Home Minister Honored Gymnastics Players of Ambala who Won Medals in the 37th National Games | 06 Nov 2023

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On November 3, 2023, Haryana Home and Health Minister Anil Vij felicitated the medal winners of gymnastics in the 37th National Games at the Gymnastics Hall of War Heroes Memorial Stadium, Ambala Cantonment.

Key Points:

• In the National Games Gymnastics, Yogeshwar Singh of Ambala won three gold medals and two bronze medals while Sahil Yadav and Rohit Kumar won one bronze medal each. While felicitating all these players, Home Minister Anil Vij announced a grant of 1 lakh rupees to Yogeshwar Singh and 50 thousand rupees to the other two players from his voluntary fund.
• Meanwhile, Home Minister Anil Vij said that Haryana's sports policy is the best in the whole country and other states are also following it. In Haryana, an Olympic gold medal winner is given an amount of Rs 6 crore and there is a provision for giving a job along with it.
• The Home Minister said that Ambala cantonment, which was the hub of football, has been built here with an international level FIFA approved football sports stadium. All weather swimming pools, gymnastic hall with modern facilities have been made available to the players.