Today, sports talents will be honored at Rashtrapati Bhavan, these players including Manu Bhaker-D Gukesh will get these awards, see the complete list.
Sports Desk: The Sports Ministry of the Government of India has announced the names for Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award 2024 Winner, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, and Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Award for sportspersons this year. Today the players will be honored with these awards by the President. This felicitation ceremony will start at Rashtrapati Bhavan at 11 am.
The Government of India has announced the award of Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award to Olympic medalist shooter Manu Bhaker and world chess champion D Gukesh, Indian hockey team captain Harmanpreet Singh and Paralympic gold medalist Praveen Kumar. Players of sports like hockey, chess, athletics, para archery, para athletics, wrestling, squash will be honored with the Arjuna Award.
Not only this, players who receive the Khel Ratna Award will be given a cash prize of Rs 25 lakh. Apart from this, he will also be given a medal and a certificate. Till 2020, a player who received Khel Ratna used to get only Rs 7.5 lakh, but the Modi government has increased it to Rs 25 lakh. Which award for which player?
He will receive 'Major Dhyanchand Khel Ratna Award'
| player name | type of game |
|---|---|
| Gukesh D | chess |
| Harmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
| Praveen Kumar | para athletics |
| Manu Bhakar | shooting |
These players will receive 'Arjun Award'
| player name | type of game |
|---|---|
| Jyoti Yaraji | athletics |
| Annu Rani | athletics |
| Neetu | boxing |
| sweetie | boxing |
| vantika agarwal | chess |
| Salima Tete | Hockey |
| Coronation | Hockey |
| Sanjay | Hockey |
| Jarmanpreet Singh | Hockey |
| Sukhjeet Singh | Hockey |
| Rakesh Kumar | para-archery |
| Preeti Pal | para athletics |
| Sachin Sarjerao Khilari | para athletics |
| Dharambir | para athletics |
| Pranav Surma | para athletics |
| h hokato sema | para athletics |
| Simran | para athletics |
| Navdeep | para athletics |
| Thulasimati Murugesan | para badminton |
| Nitya Sri Sumathi Sivan | para badminton |
| Manisha Ramdas | para badminton |
| Kapil Parmar | para judo |
| Mona Agarwal | para shooting |
| Rubina Francis | para shooting |
| Swapnil Suresh Kusale | shooting |
| Sarabjot Singh | shooting |
| Abhay Singh | Squash |
| Sajan Prakash | swimming |
| Aman Sehrawat | Wrestling |
He will receive 'Arjuna Award' (Lifetime)
| player name | type of game |
|---|---|
| Sucha Singh | athletics |
| Muralikant Rajaram Petkar | para swimmer |
'Dronacharya Award' 2024 Winner (Regular Category)
| name of coach | type of game |
|---|---|
| Subhash Rana | para shooting |
| Deepali Deshpande | shooting |
| Sandeep Sangwan | Hockey |
Here are the 'Dronacharya Award' 2024 winners (lifetime)
| name of coach | type of game |
|---|---|
| S Muraleedharan | badminton |
| of Armando Agnello Cola | football |
National Sports Promotion Award
- Physical Education Foundation of India
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Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
- Chandigarh University (Winner)
- Lovely Professional University (1st Runner-up)
- Amritsar Guru Nanak Dev University (2nd Runner-up)
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