Chandigarh: Haryana Minister of State for Sports activities, Sh. Gaurav Gautam, mentioned that every one pending money rewards as much as December 31, 2022, for eligible Haryana athletes who participated in nationwide and worldwide competitions have been totally disbursed. Money rewards for medal winners of the Olympic Video games, Paralympic Video games and Nationwide Video games for the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 has additionally been distributed with none delay. The remaining money rewards for 2023, 2024 and 2025 shall be launched to eligible athletes shortly.
Relating to coaches’ awards, the Minister mentioned {that a} whole of 52 purposes have been obtained, out of which 31 eligible coaches have been granted awards amounting to Rs.3.56 crore in whole.The Minister was responding to a query raised by a member of the home throughout the Finances Session of the Haryana Vidhan Sabha immediately.
He additional mentioned that eligible student-athletes in Haryana are awarded scholarships upon completion of their respective educational session. Scholarships have been launched as much as the 2023–24 session, and the scrutiny for the 2024–25 session is in its closing stage and shall be accomplished quickly.
From 2019 to 2023–24, a complete of 14,306 gamers have been given scholarships amounting to Rs. 44.74 crore. Moreover, from July 1, 2024, the federal government has launched a web-based portal to make sure the well timed and easy disbursement of money rewards to eligible athletes. The Minister mentioned that money rewards are supplied on an annual foundation, not month-to-month. Since 2019, a complete of 8,234 gamers have been awarded money rewards amounting to Rs. 491.22 crore.
