Tokyo Olympics: PV Sindhu to be awarded ₹30 lakh cash prize by Andhra government

Indian shuttler PV Sindhu made India proud by winning the bronze medal at the Tokyo Olympics. It was India's second medal at the global competition this term, while it was also Sindhu's second Olympic medal after the 2016 Rio Olympics silver.

Meanwhile, recognising her feat, the Andhra government has decided to award her a cash prize of ₹30 lakh. Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy came up with the announcement on Monday night as a part of the state's sports policy, reports IANS.

As per the policy, the gold medalist gets an award of ₹75 lakh, while the silver medalist gets ₹50 lakh, followed by ₹30 lakh for bronze. Earlier, Reddy had handed a cash incentive of ₹5 lakh each to Sindhu, R Satwiksairaj and hockey player Rajani Etimarpu ahead of their Tokyo stint.

Also, Reddy had announced that a two-acre land in Visakhapatnam would be given to Sindhu to set up a badminton academy. Sindhu also holds the government job of a deputy collector, given to her following her Rio silver by then Andhra CM Nara Chandrababu Naidu.

However, Sindhu's ₹30 lakh cash prize this time is confusing compared to the last time when she had received ₹3 crore from the Andhra government, while the Telangana government had given her an incentive of ₹5 crore.

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