Kerala cabinet approves cash award, jobs for Commonwealth Games medallists
The Hindu
Commonwealth Games medallists Eldhose Paul, Abdullah Aboobacker, M. Sreesankar, P. R. Sreejesh and Tresta Jolly were handed cash prizes
The cabinet on Wednesday bestowed a cash price of ₹20 lakhs on Commonwealth Games gold medallist Eldhose Paul.
It awarded ₹10 lakh each to Commonwealth Games silver medallists Abdullah Aboobacker, M. Sreesankar, P. R. Sreejesh and Tresta Jolly. The cabinet will also give them government jobs reserved for sports persons.
The cabinet awarded ₹10 lakh to Chess Olympiad winner Nihal Sarin. It gifted ₹5 lakh as a consolation prize to S. L. Narayanan, who missed a medal by a small margin at the international competition.
The government will give ₹1,000 as an Onam gift to scheduled caste and scheduled tribe citizens above 60. The cabinet also announced ₹6 lakhs as a grant for SC/ST beneficiaries of the Life Mission housing project.
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