Chandigarh February 10: With a view to encourage the sportspersons of Haryana especially those who are not economically well-off, but have qualified for participation in Olympic Games, the Haryana Government has decided to grant preparation money of Rs 5 lakh to such sportspersons who have qualified for the Olympic Games for the purpose of better diet, training and capacity building.

Haryana is already leading in sports and now the Chief Minister believes that this help to improve training of players before the competition will lead to more medals for the State and the Country in Olympics.

A decision to this effect was taken in the meeting of State Cabinet held under the Chairmanship of Chief Minister, Mr. Manohar Lal here today.

The players, with the help of this preparatory money, after getting quality training and diet, will excel in sports, which will bring glory to the State in particular and to the country as a whole.