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by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, JUNE 7
Haryana Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sharda Rathore today said that as many as 1800 sportspersons had been selected by the State Government under first phase of sports talent hunt programme.
Ms Rathore, who was addressing the sportspersons after distributing medals in the concluding function of 3-day Seventh National Acrobatic Gymnastic Competition at Assandh, said that of the total sportspersons selected by the Government, 1300 were in the age group of 13 to 19 years and 500 in the age group of 9 to 13 years. These sportspersons would be given a monthly scholarship of Rs 2,000 and Rs 1,500 respectively.
As many as 200 sportspersons of 14 States of the country took part in this 3-day Seventh National Acrobatic Gymnastic Competitions.
Ms Rathore said that the State Government was all set to promote games on large scale in the State. The State Government had implemented new sports policy under which a number of incentives were being given to the budding sportspersons. Cash prizes of crores of rupees were given to the sportspersons winning medals in the international level sports meet and the native villages of the medal winners' sportspersons were being given the status of model village. The outstanding sportspersons were also given government jobs. So far nine such sportspersons had been appointed as Deputy Superintendent of Police, besides giving them three per cent reservation in the direct recruitment to the posts of class-III and IV. As many as 171 rural sports stadia had already been constructed to promote sports among the rural youths.
Thanks to the new sports policy implemented by the State Government, the sportspersons of Haryana had brought laurels to the State by winning medals at national and international sports events and they would also give a good account of themselves in the forthcoming Commonwealth Games, she added.
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