Madhya Pradesh: According to Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the chief minister of Madhya Pradesh, athletes who bring home medals from the Olympics will be promoted to deputy collector and special police officer.
Additionally, athletes who place first or second at the Khelo India Games would receive Rs 5 lakh each year for training.
Chouhan made the statement at the Madhya Pradesh Shikhar Khel Alankaran ceremony on Monday at Rabindra Bhawan in the state capital.
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Madhya Pradesh’s athletes should compete fiercely and bring gold
According to Chouhan, Madhya Pradesh’s athletes should compete fiercely and bring gold. At Barkheda Nathu in Bhopal, a better stadium of a higher calibre was being built.
During the event, the Khelo India Youth Games-2022 logo, which will take place in Madhya Pradesh from January 31 to February 11, 2023, was also launched.
The CM remarked, “A sports-friendly environment is being created in the entire Madhya Pradesh. Sports infrastructure is being developed at every district, block and panchayat level. Not only will there be excellent sports infrastructure in the state, along with this every facility will be made available to the players for sports. Madhya Pradesh will become number one in sports also.”
“Madhya Pradesh is continuously moving forward in sports. We will leave no stone unturned in organising the Khelo India Youth Games. The happiness of children while playing is amazing. Sports are a part of life. Life is incomplete without sports.”
The talented athletes of the state were honoured with Khel Alankaran Awards for the year 2020 by CM Chouhan and Union Minister of Sports and Youth Affairs Anurag Thakur. On this occasion, a memento highlighting the accomplishments of the awardees was also released.
According to Thakur, the state has advanced significantly in the last 20 years in the area of sports.
He said, “The Chief Minister deserves congratulations for this. It has excellent quality sports infrastructure. The shooting range here is very beautiful, the horse race centre prepared in 30 acres is excellent. When our sportspersons in another country receive medals, the national anthem is played along with the hoisting of our flag. This increases the pride of our country.”
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the country has got the opportunity to conduct Chess Olympiad for the first time, whose torch relay was launched by him. The country has won a gold medal for the first time in the Thomas Cup in the year 2022. One thousand 1000 Khelo India centres are being opened in the country. CM Chouhan has increased the sports budget of the state from Rs 4 crore to Rs 400 crore,” he continued.
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