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Commonwealth Games

CM increases prize amount

for Maharashtra Players

Mumbai 8 August : Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan has given approval to raise prize money for the sportspersons from Maharashtra for their splendid performance in recently concluded Commonwealth Games at Glasgow.  Cash prize of Rs 50 lakh will be given to the Gold Medallist, Rs 30 lakh to the Silver Medalist and Rs 20 lakh to the Bronze Medallist. Earlier the prize money was Rs 10 lakh for gold, Rs 7.5 lakh for Silver and Rs 5 lakh for Bronze medallist. Here is the list of players who have bagged the medals in various sports categories.

S.N.	Name of the player	Event	Secured Medal
1	Smt. Rahi Sarnobat	Shooting -  Pistol 25 meter	Gold
2	Smt. Ayonika Paul	Shooting -  Air Rifle 10 meter	Silver
3	Shri. Ganesh Mali	Weightlifting - 56 kg Category	Bronze
4	Shri. Omkar Otari	Weightlifting - 69 kg Category	Bronze
5	Shri. Chandrakant Mali	Weightlifting - 94 kg Category	Bronze

CM has said “ the sterling performance by these players have not only brought glory to our state but made the entire country proud so we have taken decision to raise the prize money. We salute their dedication, hard work and commitment. We also appreciate that these sportspersons owe their success to the relentless efforts of their coaches. The state government is happy to honour the coaches of the gold, silver and bronze medallists with cash prizes of Rs 12.50 lakh, Rs 7.50 lakh and Rs 5 lakh respectively.

The state government has already taken a policy decision to give suitable jobs directly to the medal winning players in various departments. Ms. Rahi Sarnobat has already been appointed to the post of Deputy Collector. The benefits of this policy will be given to the other awardees of Commonwealth Games 2014 as well.