GREAT GESTURES FROM BCCI FOR OLYMPIC PARTICIPANTS !
BCCI WILL BE PROVIDING ASSISTANCE OF ₹10 CRORE TO HELP ATHLETES PARTICIPATING IN TOKYO OLYMICS. DECISION TAKEN BY APEX COUNCIL MEETING. WHILE ₹ 2.5 CRORE WILL BE RELEASED IN LIQUID CASH ,THE REMAINING MONEY WILL BE USED FOR PROMOTIONAL ACTIVITIES.
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) on Sunday contributed ₹10 crore to help aid India’s Tokyo Olympics campaign. The Indian cricket board, in its apex council meeting, sanctioned the amount after a request was made by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
The BCCI Apex Council met on Sunday virtually to take a call on multiple issues, including payment for domestic cricketers.
“The summer Olympics is scheduled to be held in Tokyo from 23 July to 8th August 2021. The BCCI has decided to support Indian athletes in every form and manner it can. In that spirit, based on the request received from the IOA/MYAS, the Apex Council of BCCI has decided to extend support to the Indian Olympic Association and has pledged a monetary gesture of Rs. 10 crores.
“The BCCI wishes all the athletes representing India in the Olympics all the very best and hopes that they return with more medals than ever before,” the BCCI said in a statement.
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