Sports Ministry approves financial assistance for 12 para shuttlers

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Recently the Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) of the Sports Ministry has approved financial assistance to 12 Para-Badminton players including Pramod Bhagat and Manasi Joshi to participate in the upcoming Brazil Para-Badminton International Tournament.

An overview of the news

• Brazil Para-Badminton International tournament is a Level 2 event and part of the Paris Paralympics pathway for 2023.

• The funding has been approved under the Ministry's Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) and will provide financial assistance to athletes and their support staff.

• The funding will include an out-of-pocket allowance (OPA) for athletes and support staff for travel, visas, insurance costs, boarding and lodging, their entry fees for competition and other daily financial needs.

TOPS Para Shuttlers who will be covered under this 

• Pramod Bhagat

• Manasi Joshi

• Krishna Nagar

• Sukant Kadam

• Nitesh Kumar

• Manoj Sarkar

• Suhas Yathiraj

• Tarun Dhillon

• Mandeep Kaur

• Nithya Sre

• Parul Parmar

• Manisha Ramadass

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) 

• It was created in July 2014 under the auspices of the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) with the objective of identifying and preparing potential medal prospects for the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

• It is a flagship program of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

• The idea of the scheme is to look to the future and fund a developmental group of athletes who have the potential to bring medals to the Olympic Games in Paris in 2024 and Los Angeles in 2028.