State government to provide Rs. 15 lakh each to Himachali Gold medallists in Asian Games: Vikramaditya
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Youth Services and Sports Minister Vikramaditya Singh said here today that the state government was determined to encourage the budding sports talents of Himachal and has proposed cash prizes worth one crore rupees to all the Himachali players who won medals and participated in the Asian Games recently held in Hangzhou, China.
The Sports Minister said that six players from Himachal were among the medal winners in the Asian Games held from 29th September to 8th October, 2023 while seven other players participated in different games. He said that in the Kabaddi, women’s category, Ritu Negi, Pushpa and Kumari Sushma of Sirmaur district, Kumari Nidhi Sharma of Bilaspur, Kumari Jyoti of Solan winning squad, similarly, in the Kabaddi men’s category and Vishal Bhardwaj of Una district was a member of the gold medal winning team. All these six players will be given a cash prize of Rs. 15 lakh each.
Deeksha Kumari, Priyanka Thakur and Shalini Thakur of Bilaspur district, Nidhi Sharma, Mitali Sharma, Bhavana and Menka of Solan district represented the country in handball. All these seven players will be provided an incentive amount of rupees one lakh each, he added.
Vikramaditya Singh said the Youth Services and Sports Department will provide Rs. 63 lakh as award to three players Renuka Thakur, Vikas Thakur and Ashish Kumar who won medals in the Commonwealth Games in the year 2022 as well.
