In a fine gesture, the Sports Ministry on Tuesday announced that medallists from the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro will be given cash awards at par with the medal winners of last month's Olympic Games.
"Gold medallists of #Paralympic Games are entitled to Rs 75 lacs, Silver Rs 50 lacs & Bronze Rs 30 lacs as cash award from MYAS," the Ministry tweeted from its official handle. "This cash award to the #Paralympic medallists is at par with medallists of #Olympics," it added.
India has sent its biggest-ever contingent of 17 athletes to the Rio Paralympics starting on Wednesday.
Squad: Mariyappan Thangavelu (high jump), Varun Singh (high jump), Pooja (archery), Sharad Kumar (high jump), Rampal Chahar (high jump), Sundar Singh Gurjar (javelin throw), Devendra Jhajaria (javelin throw), Rinku (javelin throw), Narender (javelin throw), Sandeep (javelin throw), Amit Kumar (club throw), Deepa Malik (shot put), Dharambir (club throw), Ankur (1500 m), Basha Farman (powerlifting), Suyash Narayan (swimming), Naresh Kumar Sharma (shooting).