Haryana Government on Tuesday announced to increase the monthly scholarship for medal winners at State level and participants of national level tournament getting coaching at different Sports Wings in the State. This will now be increased from Rs 1500 to Rs 2500 for Sub-Junior and Junior Category and from Rs 2000 to Rs 3000 for seniors. This would benefit 885 players getting training in 56 sports wings across the state.
Presiding over meeting of Sports and Youth Affairs Department here, Chief minister Manohar lal also announced that a new insurance scheme would also be prepared for all sportsperson in the State. He also announced that all the sportsperson selected under Sports and Physical Aptitude Test (SPAT) would also be given admission in sports nurseries and academies to further groom their talent. For this, new day boarding sports nurseries and academies would be set up at district level.
The CM said the aim of the state government is to develop Haryana as a sports hub and for this there is a need to nurture the sports talent at the grass root level. In the meeting he was apprised that as many as 40 new indoor stadiums would be constructed at Block level.