NATIONAL SPORTS AND ADVENTURE AWARDS

Aug. 31, 2020

The prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards has been enhanced.

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  • The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to 25 lakh rupees from the previous amount of 7.5 lakh rupees.

  • Arjuna Award has been enhanced to 15 lakh rupees from 5 lakh.

  • The Dhronacharya (Lifetime) awardees, who were earlier given 5 lakh rupees will now be given 15 lakh rupees as cash prize, while Dhronacharya (Regular) will be given 10 lakh instead of 5 lakh rupees per awardee.

  • The prize money for the Sports Awards was last reviewed in 2008.

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