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|July 25, 2025
Delhi must study best sports management practices
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The Delhi government's decision to substantially increase cash rewards and government jobs for medal-winning sportspeople from the city representing the Union Territory and the country at national and international levels is a laudable attempt to build a healthy sporting culture.
Under the Mukhyamantri Khel Protsahan Yojana (Chief Minister Sports Encouragement Scheme), the rewards for Olympic and Paralympic gold medallists have been raised from ₹3 crore to ₹7 crore, silver medallists will get ₹5 crore, and bronze medallists ₹3 crore.
Asian and Para-Asian Games gold medallists will be given ₹3 crore, silver medallists ₹2 crore and bronze medallists ₹1 crore.
For the Commonwealth Games, the awards are ₹2 crore, ₹1.5 crore, and ₹1 crore.
For national games, the award is ₹11 lakh.
This story is from the July 25, 2025 edition of Business Standard.
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