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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