Haryana to give Rs 5 lakh to Indian hockey team

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by Haryananewswire (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 2
Haryana Sports Minister Gopal Kanda announced to give a sum of Rs. 5 lakh to the Indian hockey team on winning match against Pakistan in Hero Honda FIH World Cup. He also announced to give a sum of Rs. 1 lakh each to those players of Indian Hockey team who scored goals against Pakistan in the inaugural match on February 28.
Mr. Kanda, who was talking to the media persons at under construction Murlidhar Kanda Memorial School, Sirsa, congratulated Indian team on their magnificent victory against Pakistan.
He said that the Haryana Government was giving a number of cash incentives to promote games on large scale in the State. Outstanding sportspersons were being appointed in Haryana Police on high positions.
As per new sports policy, a cash prize of Rs. 3 crore, Rs. 2 crore and Rs. 1 crore was given to those players of Haryana who won gold medal, silver medal and bronze medal, respectively in Olympic Games.
Mr. Kanda said that Haryana Sports Akademi would be set up on the patron of Sports Authority of India, where training would be imparted to the players by the international level coaches.
He said that Haryana Government had increased manifold the amount of cash prizes for sportspersons of the State winning medals in national and international sports competitions.
He said that the amount of cash prize to sportspersons winning gold medal n the national/SAF Gmes had been increased from Rs.55,000 to Rs. 3 lakh and those of winning silver and bronze medals had been increased from Rs.35,000 to Rs. 2 lakh and from Rs.25,000 to Rs. 1 lakh, respectively.
Similarly, the cash prize for the sportspersons winning gold medals in the Asian Games had been increased from Rs. 1 lakh to Rs. 4 lakh and for those winning silver medals from Rs.75,000 to Rs. 3 lakh and for those winning bronze medals from Rs.75,000 to Rs. 2 lakh, he added.
The Minister said that the sportspersons winning gold medals in the World Cup/Championships would now get Rs. 5 lakh instead of Rs. 3 lakh and sportspersons winning silver medals would get Rs. 4 lakh instead of Rs. 2 lakh. The sportspersons winning bronze medals would be given a cash prize of Rs. 3 lakh instead of Rs. 1 lakh.