Monday, February 17, 2020

Diet allowance for sportspersons increased

CHANDIGARH, FEB 17 
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal has approved the proposal to increase the diet-allowance of sportspersons participating in state and national-level school sports competitions.
        While giving information about this, Haryana Education Minister Mr. Kanwar Pal said that the diet allowance of sportspersons participating in state-level school sports competition will be increased from Rs. 125 to Rs. 200 per day and for the players who participate in the national-level competition the allowance will be increased from Rs. 200 to Rs. 250 per day. He said that the purpose of increasing the diet allowance is to provide a nutritious diet to the players.
   The Education Minister said that the sportspersons of Haryana have been dominating in competition like, Khelo India, Asian, Commonwealth, and Olympic Games. Haryana has made it to the second place in Khelo-India in the last two years despite being a small state. He informed that the state government is providing facilities to students by developing interest in sports at the school level.
      He said that sports are a part of every person's life and it is like food for the body. Just like food intake provides nutrition and energy to the body, sports help students ease-out mental burden and physical fatigue.
     Education Minister Mr. Kanwar Pal said that the dietary allowance of sportspersons has been increased by the present state government, it will provide a wholesome diet to the players and their performance in sports will improve.
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