Jharkhand government will introduce a pension scheme for those sports persons who brought laurels to the state or the country, but are still working as daily wager.

Chief Secretary Rajbala Verma issued the direction today to prepare sportperson pension scheme for those players who had brought glory for the state or country but still working as a daily wager, an official release said here.

 Reviewing the departments of Tourism, Sports, Art and Culture, Verma also called for preparing a list of such sports persons from Jharkhand who participated or won in Olympics/Asian/National Games so that they could be recruited as coaches.

Schools should give priority to sports so that children could be encouraged, she said and directed to set up a ‘diet food fund’ for sports persons selected for national events.

about jharkhand:
Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. It’s known for its waterfalls, the elegant Jain temples of Parasnath Hill and the elephants and tigers of Betla National Park. The state capital of Ranchi is a gateway to the park. It features the 17th-century Jagannath Temple, a Hindu shrine and the Jharkhand War Memorial. Tagore Hill is a monument honoring Nobel Prize–winning author Rabindranath Tagore.