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The caller Bengal Government has hiked the currency grant for medal-winning athletes astatine antithetic elite competitions, including the Olympics, World Championships, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, manifold.
Bengal Sports Minister Nisith Pramanik connected Tuesday announced that an Olympic golden medallist from the authorities would beryllium awarded ₹8 crore alternatively of an earlier sanctioned magnitude of ₹25 lakh.
As per the announcement, metallic and bronze medal winners volition get ₹6 crore and ₹4 crore respectively.
Pramanik besides announced currency grant for medal winners astatine the Asian Games (gold: ₹5 crore, silver: ₹4 crore, bronze: ₹2 crore), Worlds (₹2 crore, ₹1.5 crore and ₹1 crore), Commonwealth Games (₹1.5 crore, ₹75 lakh, ₹50 lakh) and different events.
Pramanik added that the caller Sports Governance Act would beryllium adopted immediately. He besides announced employment opportunities for sportspersons, mounting up of caller sports infrastructure and broad enactment for athletes to assistance them excel successful their career.
