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Indian player celebrate after beating France 8-1 goals during the Olympic qualifier (men) hockey match final in New Delhi on Sunday. File photo
Sahara India on Tuesday announced a cash incentive of Rs. 1.16 crore to be distributed amongst the players and support staff of the Indian hockey team for qualifying for the 2012 London Olympics.
For their exceptional performance, Sardar Singh and Sandeep Singh have been awarded Rs. 11 lakh each, while the rest of the players will get Rs. five lakh each.
The support staff will also get an incentive of Rs. one lakh each.
In addition, Sahara will also bear the taxes on the cash awards, taking the total expenditure incurred by the company to around Rs. 1.29 crore.
Recently, Sahara India had renewed its five-year support to the senior and junior teams.
Keywords: Olympic qualifiers, London Olympics, Indian hockey, hockey team
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Thanks!!! Sahara!!!! for their support....the amount awarded is still nothing in
comparison to Indian cricketer who just cash in just for nothing! ....I wish more
big companies come to some other good sports and games like football, basketball n athletics etc. And thanks to media like The Hindu, for keeping sports other than
cricket still alive in this country's mind. dinesh
Empowering our hockey players with incentives is the way forward. Well done Sahara Pariwar.
Thanks!!! Sahara!!!! for their support....the amount awarded is still nothing in
comparison to Indian cricketer who just cash in jus for nothing! ....I wish more
big companies come to some other good sports and games like football, basketball n athletics etc. And thanks to media like The Hindu, for keeping sports other than
cricket still alive in this country's mind.
Glad to hear the encouragement and support by the Sahara for our National Game.All the best to Sahara and the Mens Hockey Team
somebody also think something about indian womens hockey team afterall they did not perform that badly and surely could look up to success ahead provided we keep their morale up.
SAHARA PARIVAR is the only industrial family which thinks about Nation's pride first insteed of their profit..Hurrah..well done
Sahara Parivar Well done.Keep it Up!
And Sahara pays more than 3 Crore per game of Cricket... This is shameful.. This is an insult.
Sahara, Govt of MP, Haryana are all giving away awards.
Did the Union Govt notice this achievement and award the team or are
they are busy tackling political issues?
Good one from Sahara , i am very sure the hockey team will not disappoint us
SAHARA INDIA PARIWAR is realy a helping hend to all games which are ignored by government. It feels proud that there are still some industrial houses, like sahara,which have Nation Pride first instead of their profit.
awesome SAHARA India Pariwar!!! you are trult committed to sports in
India.
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