To further encourage its sporting talent, the Punjab Government will award cash prizes to more than 1000 sportspersons of the State who have won medals at international, national, inter-varsity and State level tournaments from the year 2010 to March 31, 2015.
“Punjab Government would award cash prize of Rs21 lakh, Rs11 lakh, Rs7 lakh for gold, silver and bronze medallist respectively to the winners of official world cup and world championships,” said a spokesman of Sports Department.
He said that the winners in the national games, Afro-Asian games or SAF games would get Rs3 lakh, Rs2 lakh and Rs1 lakh for gold, silver and bronze medal respectively and World Cup, Asian Championship or Commonwealth championship winners would be presented Rs5 lakh, Rs3 lakh and Rs2 lakh for gold, silver and bronze medal respectively held at the interval of two years.
Giving details, he added that Rs5 lakh, Rs3 lakh and Rs2 lakh would be handed over for gold, silver and bronze medallist respectively in the Olympic games (handicapped category), and Rs2 lakh, Rs1.25 lakh and Rs75,000 will be given for gold, silver and bronze medal respectively in the International competitions (paralympic). Besides, Rs40,000, Rs20,000 and Rs15,000 will be awarded to the gold, silver and bronze medal winners respectively in the senior national competitions.
All India Inter-University Championship or in National Women Sports Festival medalists would get Rs15,000, Rs12,000 and Rs10,000 for gold, silver and bronze medal respectively, national school games winners Rs15,000, Rs10,000 and Rs7,500 for gold, silver and bronze medal respectively.