The 152 Indian athletes preparing for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, 2018 Commonwealth Games, and 2018 Asian Games will get an allowance of Rs. 50, 000 per month declared the Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Friday.
He said "We are happy to announce that the ministry of sports has considered an out of pocket allowance for 152 athletes, these are our top athletes. All the training expenses will be taken care of and all their training programs will be taken care of,"
Rathore added "This is just purely an out of pocket allowance so that whatever minor expenditures happen, they ( athletes) have this money readily available to them. And they can focus on their training," Rathore replaced Vijay Goel as the Sports Minister after which he said that he will focus on providing sportspersons across the country both 'suvidha and sammaan'.
He told ANI that "We will focus on suvidha and sammaan. (We want to make sure that sportspersons get facilities as well as respect). We want to create an environment where they can improve their game,"
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