MINISTER OF THE STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI PRATIK PRAKASHBAPU PATIL)
(a) Under the Scheme of Special Awards for winners of medals in international sports events and their coaches,
the winners of medals in different international sports events are eligible for cash awards as indicated in
the table below:
Name of event Gold Medal/ Silver Medal/ Bronze Medal/ First Second/position Third position position
1 2 3 4
(a) Seniors Rs.50 lakhs Rs.30 lakhs Rs.20 lakhs
(i) Olympics Games
(ii) Asian Games Rs.20 lakhs Rs. 10 lakhs Rs.6 lakhs
/Commonwealth Games
(iii) World Championships Rs.10 lakhs Rs.5 lakhs Rs.3 lakhs
(iv) Asian Championships/ Rs.3 lakhs Rs.2 lakhs Rs.1.5 lakhs
Commonwealth Championships
(b) World Championships(Juniors & Sub-Juniors)
(i) Juniors Rs. 2 lakhs Rs. 1.5 lakhs Rs. 1 lakh
(ii) Sub-Juniors Rs. 1 lakh Rs. 80,000 Rs. 60,000
Asian and Commonwealth Championships(Juniors & Sub-Juniors)
(i) Juniors Rs. 1 lakh Rs. 80,000 Rs. 60,000
(ii) Sub-Juniors Rs. 50,000 Rs. 40,000 Rs. 30,000
For team events, the amount of Special Cash Award is determined as under:
(i) A Team of 2 persons 1 1/2 times
(ii) A Team of 3 or 4 persons 2 times
(iii) A Team of 5 to 10 persons 3 times
(iv) A Team of more than 10 persons 5 times
The actual prize money determined as above is shared equally among team members. However,
no member of the team gets less than 50% of the award money of individual event and medal.
(b) & (c) The Government has no proposal to provide special package to States from
where maximum number of sports persons won medals during the Commonwealth Games 2010.
(d) to (f) There is no proposal to provide permanent Government jobs to the sports persons who won medals
in Commonwealth Games- 2010 competitions. However, there is already a provision of 5% of direct recruit
vacancies in Group `C`and `D` category in Central Government Offices being reserved for meritorious
sportspersons including those who win medals in the commonwealth Games.
