Dhindsa thanks Sukhbir Badal for giving nod to corpus fund for Sportspersons

President of Punjab Olympic Association president and Member Rajya Sabha Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa today thanked Punjab Deputy Chief Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal for giving in principal approval to create a corpus fund for the welfare of sports stars in distress and crisis. In a statement, Mr. Dhindsa said the general body of Punjab Olympic Association (P.O.A.) had chalked out a programme for lifting the standard of sports in the state and a meeting was held with Deputy Chief Minister for giving it concrete shape. He said the Deputy Chief Minister accepted the major demand of the general body under which Inter District Games would be held. Mr. Dhindsa informed that it was also decided to give jobs to 125 top sportspersons of the state. Divulging more details, Mr. Dhindsa said the Deputy Chief Minister immediately accepting the demand of various sports associations affiliated with the P.O.A. decided to release grant of Rs 2 lakh to each association. He said the Deputy Chief Minister asked the Secretary Sports to constitute a Corpus Fund which would help the sportspersons in their hour of distress.