Punjab Government would provide 100 jobs, every year, to the sports-persons bringing laurels to the State and nation in international events. Besides, scientific training, expert and professional coaching for the players would also be provided.
The announcements were made by Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Badal on Tuesday after dedicating Punjab Olympic Bhawan to the State’s sports fraternity. Sukhbir said these yearly jobs would be apart from three per cent reserved quota for sports-persons in State. “The players achieving excellence at international level by bringing laurels to nation would be awarded with Category ‘A’ posts,” he said. He added the State has finalised its unique plan to impart world class training to the players under which Mohali would get Rs 100 crore Punjab Institute of Sports on the pattern of National Institute of Sports having two sub-centres at Jalandhar and Bathinda.