NEW DELHI: India’s proud para athletes, who returned to the country after a historic show at the Paris Paralympics, were on Tuesday felicitated by sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who presented cash awards to medal winners for their remarkable performances.
Mandaviya presented a cheque of Rs 75 lakh to gold medallists, Rs 50 lakh to silver winners and Rs 30 lakh to athletes who bagged bronze. The participants in mixed team events, such as armless archer Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar, who won bronze in the compound archery event, got richer by Rs 22.5 lakh each.