The players of Madhya Pradesh exhibiting a wonderful performance at Play India Games 2019 bagged 31 medals.
On this achievement of the players Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Jitu Patwari congratulated the winners and gave best wishes.
He said that from next year, players of India's medal winners will be given twice incentive.
At the same time, the prize money of players who have earned medals in the national championship will be increased 50 times.
Players including Ritesh Ohhe (Athletics), Ruchir Shrivas (Boxing), Divya Pawar (Boxing), Manisha Kiar (Shooting), Anwar Khan (Shooting), Avinash Yadav (Shooting) have won gold medals.
Muskan Kirar (Archery), Ekram Ali (Athletics), Anjali Sharma (Boxing), Aishwarya Pratap Singh (Shooting) have bagged silver medals. Akash Dubey (athletics), Bushra Khan (athletics), Sunil Dabur (athletics), Priyanshi Prajapati (wrestling), Harshit Binjwa (shooting), Shreya Agarwal (Shooting), Pooja Vishwakarma (shooting) have won bronze medals.
Besides, Anusha Vestamle (Table Tennis), Mehk Jain (Tennis) have won gold medals. Bahadur Patel and Kosthib Jaiswal (Athletics), Kanya Nair (Swimming) Shivani Pawar (Wrestling) won silver medals. Kunwar Vishwajit and Kanha Tyagi (Weightlifting), Rohit Kosta (Judo), Kanya Nair (Swimming), Ankit and Pranjal Sonkar (Wrestling) have won Bronze medals.
According to the Sports Minister's announcement this year, the gold medal winners of the Games India Youth Games were awarded 51 thousand rupees, silver medal winners were 31 thousand and the bronze medal winner was given 21 thousand rupees incentive.
Patwari said that the State Government will provide financial assistance to train players and coaches abroad. In addition, better equipment will be provided to the players. The Minister said that for the participation in the national competition, the rail fares of the players of the state will be borne by the government, also the medical treatment costs will be bared by the government.
Director, Sports and Youth Welfare S.L. Thoussen said that efforts are being made by the department to identify the prevailing sports in the districts and provide them the necessary resources. SR