The Union Social Justice and Empowerment Ministry has determined to give cash awards to Indian sportspersons who secured medals at the recently concluded Tokyo Paralympics. According to the plan, Rs 10 lakh will be given to gold medal winners, Rs 8 lakh to silver medal winners and Rs 5 lakh to Bronze medal winners, the ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

Social Justice and Empowerment Minister Virendra Kumar and Minister of State Ramdas Athawale on Friday (Sept 10)  felicitated 2020 Tokyo Paralympics medal winners in Delhi. The minister will also felicitate the rest of the Indian paraolympics contingent and the coaches.

He will be joined by Union Minister of State of Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale. The ministry said India sent the biggest ever contingent of 54 sportspersons across nine disciplines for participation in the Tokyo Paralympics.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister Virendra Kumar said that the whole country was proud of the players' achievements and praised President of Paralympic Committee Deepa Malik and Chief Para Athletics Coach Satyanarayana for their support and encouragement to the athletes. He said, "Last year, we had sent 19 participants and had won 4 medals. This year, we sent 54 participants and won 19 medals. This shows that our efforts have been successful and we will continue our efforts to double these medals in the next Paralympics."

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