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| By HeadlinesIndia News Network |
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Wednesday, August 20, 2008 (13:38:53) |
| Tags : Sports Ministry, Abhinav Bindra, M S Gill,Beijing Olympics |
Sports Ministry announces award of Rs 50 lakhs |
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New Delhi: The Sports Ministry has announced prize money of Rs 50 lakhs to Abhinav Bindra, for his gold medal in the Beijing Olympics 2008, under the scheme of special award to medal winners in International Sports events. Coming in the back drop of Bindra's medal winning performance, M S Gill, Sports Minister, spoke to Finance Minister P Chidambaram and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh for enhancing the prize money from Rs 30 lakhs to 50 lakhs, for gold medallists in the Olympics.
The Ministry has also increased the prize money of silver and bronze medals. Gill said,"the enhanced prize money will help in better performance of Indian sports persons in the Olympics".
Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Badminton Association has announced to honour Saina Nehwal with a cash prize of Rs two lakh for her illustrious performance in Beijing Olympic-2008. UP Badminton Association president Prabhat C Chaturvedi said,"the association has decided to award Nehwal for reaching the quarter-finals stage". Besides, the association would honour her coach Pullela Gopichand with a cash prize of Rs 50,000. |
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