President Ram Nath Kovind virtually conferred the National Sports and Adventure Awards 2020 to 60 awardees on the occasion of National Sports Day today. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju, Sports Department Secretary Ravi Mittal and Youth Affairs Department Secretary Usha Sharma attended the ceremony at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi.

The awardees attended the ceremony from various SAI centers across the country. Few awardees were also present at the venue at Vigyan Bhawan. Odisha Olympian Dutee Chand received the Arjuna Award at SAI Eastern Centre, Kolkata.

On this occasion Sports Minister Rijiju announced an enhancement in the prize money in four of the seven categories of the National Sports and Adventure Awards. The prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award has been increased to Rs 25 lakh from the previous amount of Rs 7.5 lakh.