Government Pension to sports persons in Sikkim

GANGTOK, July 28 (PIB): A scheme of Sports Fund for Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons introduced in July 1994 is being operated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with the objective of rewarding the meritorious sportspersons for their outstanding achievements with life time assistance in the form of assured monthly pension. This was stated by the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Pratik Prakashbapu Patil in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Arjun Sethi. Under the scheme, those sportspersons, who are Indian citizens and have won Gold, Silver or Bronze medals in Olympic Games, World Cup/World Championships in Olympics and Asian Games disciplines, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Para-Olympic Games and who have attained the age of 30 years and retired from active sports are eligible for the pension. The rates of pension are shown in the box.Medalists at the Olympic Games Rs.10,000 per monthGold medalists at the World Cups/World Championships in Olympics and Asian Games disciplines. Rs.8,000 per monthSilver and Bronze medalists of the World Cups/World Championships in Olympics and Asian Games disciplines Rs.7,000 per monthGold medalists of the Asian/Commonwealth Games Rs.7,000 per monthSilver and Bronze medalists of Asian/Commonwealth Games Rs.6,000 per month Gold medalists of Para – Olympic Games Rs.5,000 per monthSilver medalists of Para-Olympic Games Rs.4,000 per monthBronze medalists of Para-Olympic Games Rs.3,000 per month