Punjab Government has invited applications from sportspersons having national and international acclamations in their respective sports in the year 2011 and 2012. The award with a cash prize of Rs2 lakh and award with a trophy of Maharaja Ranjit Singh and a citation would be distributed amongst three dozen players of 37 games.
A spokesman said the awards would be given soon after completion of application and scrutiny process and added willing candidates can submit their applications with attested copies of their achievement and certificates, biodata and two passport size photographs. The candidates can submit their applications directly or through District Sports Officers or Punjab Olympic Federation in the office of Director Sports, Punjab. The spokesman said achievements for the last five years would be considered and for the year 2011 the achievements of sportsmen would be accepted between January 1, 2006 and December 31, 2010 while for the year 2012 awards the achievement would be considered from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2011.