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The Defence Minister of India, Rajnath Singh, has announced a gigantic prize money for India's medal winners at the recent Asian Games. The country’s defence minister made the announcement at an event where he was in conversation with the Asian Games medal winners of India's armed forces on Tuesday, October 17.
As per Rajnath Singh’s announcement, the Defence Ministry will honour the gold medal winners with prize money of INR 25 lakhs, the silver medallists with INR 15 lakhs and the athletes who have claimed bronze with INR 10 lakhs. During his address, Singh also praised the Indian contingent and compared their achievements with ISRO’s moon-landing other accomplishments in recent times.
Rajnath Singh said, "In this year's Asian Games, we have won a total of 107 medals. Last time, in the 2018 Asian Games, we had won 70 medals. If we look at this journey from 70 medals to 107 medals in terms of growth, we have seen an increase of about 50%...India has even reached the Moon. The biggest institutions of the world are accepting India's development. Be it World Bank or IMF, India's development journey is being discussed everywhere."
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Further in his address, the Defence Minister of India further reminded how India’s slogan was to overcome the 100-medal barrier which the country’s athletes achieved. "This time, even before the Asian Games, our slogan regarding medals was, 'This time, 100 crosses'. And certainly, you have fulfilled our dream by working on the aspirations of 140 crore Indians, and today India has given its best-ever performance in this Asian Games and brought 107 medals," he added.
