35 has registered for Khel Ratna and 215 for Arjuna Awardnew Delhi: The Ministry of Sports Corridor overflowed by noting the number of applications for national sports awards.
About 600 athletes and coaches have claimed to claim to claim to be Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dronacharya, and Dhyanchand this year in the award season that swelled, TOI has learned.
Flood applications have solved the previous year’s count of more than 400 applications.
Ministry officials have worked overtime to filter applicant credentials and recommend selected names to the award selection committee, headed by retired Supreme Court Judges, Justice Mukundakum Sharma.
A whopping application 35 that has been received for the Major Chand Khel Ratna Major Rechristen award this year, when the ministry guidelines themselves set to nominees up to two sports in a proper case.
For Arjuna, a record 215 athletes have filed honor when the ministry has the right to nominate up to 15 sportsmen.
Likewise, in the DRONACACACHARYA category for life, the ministry has received a number of other records of more than 100 applications, while in the regular category of Dronacharya, the number of applicants is around 48.
For the Award of Achievement of Dhyanchand Lifetime, the Ministry has received a total of 138 applications.
In the scheme for Rashtriya Khel Protection Puruskar to encourage the company’s involvement in the development of sports in this country, a total of 36 corporate entities, NGOs and other sports promotion companies have submitted honor.
With this is the Olympics year and Paralympics and Indian athletes who returned with their best medal shows at both multi-sports events in Tokyo, the service remained preparing for a series of applications, but officials did not bid for this.
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Increased cash prizes for sports awards also plays their role in encouraging interest among applicants to be applied in the number of records.
Gift money for Khel Ratna last year increased to Rs 25 Lakh from the previous number of Rs 7.5 lakh.
Arjuna Awardees were given RS 15 Lakh, namely Rs 10 Lakh more than the previous amount.
It has been studied that the Ministry will recommend to the award committee that the winner of the gold medal in the Olympics and Paralympics can be considered for Khel Ratna.