,000 per month for education up to graduation.
Students securing 80 percent or more marks in Class 12 are provided Rs 5,000 per month scholarship till completion of post graduate education from any reputed institute in India.