The Union home ministry has belatedly paid September’s “ration allowance” to CRPF troops following public outrage over its planned suspension, ministry and paramilitary sources said. “We have received the funds from the home ministry and the troops have been paid their monthly ration allowance,” CRPF deputy inspector-general (intelligence) Moses Dhinakaran told this newspaper on Friday. Sources at the CRPF headquarters said the personnel were upbeat after the ration allowance was credited to their salary accounts this week. It’s only after media reports highlighted the issue that the home ministry released the fund,” a CRPF official said. All non-gazetted CRPF personnel — constables, head constables, assistant sub-inspectors, sub-inspectors and inspectors — receive the ration allowance.

Source: The Telegraph October 12, 2019 01:18 UTC