{"id":907,"date":"2019-09-24T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:53:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=907"},"modified":"2019-09-24T15:23:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T09:53:52","slug":"railway-minister-approves-a-new-promotion-policy-for-sportspersons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/railsamachar.com\/english\/?p=907","title":{"rendered":"Railway Minister Approves a New Promotion Policy for Sportspersons"},"content":{"rendered":"

Railway Sportsperson and Coaches will be promoted to the Officer Rank<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"\"New Delhi:<\/strong>\u00a0Union Minister of Railways, Coal, Finance & Corporate Affairs, Piyush Goyal<\/strong>\u00a0has approved a new policy for promotion of Railway Sportspersons whereby in addition to the sportspersons who won a position\/medal in Olympics, all those sportspersons & coaches who have been awarded Padmashri will be promoted as officers.<\/p>\n

In order to give due recognition to the effort put in by the sportspersons, who have made two appearances in Olympics, won a medal in Asian Games\/Common Wealth Games, it has now been decided to award them with a promotion to the officer rank. Further Railway sportsperson who are winners of any of the awards like Arjuna\/Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award would also be entitled to the said promotion.<\/p>\n

The contribution of the coaches to the successful performance of sportspersons has been duly acknowledged & any coach whose trainees have produced at least three medal-winning performances in Olympic Games \/ World Cup \/ World Championship \/ Asian Games \/ Commonwealth Games including at least one medal in Olympic Games would be eligible to be promoted as an Officer.<\/p>\n

This liberalized promotion policy will act as an incentive to the country\u2019s elite sportspersons\/coaches and reaffirms Railways commitment to the promotion of sports in the country.\u201d<\/p>\n

In April 2018, during the felicitation function organized by Railway Sports Promotion Board for the medal winners of CWG 2018; at National Rail Museum, Shri Piyush Goyal had announced that Railways would soon come up with a promotion policy to address the legitimate aspirations of the outstanding Railway athletes; whereby not just medals but the effort put in by sportspersons would also be acknowledged. The Minister had also emphasized the role of coaches in producing successful sportspersons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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