August, 2020

Swachh Survekshan 2020

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About Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award:

• This award was instituted in 1991-92.
• Chess Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand was the first recipient of this award.
• The winner of the Khel Ratna Award gets a reward of 7.5 lac rupees. This award is given annually to those sportspersons who make the country proud at international events.
• The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award can be given a maximum of three persons in a year. But, this is the only second time that the names of 4 athletes have been recommended for the award. In 2016, shuttler P V Sindhu, gymnast Dipa Karmakar, shooter Jitu Rai, and wrestler Sakshi Malik had received this award.

Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020 Other than Rohit sharma, table tennis star Manika Batra, India hockey women's skipper Rani Rampal, Asian Games gold medalist Vinesh Phogat and Paralympic gold medalist Mariappan Thangavelu will also be crowned with India's highest sporting honour.

Complete list of Arjuna Award:

1. Atanu Das (Archery)
2. Shiva Keshavan (Luge)
3. Dutee Chand (Athletics)
4. Satwiksairaj Rankireddy (Badminton)
5. Chirag Shetty (Badminton)
6. Vishesh Bhrighuvanshi (Basketball)
7. Ishant Sharma (Cricket)
8. Deepti Sharma (Cricket)
9. Lovlina Borgohain (Boxing)
10. Manish Kaushik (Boxing)

DRONACHARYA AWARD

A. Life- Time Category

1. Dharmendra Tiwary (Archery)
2. Purushotham Rai (Athletics)
3. Shiv Singh (Boxing)
4. Romesh Pathania (Hockey)
5. Krishan Kumar Hooda (Kabaddi)
6. Vijay Bhalchandra Munishwar (Para Powerlifting)
7. Naresh Kumar (Tennis)
8. Om Parkash Dahiya (Wrestling)

B. Regular Category

1. Jude Felix Sebastian (Hockey)
2. Yogesh Malviya (Mallakhamb)
3. Jaspal Rana (Shooting)
4. Kuldeep Kumar Handoo (Wushu)
5. Gaurav Khanna (Para Badminton)

 Dhyan Chand Award

Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy

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Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar

Some Key Facts

- Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna is the country’s highest sporting honour. It is conferred on sportspersons for spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports for over a period of four years. This year, 5 winners for Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna. 

- Dronacharya award is awarded to the coaches for producing medal winners at prestigious international sports events. This year 8 winners for Life-time Category and 5 winners for Regular Category.

- In 2020, for the Arjuna Award 27 sportspersons have been selected for consistently outstanding performance for four years.

- Dhyan Chand Award is awarded for the contribution to sports development life-time. This year 15 sportspersons have been selected for Dhyan Chand Award.

- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy is given to the overall top performing university in inter-university tournaments.

- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is awarded to the corporate entities (both in the private and public sectors). It's also given to the individuals who have played a clear or visible role within the area of sports promotion and development.

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