Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda has increased the amount of the cash award given to gold medal winners in Asian Championships from Rs4 lakh to Rs10 lakh.
Hooda conveyed this decision to Deepender Singh Hooda over the phone, when the Rohtak MP was attending a function organised to honour the gold medal winner in the recently concluded Senior Asian Wrestling Championship, Amit Dhankhar, in Himayunpur village of Rohtak district on Saturday.
Deepender announced that now cash prize of Rs6.5 lakh would be given to the silver medal winner and Rs5 lakh to bronze winner in Asian Championship. Earlier, Rs3 lakh and Rs2 lakh was given to silver and bronze medal winners, respectively.
The young MP said that in the recently concluded Senior Asian Wrestling Championship, all the four medal winners were from Haryana.
He gave credit to the innovative sports policy for the amazing performances exhibited by the sportspersons from Haryana everywhere, including Commonwealth, Asian and Olympics Games.