Odisha CM hikes risk allowance of SOG jawans from Rs 8,000 to Rs 25,000 per month

BHUBANESWAR: Lauding the role played by Odisha’s Special Operation Group (SOG) in the anti-Maoist operation in neighbouing Chhattisgarh, where 14 Maoists were killed, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Tuesday announced a three-fold hike in the risk allowance of SOG jawans.

The jawans of the elite anti-naxal force, the SOG, will now get a risk allowance of Rs 25,000 per month, up from Rs 8,000.

Taking to X, Odisha CMO said, “Today, 14 Maoists were killed in a joint operation by security forces in Kularighat area of Chhattisgarh bordering Nuapada district. The SOG jawans of Odisha Police played a key role in this operation, for which Chief Minister Shri Mohan Charan Majhi has congratulated all the jawans”.

Source: PTI News

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