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Awards For Excellence
The scheme was launched from the year 1991-92 with the objective of honouring most outstanding sportspersons to enhance their general status and to give them great dignity and place of honour in society. Under this scheme, an amount of Rs. 1.00 lakh is given as award for the most spectacular and outstanding performance in the field of sports by an individual sportsperson or a team. The award for the year 1994-95 was jointly given to Cdr. Homi D. Motiwala and his crew Lt. Cdr. P.K. Garg for their glorious career and outstanding achievement in the field of Yatching on 29.8.95 by the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhawan.
The Arjuna Award was instituted in 1961 as the highest national recognition of distinguished sportspersons. The awardee is given a bronze statuette of Arjuna, a scroll, and a cash prize along with a monogram, a blazer and a tie. During the year 1994, the amount of cash prize to the winner of the Ariuna Award was Rs. 50.000/ 241. Arjuna Awards for the year 1994 were Presented by the president of India to 8 outstanding sportspersons at Rashtrapati Bhawan on the 29th August, 1995.
Dronacharya
Award was instituted in 1985 to honour eminent coaches who have done
outstanding and meritorious 'work on consistent basis, to motivate them to
dedicate themselves with a singularity of purpose for raising the standards
of sportspersons to highest performance in international events and bring
glory to the country. The award is given to those who have produced
outstanding achievements consistently during three years preceding the
Award. Those who have contributed their life time to sports and sports
promotion are also considered for this award. During the year 1995-96, this
Award was given to Md. Ilyas Babar for his contribution to the discipline of
Athletics. Every awardee is given a cash prize of Rs. 75,000/ alongwith a
bronze statue of Dronacharya, a scroll, a suit, a blazer and a tie.