The Birmingham CWG is scheduled to be held from July 28 to August 8, while the Asian Games will be hosted by Hangzhou, China from September 10 to 15.
During a felicitation programme organised for the triumphant Indian athletes, the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) awarded Olympc champion Neeraj Chopra with a cash award of Rs 75 lakh.
The coaches of gold medal winners will get Rs 12.5 lakh while those of bronze medallists will be given Rs 7.5 lakh by the IOA.
The names of Manika Batra and Sharath Kamal were removed as the pair will take part in the mixed doubles event on Saturday.
The IOA Advisory Committee has recommended that silver medal winners will be presented Rs 40 lakh, while the bronze winners will get richer by Rs 25 lakhs.
The contingent includes 54 athletes, support staff and Indian Olympic Association (IOA) representatives.
Sinha is a former Haryana DGP and also a recipient of the President's Police Medal.
Batra was informed of the inconveniences the athletes from other countries are facing on landing in Tokyo by the Indian Chef De mission B P Baishya on Friday.
Upon reaching Tokyo, all athletes and officials will have to serve three days of quarantine.
Batra said negotiations are still on to ease restrictions on training during quarantine.
The interactive programme is designed to help athletes and support staff understand Covid-19 protocols, Japanese culture and anti-doping rules.
The interactive programme is designed to help athletes and support staff understand Covid-19 protocols, Japanese culture and anti-doping rules.
IOA president Narinder Batra and secretary general Rajeev Mehta, in a joint statement, questioned the new regulations.
As per the agreement, JSW Group, which also owns Indian Super League side Bengaluru FC, has pledged a sponsor amount of Rs 1 crore to the IOA.
The statement further read that according to the terms and conditions of the sponsorship deal, MPL will pay a total of Rs 8 crore to IOA.
This last minute change of kits seems to have created a challenge to get new kits prepared quickly.
The decision to part ways with the sportswear company was taken by the IOA on Tuesday, a week after unveiling the kits in the presence of sports minister Kiren Rijiju.
The IOA on Tuesday dropped the Chinese sports apparel co. as its official kit sponsor for the Olympics and stated that the country's athletes will wear unbranded apparel during the Tokyo Games.
The IOA had unveiled the Olympic kit designed by Li Ning for the Tokyo Games last week, which led to criticism.
The Tokyo Games are scheduled to open on July 23 and over 100 Indian athletes would be gunning for podium finishes at the showpiece.
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