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Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
13-December-2011 15:51 IST
Scheme of Sports Awards to Medal Winners

 

            There is a Scheme of the Government “Scheme of Special Awards to Medal winners in International sports events and their Coaches” for giving Cash Awards to Sportspersons and Coaches.   This was stated by Shri Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Shri Naveen Jindal.  Cash awards are given to the sportspersons as per the award money indicated in the table below:

Name of event

Gold Medal /First Position

Silver Medal/

Second Position

Bronze Medal/

Third Position

1

2

3

4

(a) Seniors

(i) Olympic Games

Rs. 50 lakh

Rs. 30 lakh

Rs. 20 lakh

(ii) Asian Games/

Commonwealth Games

Rs. 20 lakh

Rs. 10 lakh

Rs. 6 lakh

(ii) World Championships in the disciplines of Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games

Rs. 10 lakh

Rs. 5 lakh

Rs. 3 lakh

Asian Championships/ Commonwealth Championships

Rs. 3 lakh

Rs. 2 lakh

Rs. 1 lakh

(b) World Championships (Juniors & Sub-Juniors)

 (i) Juniors

Rs. 2 lakhs

Rs. 1.5 lakhs

Rs. 1 lakh

  (ii) Sub-Juniors

Rs. 1 lakh

Rs. 80,000

Rs. 60,000

 (c) Asian and Commonwealth Championships (Juniors and Sub-Juniors)

(i) Juniors

Rs. 1 lakh

Rs. 80,000

Rs. 60,000

(ii) Sub-Juniors

Rs. 50,000

Rs. 40,000

Rs. 30,000

 

The Minister further stated that for team events, the amount of award money is dependent on the number of players in the team. However, in no case, the award money payable to a player of the medal winning team is less than half of the award money payable to an individual medal winner. The amount of award money payable to coaches is 50% of the award money payable to the sportsperson. The amount of award money payable to sportspersons is uniform across the various sports disciplines. 

 

 

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