Haryana Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Saturday felicitated hockey stars of Tokyo Olympics at a function organised by Hockey Chandigarh. - File photo
Chandigarh, August 21
Governor Bandaru Dattatreya on Saturday felicitated hockey stars of Tokyo Olympics at a function organised by Hockey Chandigarh.
The five players were given a cash award of Rs 5 lakh each while the two coaches were given a cash award of
Rs 2.5 lakh each. Those felicitated included Rupinder Pal Singh, Gurjant Singh, Monika Malik, Sharmila Devi, Reena Khokhar, Shivendra Singh and Gurminder Singh.
The Governor said under the new sports policy, the state government was giving Rs 6 crore to gold medallists, Rs 4 crore for silver and
Rs 2.5 crore to bronze medallist Olympians. He said all states should prepare a sports policy to encourage players so that they could perform better. — TNS
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