On Saturday the Punjab Cupboard accredited the brand new coverage for the sports activities to spice up the athletes and by making such adjustments they’re aiming to deal with the coaching of the athletes, reboust infrastructure, incentives and jobs offered to the sports activities individual in Punjab.
Gurmeet Sing Meet Hayer, Punjab sports activities minister stated that there are 500 jobs created for the excellent medal winners in order that they will additionally work and 1,000 sports activities nurseries will probably be arrange within the states for sportspersons.
Whereas addressing the media on Monday in Chandigarh, Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer stated that 1,000 sports activities nurseries will probably be arrange and developed and the funds for a similar will probably be ₹250 Crore in order that the athletes will be supplied with higher teaching and tools’s and refreshments for his or her practices.
The minister stated {that a} provision has been made to offer jobs for high 500 medalist winners. Varied jobs place will probably be given in a particular cadre, 138 coaches, 40 deputy administrators, 230 junior coaches and 92 senior coaches. These would be the place offered to the athletes.
The minister additionally acknowledged that the variety of coaches in Punjab proper now are 309 and now beneath the brand new sports activities coverage 2023 the numbers of the coaches have elevated and it’s 2,360 complete coaches in Punjab.
Additional by sharing the steps taken by the state to spice up the sports activities tradition. The minister Hayer stated, that there will probably be growth of the residential amenities, through which 200 rooms hostels will probably be in-built every district of the state to offer sport individual with all of the tools and steerage wanted and to arrange them for national-level competitors.
The thought behind having such lodging (middle) amenities for the sports activities individual is that it’ll assist round 5,000 athletes throughout the state to remain and put together at one place.
The minister additionally stated that, the district degree amenities in Amritsar, Bathinda, Patiala, Ludhiana, Mohali, Mahilpur and Jalandhar all these district will probably be up-graded to the state-level.
The minister Hayer, additionally added that every one the gold, silver and bronze medal winners within the Olympic video games will probably be supplied with a money rewards of rupees 3 crores, 2 crores and 1 crore respectively. Whereas earlier the prize cash was totally different for gold, silver and bronze medal winners it was rupees 2.25 crores, 1.50 crores and 1 crore respectively. He additionally added that the numbers of such money prize winners have additionally elevated from 25 to now 80 medalist.
Beneath the brand new coverage, the minister has additionally determined to rewards the medal winners with money prizes of different video games as effectively, together with deaf Olympic, particular Olympic, para world video games (Rs. 75, 50 and 30 lakhs), tennis all grand slams (Rs. 70, 50 and 40 lakhs) and plenty of extra such sports activities video games.
Hayer additionally acknowledged that, the federal government at first additionally determined to reward the coaches and sports activities promoters too. It’s determined that the excellent coach will probably be receiving the Olympian Balbir Singh Senior Coach Award, and a money prize of 5 lakhs Rs. Together with as trophy and a blazer too.
Equally, sports activities promoters or group working independently will probably be awarded with Milkha Singh Award together with the money prize of 5 lakhs Rs, a memento with a blazer and a certificates too.