Indian star tennis players Sania Mirza, Rohan Bopanna, Ankita Raina and Ramkumar Ramanathan have been enrolled in the core group players under the Sports Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). All these are going to be linked to this plan till this year's Hangzhou Asian Games on Thursday. After getting the request from the All India Tennis Association (AITA), it has also been decided to include these four players in the TOPS meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry.

Along with this, the MOC has also approved a grant of Rs 3 lakh 62 thousand to the teenage archer Manjiri Alone to buy 'Recurve Bow Set'. Manjiri also won a bronze medal at the 2021 World Archery Youth Championships in Warclaw, Poland in August last year. The MOC has also accepted the offer of Rs 4 lakh 31 thousand for training and stay at Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range from February 10 to March 25 of Para pistol shooter Sinhraj Adhana, who won silver and bronze medals at the Paralympic Games in Tokyo.

In which an expenditure of two lakh 26 thousand rupees is also being given on cartridges for 25 meter and 50 meter events. According to a statement issued by SAI, coach JP Nautiyal, who was present in Tughlakabad range along with Manish Narwal, has been asked to stay for 10 additional days to assist Adhana. Along with an offer of Rs 2 lakh 68 thousand for cartridges and clay target of skeet shooter Gurjit Singh, the proposal of teenage air rifle shooter Rudraksh Patil to buy equipment worth Rs 1 lakh 3 thousand has also been approved.

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