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Sports Ministry has invited nominations and functions from eligible athletes, coaches and universities for National Sports Awards for 2021.
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- Last Updated:May 20, 2021, 20:50 IST
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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) has invited nominations and functions from eligible athletes, coaches and universities for the annual National Sports Awards for 2021.
The nominations for the awards might be accepted on-line.
Due to the pandemic final yr, the sports activities ministry had allowed particular person candidates to self-nominate and this yr too the ministry will comply with the identical process because of the second wave of Covid-19 in India.
The National Sports Federations (NSFs) can even nominate athletes for prime honours.
In 2020, the choice panel nominated by the sports activities ministry awarded a whopping 74 athletes.
There had been unprecedented 5 for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna whereas 27 had been recipients of Arjuna Award.
The sports activities ministry had additionally elevated prize cash for the awards final yr. The recipients of the Khel Ratna got Rs 25 lakh. In 2019, they got Rs 7.5 lakh.
Arjuna awardees got Rs 15 lakh every which was 10 lakh greater than the earlier yr.
The money award for Dronacharya Award (lifetime) was elevated to Rs 15 lakh. Earlier, it was Rs 5 lakh. The common Dronacharya awardees got Rs 10 lakh as a substitute of Rs 5 lakh.
Eligible candidates can get extra data from the sports activities ministry’s web site.
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