NEW DELHI: Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Thursday said that the rate of pension for sportspersons who have won medals in international competitions and have retired from active sports, has been doubled from April 1.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha (Lower House of Parliament) on Thursday, Rathore said at present the government gives lifelong pension to 588 players under the scheme of 'Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons'.