CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Monday announced cash incentives for sportspersons from the state who won medals at the just concluded 21st Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Australia.
State chief minister K Palaniswami wrote to squash players Joshna Chinnappa, Deepika Pallikal and Saurav Ghosal, besides A Sharath Kamal and G Sathiyan (table tennis), lauding them for winning medals in their respective fixtures.
According to the Chief Minister, Pallikal will receive a government ‘high cash incentive’ of Rs 6 million for winning two Silver medals, while Chinnappa and Ghosal will get Rs 3 million each for their respective single Silver medals.
Kamal, who won a Silver in the men’s doubles and a Bronze in the singles event was “eligible” to get Rs 5 million for his feat, Palaniswami said.
This was in addition to the Rs 5 million announced by the chief minister earlier to Kamal for winning Gold in the men’s team event, Palaniswami said.
He also announced Rs 5 million for Kamal’s teammate G Sathiyan for winning Silver and Bronze in mixed doubles and men’s doubles, respectively.
This was in addition to the earlier Rs 5 million announced by him to Sathiyan for winning Gold in the team event.
