Sports Ministry opens nominations for National Sports Awards 2021
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Applications for nomination of athletes, coaches, bodies, entities and universities have been opened for the National Sports Awards 2021. The nominations will be done online due to the current situation of the COVID-19 pandemic. The virus has been responsible for throwing a plethora of sporting plans out the window and offline nominations for the awards were one of them.
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is the one that gives away these awards. This year, they have gone with self nomination due to the pandemic. It is noteworthy that last year as well, self nomination was allowed due to the same reason. Apart from the nominations that are made, the National Sporting Federations will send in their nominations on who they think are deserving candidates.
74 sportspersons were awarded last year
The National Sports Awards are given each year to reward excellent performances in sport. In 2020, as many as 74 sportspersons were awarded with awards. In the same year, there was also a marked increase in the prize money which each award entails. The awards that are given are Khel Ratna, Arjuna, Dhronacharya (Lifetime) and Dhyanchand for both present players and coaches as well as former ones.
The prize money for Khel Ratna awardees is Rs. 25 lakh, for Arjuna awardees it is Rs. 15 lakh, for Dhronacharya awardees it is Rs. 15 lakh and for Dhyanchand awardees, it is 10 lakh. The applications are currently in open and the last date to apply is 21 June, 2021.
The Sports Ministry took to Twitter to invite applications saying, “@YASministry invites applications for #NationalSportsAwards2021 from the eligible sportspersons/coaches/entities/universities. Click here for details- http://yas.nic.in Last date to apply- 21st June, 2021 upto 5.00 PM.”
The likes of Rohit Sharma, Manika Batra, Atanu Das, Dutee Chand, Aditi Ashok among others were conferred with the awards. It remains to be seen as to who the winners will be this time around.
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