NEW DELHI: In a probably first-of-its-kind decision in Indian sports, the Delhi High Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) of the Table Tennis Federation of India (TTFI) announced on Thursday "gender equality" in prize money payments to men and women TT players from new season onwards. The upcoming season will run from June to March 2023.
The three-member committee, headed by retired Delhi High Court chief justice Gita Mittal, expressed "deep concern over the discriminatory treatment meted out to women and girl players in table tennis in the context of award of prize money and payments" and decided that "hereby women and girl players shall receive equal pay/awards/prize money as their male counterparts in all tournaments and competitions of the game of table tennis".
