Gandhinagar, 10 August 2014

Gujarat government has announced Rs. 5 crore prize for any Gujarat player who wins Gold medal in Olympic games.

This announcement has been made by Chief Minister on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.

One who wins Silver medal will get Rs. 3 crore while bronze winner in Olympic will be awarded with prize of Rs. 2 crore.

Gujarat player winning gold in Asian Games will get Rs. 2 crore reward from the state government. Similarly, silver and bronze winners will get Rs. 1 crore and Rs. 50 lakh prize respectively.

While even qualifying for Olympic has been a dream for a sportsperson in Gujarat, and Asian Games record is also not so fine, the state has seen some success in Commonwealth games with shooter Lajja Goswami winning bronze in last Commonwealth games and silver before that.

The government has decided to give Rs. 1 crore prize to Gujarat player who wins gold medal, Rs. 50 lakh for silver medal winner and Rs. 25 lakh for bronze winner.

In national games and senior national championships, individual Gujarat player who wins gold will get Rs. 3 lakh, silver Rs. 2 lakh and bronze Rs. 1 lakh.

In national level group games be it senior/junior any of both category, first winner team’s each player will get Rs. 75,000, second number team’s each player will get Rs. 50,000 while third number team’s each player will get Rs. 25,000.