On January 17, 32 players from India will be honored with the Arjuna Award. It has been announced. Along with this, 4 players will also receive the Khel Ratna Award. All these athletes will receive awards as well as prize money. 5 players from the Indian hockey team have been selected for the Arjuna Award. Whereas four players of Para Badminton are also included in this.
World chess champion D Gukesh, hockey player Harmanpreet Singh, para athlete Praveen Kumar and shooter Manu Bhakar will receive the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. While Jyoti Yaraji, Annu Rani and Neetu will receive the Arjun Award. Five hockey players are included in the list. Vantika Agarwar from Chase has been selected for the Arjuna Award.
Also, Indian athletes had performed brilliantly in the Paris Olympics. The Indian hockey team had won the bronze medal. Spain was defeated 2-1 in the bronze medal match. Manu Bhakar had won two medals in shooting. Manu had won two bronzes. Sarabjot Singh had won bronze in the 10 meter air pistol event. Swapnil Kusale also won a medal in shooting. All 32 players will be given Rs 15 lakh as prize money. Earlier, Rs 5 lakh was given for the Arjun Award but it was increased in 2020.
The names of athletes Jyoti Yaraji and Annu Rani are included in the list of Arjun Award. Boxers Neetu and Sweety will also get this title. Indian chess player Vantika Agarwal will also be present. Also, five players have been selected from hockey. Salima Tete, Abhishek, Sanjay, Jarmanpreet Singh and Sukhjeet Singh will receive the Arjuna Award. Para archer Rakesh Kumar and para athletes Preeti Pal, Jeevanji Dipti, Ajit Singh, Sachin Khilari, Dharambir and Prannoy Surma will also get this title. The names of Navdeep, Simran and H Hokato Sema are also included in the list.
