Odisha CM announces incentives for sportspersons

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today announced a number of incentives for sportspersons and inmates of sports hostels of the state.

As per the announcement, which came after the CM’s interaction with the inmates of sports hostel, monthly allowance of girl inmates has been increased to Rs 500 and that of boy inmates to Rs 300.

For out of station participation in recognised sports competition organised by NSF or similar level, sportspersons will be given a daily allowance of Rs 300.

Sportspersons achieving gold medal at national level competitions will get a monthly allowance of Rs 1000 for one year. For silver and bronze medals, the amount will be Rs 500 and Rs 300, respectively. Sports hostel students will get this amount in addition to their monthly allowances.

If a medal winner creates a record at national level and the record is not broken for one year, the record holder will get an additional monthly allowance of Rs 5000 for one year. Sportspersons selected for national teams will a get monthly allowance of Rs 1000 for one year.

A separate scheme will be formulated for Sports Department coaches with monetary incentives for performance enhancement.