Hockey India on Wednesday introduced money prizes for the Indian workforce and assist employees forward of subsequent month’s FIH Men’s World Cup in Bhubaneswar-Rourkela.
India will start their marketing campaign towards Spain from January 13 and HI has determined to award Rs 25 lakh every to the workforce members and Rs 5 lakh every to the assist employees for his or her gold medal successful feat within the prestigious quadrangular occasion .
A silver medal will fetch the participant Rs 15 lakh and the assist employees might be awarded Rs 3 lakh, whereas a bronze medal will fetch them Rs 10 lakh every, whereas the assist employees might be entitled to the award. 2 lakh rupees. The choice was taken by the Executive Board of Hockey India in a digital assembly on 24 December.
Hockey India President Dilip Tirkey mentioned in a launch, “It is not any simple job to complete on the rostrum within the Senior Men’s World Cup and we’re hopeful that this announcement will additional increase the motivation ranges of the Indian males’s hockey workforce, already hungry for glory. ”
India final stood on the World Cup podium in 1975, the place they lifted the coveted title by defeating Pakistan within the ultimate held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
India has earlier gained three medals on this prestigious occasion. The workforce recorded a bronze medal within the first version in 1971, adopted by a silver medal in 1973 in Amstelveen, moreover successful the title in 1975.
The Indian workforce is in Pool D together with England, Spain and Wales.
With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
