Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Incentives to Sports persons
20 DEC 2018
Incentives
in the form of Cash awards are given to medal winners in international
sports events of various sports disciplines including those of Football,
Hockey, Badminton, Lawn Tennis. Cash awards are given in accordance
with the provisions of the Scheme of 'Special Awards to Medal Winners in
International Sports Events and their Coaches'. As Cricket is at
present not included in Olympic Games/Asian Games/Commonwealth Games, no
cash award is given to sportspersons belonging to cricket. However,
Blind Cricket World Cup (held in four years) is included in the Scheme
of Special Awards and medal winners in Blind Cricket World Cup have been
given cash award.
A statement indicating the amount of cash award given to sportspersons in different international sports events is at Annexure.
Responsibility
for promotion and development of specific sports disciplines is that of
concerned National Sports Federations (NSF). Ministry of Youth Affairs
& Sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) supplement the
efforts of the NSFs.
This
information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge)
forYouth Affairs and Sports Shri Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore Retd in a
written reply to the Lok Sabha today.
Annexure
Statement
indicating the amount of cash award given to medal winners in
international sports events as per the Scheme of 'Special Awards to
Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches'
I. Individual Events at Senior Level :
(a) : Category : Open Category Sports
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In rupees) | ||
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||
| 1. | Olympic Games (Summer & Winter) | 75 lakh | 50 lakh | 30 lakh |
| 2. | Asian Games | 30 lakh | 20 lakh | 10 lakh |
| 3. | Commonwealth Games | 30 lakh | 20 lakh | 10 lakh |
| 4. | World Championships or World Cup (conducted in four year cycle) | 40 lakh | 25 lakh | 15 lakh |
| 5. | World Championship/ World Cup (held once in two years) | 20 lakh | 14 lakh | 8 lakh |
| 6. | World Championship/ World Cup(held annually) /All England Badminton Championship | 10 lakh | 7 lakh | 4 lakh |
| 7. | Asian Championships(held once in four years) | 15 lakh | 10 lakh | 5 lakh |
| 8. | Asian Championships(held once in two years) | 7.5 lakh | 5 lakh | 2.5 lakh |
| 9. | Asian Championships (held annually) | 3.75 lakh | 2.5 lakh | 1.25 lakh |
| 10. | Commonwealth Championships(held once in four years) | 15 lakh | 10 lakh | 5 lakh |
| 11. | Commonwealth Championships(held once in two years) | 7.5 lakh | 5 lakh | 2.5 lakh |
| 12. | Commonwealth Championships(held annually) | 3.75 lakh | 2.5 lakh | 1.25 lakh |
| 13. | World University Games | 3.75 lakh | 2.5 lakh | lakh |
(b) : Category : Para-Sports
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In rupees) | ||
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||
| 1. | Paralympic Games (Summer & Winter) | 75 lakh | 50 lakh | 30 lakh |
| 2. | Para Asian Games | 30 lakh | 20 lakh | 10 lakh |
| 3. | Commonwealth Games(Para Athletes) | 30 lakh | 20 lakh | 10 lakh |
| 4. | IPC World Cup/ Championship(held biennially) | 20 lakh | 14 lakh | 8 lakh |
| 5. | IPC World Cup/ Championship(held annually) | 10 lakh | 7 lakh |
|
(c): Category : Blind Sports
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In rupees) | ||
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||
| 1. | IBSA World Championship | 10 lakh | 7 lakh |
|
(d) : Category : Deaf-Sports
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In rupees) | ||
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||
| 1. | Deaflympics | 15 lakh | 10 lakh |
|
(e) : Category : Special Olympic- Sports
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In rupees) | ||
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal | Bronze Medal | ||
| 1. | Special Olympics (Summer / Winter) | 5 lakh | 3 lakh | 1 lakh |
(f) Category : Blind Cricket World Cup
| S. No. | Name of Event | Amount of Award Money (In Rupees) Winner |
| 1. | Blind Cricket World Cup (held in four years) | 5 lakh |
II. Individual Events of Junior Level for sports competitions stated above :In
case of Junior Level, the amount will be one third of the amount stated
in tables above rounded off to nearest tens of thousand of Rupees.
III. Individual Events of Sub Junior Level for sports competitions stated above :In
case of Sub Junior Level, the amount will be one sixth of the amount
stated in tables above rounded off to nearest tens of thousand of
Rupees.
IV. Team Events :For
Team events, the amount of cash award is computed taking into account
the number of members of the team. However, no member of team gets less
than 50% of the award amount corresponding individual event, medal,
level and category of participation.
PIB
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