The assistance has been sanctioned under the new joint initiative with the Indian Olympic Association to support former athletes and coaches during the pandemic.
The incident took place at the SP Office grounds where a large crowd had gathered to watch the inaugural ceremony of the 47th National Junior Kabaddi tournament.
A match of Kabaddi was organised at Ghazipur border, largest site of farmers protest, on January 18.
Kiren Rijiju said that kabaddi has huge potential not just in India and Asia, but globally and the ultimate aim of the country is to have the sport included in the Olympics.
The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics.
Naveen Kumar, 19, entered the history books when he became the first raider in Pro Kabaddi history to secure nine consecutive Super 10s.
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Dabang Delhi beat Tamil Thalaivas 30-29 in a thrilling encounter in Hyderabad.
Naveen ended up with 14 points as Steelers beat Puneri Paltans 34-24 in Hyderabad.
Jaipur's raiders were in fine form and picked up points at regular intervals, whereas their defence showed strength and toughness to contain U Mumba raiders.
Manjeet with a high five and Rahul with a super 10 were the chief architects of the Thalaivas' victory over Titans.
Vikesh Kumar Rawat had represented Jharkhand from junior to senior level in kabbadi games from 2011 to 2014.
Anup led India to gold medal at the Asian Games and was also part of the team which repeated the feat in the 2014 edition.
Jain, who hails from Nashik, joined the Iranian team 18 months back and since then she has played a crucial role in their success.
With no gold added to the tally on Thursday, India slipped to 10th with four gold, four silver and 10 bronze for a total of 18 medals.
For the first time in its history, India ended with a bronze medal in its indigenous sport, in which a gold is taken for granted every four years at the Asiad.
The team had dished out a clinical performance yesterday beating Bangladesh 50-21 and Sri Lanka 44-28.
In a battle between the top two sides of the world, the three-time world champions did not give Iran any ground to recover with captain Ajay Thakur leading the way.
India have not lost to Korea since their nail-biting defeat in a league match of their triumphant campaign in the 2016 World Cup.
India have not lost to Korea since their nail-biting defeat in a league match of their triumphant campaign in the 2016 World Cup.
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