2 crore rupees for gold medal in Olympics, 1 crore rupees for silver medal winner, 50 lakh rupees for bronze medal, as well as 50 lakh rupees for gold medal winner in Asian Games, 30 lakh rupees for silver medal winner, 20 lakh rupees for bronze medal winner and gold medal in Commonwealth Games 50 lakh rupees for winning, 30 lakh rupees for silver medal winner, 20 lakh rupees for bronze medal winner, 1 crore rupees for gold medal winner in world championships, 60 lakh rupees for silver medal winner and 40 lakh rupees for bronze medal winner.
Also Winners Development Scheme, Incentive scheme for winning medals in international scale competition, Special scholarship scheme for outstanding sportspersons was created.
A maximum of 2 lakhs per year was provided in the winners development program, and in the medal winning program in international competitions, Edappadiyar brought it in 2018, in which 50 athletes including 5 alternate players were selected and provided sports equipment, foreign training, up to 10 lakhs per year based on need. , 5 crores per year has been allocated for this purpose. Similarly, funds of 25 lakh rupees per annum were allocated as per requirement under the Thalai Best Sports Scheme.
Especially during the last Edappadiyar rule, students who won national sports competitions were given first prize of two lakh rupees, second prize of one and a half lakh rupees and third prize of one lakh rupees. 50 rupees has been reduced to half.
As a result, students studying in government schools and government-aided schools have said that the sports incentives have been reduced so much that it is painful. “The DMK government has already phased out the programs that were brought during Edappadiyar’s regime and has now cut the incentives to sportsmen by half. Therefore, the incentives given during Edappadiyar’s regime should be given to sportspersons again,” he said.