New Delhi: The nationwide sports award winners’ choice process might be postponed this 12 months till after the Tokyo Olympics, to ensure that the choice panel so as to add names of Olympic medalists to the listing of awards. The Olympics are presupposed to happen from July 23 to August 8.
“We have now already acquired nominations for this 12 months’s Nationwide Sports activities Awards. The dates of nominations are closed as of now. However in our final assembly we mentioned about together with Olympic medallists, if any, for consideration on this 12 months’s awards,” a sports ministry supply advised PTI.
He additionally talked about that as a result of the Olympics finish on August 8, the method of choosing awards could also be delayed highlighting that the ceremony might mechanically be postponed if the choice panel fails to finalise the names of the recipients inside 10 days of the Video games’ conclusion.
The ministry said {that a} assembly shall be held shortly after the Olympics to resolve on this, and that each Indian athlete who wins an Olympic medal shall be mechanically thought-about for the award. A closing resolution on this matter shall be made quickly.
“If we will conduct the assembly inside every week or 10 days after the Olympics, then the awards will given on August 29 in any other case it may be postponed by a couple of days,” the supply mentioned.
Every year on August 29, Nationwide Sports activities Day, which additionally occurs to be the birthday of hockey icon Main Dhyan Chand, the honors are introduced by the nation’s president.
After two extensions, the nomination process for nationwide honors got here to an finish on July 5. In gentle of the pandemic, candidates got the choice of self-nominating on-line, though nationwide federations additionally submitted their alternatives.
Final 12 months, 74 recipients have been honored with the awards in a digital ceremony as a result of pandemic.
The prize cash was additionally considerably enhanced, with Khel Ratna recipients receiving Rs 25 lakh, Arjuna awardees Rs 15 lakh, Dronacharya (Lifetime) winners Rs 15 lakh, and Dhyanchand recipients receiving Rs 10 lakh.