The Chief Minister, who declared open the five-day 16th Senior National Para Athletic Championship-2016 in Panchkula today, said the government has already decided to give cash reward of Rs six crore to the gold medal winner of Olympics, Rs four crore to silver medal winner and Rs 2.5 crore to bronze medal winner.
The same, he said will be applicable to Parlympics medal winners.
The announcement by the Chief Minister was hailed by all the participants representing over 20 States of the country.
Khattar announced the office of Paralympic Committee of Haryana will be opened in Faridabad.
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While responding to the issue of a synthetic track in Faridabad, he said only a couple of days ago he had announced laying of a ten lane synthetic track in Gurgaon which would also benefit the players of adjoining areas including Faridabad.
He said the state government was already giving a number of benefits including jobs to the outstanding sportsperson.
Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment, Krishan Pal Gurjar, said various steps were being taken for the socio-economic development of the physically challenged persons who constitute 2.21 per cent of the total population of the country.
Apart from this, a scheme to open colleges for deaf and mute students has also been started, besides increasing the scholarship for the physically challenged, he said.
Gurjar also praised Khattar for creating a positive atmosphere for sportspersons in Harayana and hoped the players from the state would win more medals at Rio Olympics compared to medals won by them in the last Olympics.