Uttarakhand govt announces Rs 25 lakh cash award for Vandana Katariya

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Uttarakhand CM Pushkar Singh Dhami on August 7, 2021, announced a cash award of Rs 25 lakh for Vandana Katariya who represented India at Tokyo Olympics 2020 in the Women’s Hockey Team.
The Indian Women’s Hockey team however could not win a medal in the Bronze medal match against Great Britain in the Tokyo Olympics 2020.
The CM will also introduce a new sports policy in the state to aid the training of budding sportspersons across different games.