CHANDIGARH: Punjab hockey players participating in the Tokyo Olympics would now get Rs 2.25 crore each on winning a team gold medal in these games. Earlier, an amount of Rs 2.25 crore was given to the entire team for winning a gold medal.
After presiding over a meeting of Youth Development Board at Punjab Bhawan in Chandigarh on Friday, sports and youth services minister Rana Gurmeet Singh Sodhi said out of total 20 players from Punjab, 11 players were giving their best in the Indian hockey team competing in Tokyo. Congratulating the players on their excellent performance, he expressed hope India would bag three to four medals in the Olympics.
Reviewing the performance of the Punjab Youth Development Board, the minister directed sports and youth services director D P S Kharbanda to issue letters to all the deputy commissioners of the state to maintain the dignity of all the office-bearers of the board and invite them to the official district-level function, besides initiating action to include board members in the district grievance redressal committees.
He was accompanied by board chairman Sukhwinder Singh Binda. He asked the board office-bearers and members of channelising defunct youth clubs in villages and urban areas, saying that they should visit villages and establish one-to-one contact with the people. The minister said that a review of their performance in this regard would be done in the next monthly meeting.
The cabinet minister also discussed distribution of sports kits to youngsters to promote sports culture and health awareness, future plans of stadiums in the state, involvement of youth directly with board through social media and bestowing appreciation certificates to corona warriors.
