The course of of choosing this 12 months’s National Sports Award winners is ready to be postponed till after the Olympic Games to make sure that medal winners in Tokyo are duly thought of by the choice panel, which is but to be established.
The awards are given by the President of the nation yearly on National Sports Day on 29 August, which can also be the start anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The Olympics will run from July 23 to August 8.
“We have already received nominations for this year’s National Sports Awards. The nomination dates are currently closed. But in our last meeting we have discussed about the inclusion of Olympic medalists, if any, in this year’s awards for consideration,” a sports activities ministry supply instructed PTI.
“With the Olympics ending on August 8, there may be a delay in the selection of the award winners,” he stated.
The ceremony might also be delayed if the choice panel is unable to finalize the names of the award winners inside 10 days of the top of the Games.
“We will take a ultimate name on the difficulty quickly. We are planning to have one other assembly proper after the Olympics to determine on this. If considered one of our athletes wins an Olympic medal, that may positively be thought of.
“If we can meet within a week or 10 days after the Olympics, the awards will be given on August 29, otherwise it may be postponed by a few days,” the supply stated.
Over 120 Indian athletes shall be vying for medals on the Games amid stringent well being security protocols because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The video games shall be performed with out spectators.
The means of nomination for the nationwide honor ended on July 5 after two extensions.
Applicants had been allowed to self-enroll on-line within the wake of the pandemic, however nationwide federations have additionally despatched their preferences.
The prize cash for these awards was considerably elevated final 12 months.
Hence, the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award now comes with a bounty of Rs 25 lakh, which is way larger than the earlier quantity of Rs 7.5 lakh.
Cash award for Arjuna Award has been elevated from Rs 5 lakh to Rs 15 lakh, Dronacharya (Lifetime) awardees, who had been earlier given Rs 5 lakh, at the moment are being given Rs 15 lakh.
Dronacharya (common) is given Rs 10 lakh as an alternative of Rs 5 lakh per award, whereas Dhyan Chand awardees are given Rs 10 lakh as an alternative of Rs 5 lakh.
Last 12 months, the award ceremony was held just about because of the pandemic.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
