By Our Reporter
Shillong: In its endeavour to promote sports activities in the region, the North Eastern Council (NEC) has announced cash awards of Rs 40 lakh, Rs 20 lakh and Rs 10 lakh for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists at the Olympic Games from the region.
NEC has in the past, given Rs 10 lakh, Rs 5 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists respectively of the Asian and Common Wealth Games and Rs 3 lakh, Rs 2 lakh and Rs 1 lakh for the Gold, Silver and Bronze medallists of the Jharkhand National Games under the scheme ‘North Eastern Council Chairman’s Sports Award for Excellence’. For the Jharkhand National Games, altogether Rs 7.82 crore was given out to all the medal winners of the North Eastern States during the 61st Plenary Meet of the NEC recently held in New Delhi.
