New Delhi, July 20:
The Union Cabinet has approved a policy to promote sportspersons for excellence in international sports events, by giving up to three out-of-turn promotions in their service career for winning medals in Olympic Games, Common wealth Games, Asian Games and World Championships.
The sportsperson winning a medal or more than one medal in a game, team events and championships in a particular year will be eligible for an out-of-turn promotion in that year. Further record-breaking medal winning performance in National Games will also be considered for one out of turn promotion during the service career, an official statement said here today.
Two out-of-turn promotions will be given for performance as a coach, if he or she has trained a sportsperson who wins a medal in international sports events.
This would be in addition to the monetary reward scheme of the government already in existence for all medal winners in international sports events and their coaches where the quantum of monetary rewards for individuals is up to Rs 50 lakh for medal winning performance in Olympic Games, Asian Games and World Championships.
The decision was taken at a Cabinet meeting last evening.
The scheme for out-of-turn promotion to Sportspersons and Coaches will be framed by Department of Personnel and Training (DoP&T).
“The scheme will be helpful in improving the performance of individual sportsperson and will play a big role in promotion of sports among the masses. The out of turn promotion to a coach will encourage formation of pool of talent within government organisations which can be effectively utilised for training sportspersons. The proposed policy will cover all the sportspersons working with Central Government Ministries and Department,” the statement said. (UNI)
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