Haryana Government has increased the diet-allowance of sportspersons participating in State and national-level school sports competitions, Education Minister Kanwar Pal said on Monday.
He said 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.
The Education Minister said 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.
