Chandigarh, July 04: India hockey captain Sandeep Singh has been appointed as the Deputy Superintendent of Haryana Police for his outstanding achievement in the national as well as international circuit, Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda announced today.
"Earlier too, we have appointed various sportspersons as DSPs in the police force. We are giving various incentives to
them and this is yielding encouraging results," Hooda said of
the drag-flicker's appointment, who hails from Shahbad.
At a felicitation programme to honour 13 outstanding
sportspersons of the state here, Hooda also said the state
government would soon come with a comprehensive Sports Policy
with a provision to scout for talents from rural as well as
urban areas.
"Over the last few years, the players from the state have
been doing very well and have brought laurels not just to the
state, but to the entire nation. Their success indicates that
Haryana has been rapidly making progress in various fields,"
he said.
The Chief Minister said his government has constructed
stadiums in 168 villages keeping in mind the ample potential
in the state, especially in rural areas.
Haryana Sports Minister Kiran Choudhry said the new
Sports Policy would be "inclusive and growth-oriented".
She urged the Chief Minister to further enhance the
budget for promotion of sports and give more incentives to the
coaches.
The present budget for sports in Haryana is Rs 58.40
crore, which had been doubled after the Congress came in power
in the state four years back.
Meanwhile, 13 outstanding sportspersons of the state were
presented with cash awards ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs one
lakh at the felicitation programme.
The 13 players included seven members of the Indian
women's hockey team that won gold at the just-concluded
Champions Challenge II tournament at Kazan, Russia.
The seven players of the women's hockey team -- Jasdeep
Kaur, Jeodeep Kaur, Rani Devi, Ritu, Surender Kaur, Mamta
Kharab and Savita -- were presented with cash award of Rs one
lakh each and a memento.
Apart from hockey players, the other six sportspersons to
be honoured today were boxers, who dazzled in the Senior Asian
Boxing Championship in China last month and Sub-Junior World
Boxing Championship in Armenia in May.
The boxers include Jai Bhagwan, who won silver at the
Asian Championship and was presented with cash award of Rs
75,000 and a memento.
Four other boxers -- Vijender Singh, Dinesh Kumar,
Jitender Kumar and Paramjit, who bagged bronze in the Asian
Championship, were presented with a cash award of Rs 50,000
each, while another Sandeep, who also won a bronze at the
Sub-Junior World Boxing Championship, was honoured with a cash
award of Rs one lakh and a memento.
On the occasion, Hooda also honoured national women's
hockey team coach M K Kaushik and Deputy Director (Hockey) of
the Haryana Sports and Youth Affairs Department Baldev Singh
in recognition of their services.
Bureau Report