Olympic gold winners to now get ₹5 crore from K'taka govt
Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah has announced a cash reward of ₹5 crore for gold medal winners from the state at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a five-fold increase from the current amount. Silver medal winners will get ₹3 crore while bronze winners will get ₹2 crore, as compared to earlier amounts of ₹50 lakh and ₹25 lakh for silver and bronze respectively.