Promotion of Sports among Women!

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Sarbananda Sonowal has said that all Schemes of the Ministry and the Sports Authority of India are gender neutral, inclusive schemes and are equally applicable to women sports persons.

Incentive in the form of cash awards under the scheme of ‘Special Awards to Medal Winners in Sports Events and their Coaches’ is given to medal winners including women medal winners and their coaches including women coaches in international events for the sports disciplines included in Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and chess.