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.

Source : All India Radio

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