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New Delhi, Aug 29: The President, Pranab Mukherjee gave away National Sports and Adventure Awards at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhawan today. The function was attended by Union Minister for Tourism Subhod Kant Sahai , Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports and several eminent sports persons.
Vijay Kumar and Yogeshwar Dutt were awarded Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award for this year for their sterling performance in Shooting and Wrestling events at the recently concluded London Olympics. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh each.
The President also gave away Dronacharya Awards for the this year to the following eight Sports persons in recognition of their meritorious achievements in the field of coaching. The award carries a statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each.
Virender Poonia, Athletics, Sunil Dabas, Kabaddi (Women), Yashvir Singh, Wrestling, Harendra Singh, Hockey, Dr. Satyapal Singh Para Sports (Athletics), J.S. Bhatia Athletics, Bhawani Mukherjee, Table Tennis B.I. Fernandez, Cuban Boxing Coach Boxing.
25 Sports persons were conferred Arjuna Awards for the year 2012, in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the respective field of sports. The Award carries a statuettes, citations and enhanced cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each. The Sports persons are as follows:
Three sportspersons from Manipur got Arjuna awards. They were Laishram Bombayla Devi , Ng. Sonia Chanu and M. Bimoljit Singh. Jagraj Singh Mann (Athletics ), Shri Gundeep Kumar ( Hockey) , Shri Vinod Kumar ( Wrestling) and Shri Sukhbir Singh Tokas ( Para-Sports) were conferred Dhyan Chand Awards for the year 2012 for their contribution to sports by their performance and efforts to promote the sports. The award carries a statuettes, citations and cash prize of Rs 5 lakh each.
With a view to recognize, the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, the Government had instituted in 2009, a new award “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar”, which has four categories, namely, community sports development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and employment to sportspersons.
The Steel Authority of India Ltd. (SAIL) was conferred “Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” for the year 2012 under the category of Community Sports Identification and Nurturing of Budding Young Talent . Railway Sports Promotion Board (RSPB) received the award under the category of Financial Support for Sports Excellence . Services Sports Control Board (SSCB) also received the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar” for Establishment Management of Sports Academics of Excellence whereas Air India Sports Promotion Board got the award under Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures. Entities selected for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar were given Trophy and Citation.
The President also conferred Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards for the year 2011 to recognize the contribution and performance of the awardees in the field of adventure sports. Col. Anand Swaroop, SM and Sub. Rajendra Singh Jalal were given award for Land Adventure. Ms. Bhakti Sharma for Water Adventure and Shri Mandip Singh Soin received Life Time Achievement award. The award carries cash prize of Rs 5 lakh and Bronze Statuette along with a citation. Other Arjuna awardees include, Deepika Kumari , Sudha Singh ,. Kavita Ramdas Raut, Ashwani Ponnappa , Parupalli Kashyap,,. Aditya S. Mehta . Vikas Krishan Yuvraj Singh . Sardar Singh.
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