Players’ diet allowance up

Chandigarh, February 17

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has approved the proposal to increase diet allowance of sportspersons participating in state and national school sports events.

Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar said the diet allowance of sportspersons participating in state-level school sports competition would be increased from Rs125 to Rs200 per day and for players who participate in the national-level competition, the allowance would be increased from Rs200 to Rs250 per day. He said the purpose of increasing the diet allowance was to provide a nutritious diet to players.

The Education Minister said sportspersons of Haryana had been dominating in competitions such as Khelo India, Asian, Commonwealth and Olympic Games. Haryana had made it to the second place in Khelo India in the last two years despite being a small state, he said. The government was providing facilities to students by developing interest in sports at the school level, he said. — TNS