Saharasri Subrata Roy Sahara bestows cash award and gift to the
team and support staff in a glittering ceremony at Sahara Shaher
Lucknow, March 21, 2012: Sahara India Pariwar, a major business
conglomerate and the prime promoter & patron of sports in India, which had earlier announced a cash incentive
of Rs. 1.16 crore to players and support staff of The Indian Hockey Team, today
felicitated the team and support staff of Indian Hockey Team by bestowing them
with cash award for their brilliant performance in FIH Olympic
qualifiers, thus cementing a berth in the London Olympics 2012. The players and
support staff were honoured with the award and gifts by Saharasri Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India
For their outstanding display, Shri Sardar Singh and Shri Sandeep
Singh were awarded Rs. 11 lakhs each, while the rest of the team members along
with the main coach were given Rs. 5 lakh each for their performance. The
support staff also got an incentive of Rs. 1 lakh each. In addition to this, the taxes on the cash
awards are borne by the company itself, making the total expenditure incurred
by Sahara , to be in tune of Rs. 1.29 crore. Sahara
India Pariwar has been the official sponsor of the Indian Men & Women’s
National Teams (Senior and Junior) since 2003. It had recently, renewed its support to Indian Hockey by announcing to
sponsor the Men & Women National and Junior Hockey Teams for a period of 5 years at a 170%
increase over the past contract period.
Speaking on the occasion, Saharasri
Subrata Roy Sahara, Managing Worker & Chairman, Sahara India
Mr. Narendra Batra,
Secretary General, Hockey India, who was present
for the ceremony said, “It is a matter of great pleasure that Sahara India
Pariwar, who is also the sponsor of Men & Women National and Junior Hockey
Teams, has felicitated the achievements of the Indian Hockey Team, including
the support staff. I am sure this would encourage the sportsmen and the support
staff to live upto the expectations of the entire nation and would inspire them
to continue playing with the same commitment and zeal that they had displayed
during the FIH Olympic qualifiers.”
Apart from being sponsor to the Indian Hockey Team, Sahara India
Pariwar has played host to the Indian hockey team for their coaching camp for
Champion’s Trophy – 2003 where boarding, lodging, practice camps and traveling
of the entire team was taken care of. Sahara India Pariwar had also joined
hands with Federation Internationale De Hockey (FIH) in 2004, the World’s apex
Body for Hockey, and became the 4th Global Partner of the Federation
for a period of 3 years. Sahara India Pariwar also felicitated the entire
Indian Hockey Team, including both the players and the officials, on winning
the Asia Cup – 2003 for the first time. Each member had been awarded with a
cash reward of Rs. 1, 51,000 in a glittering ceremony.
Sahara also rewarded all the players, coach and assistant coach of
the Indian Hockey team with Rs. 2 lakhs each as a token of appreciation after
India routed Pakistan in their World Cup match in 2010 and has provided for
their insurance individually. In the genuine interest of Hockey Players, Sahara
India Pariwar paid Rs. 1 crore to Hockey India, for distribution to the players
so that they can practice and play peacefully and happily for the Country in
2010 when the players were seriously concerned at their emoluments at a Camp
hosted in Pune prior to the World Cup.
The sponsor of Indian Cricket and Hockey (Men & Women National
and Junior Hockey Teams), Sahara India Pariwar, has adopted Indian Boxing,
Wrestling, Archery, Shooting, Track & Field and Tennis covering support of
a total of 95 sportsmen in these 6 games who are potential medal winners, until
after London Olympics 2012. The group, in order to uplift sports at domestic
and grass root level, supports the legendary Calcutta Football League, Sheesh
Mahal Cricket Tournament and many other sports at the national, state and
district levels. The group has extended its sponsorship to the Uttar Pradesh
senior cricket team which represents the state in Ranji and all other domestic
tournaments. Sahara also organises ‘The Sahara India Sports Awards’ with an
intention to bring together all sports, including those which are very popular
and also those which are not so popular, together on a common platform to
recognize and honour the achievements of Indian sportspersons who have taken
the pride of the nation to the highest level and kept the tricolor flying high.
The awards are aimed to provide a forum of encouragement to young sporting
talents and motivate them to bring laurels to the nation and sports. In addition to this,
Sahara has been a major corporate contributor in the preparation and organising
of XIX Commonwealth Games 2010. Besides, Sahara
Group under its company Sahara Adventure Sports Limited also has the franchise
for Pune IPL team. It has recently acquired an
equity investment in the Force India Formula One Team, India’s only F1 team.
The new team is now called, ‘Sahara Force India Formula One Team’.
ABOUT SAHARA INDIA
Sahara India Pariwar is a
major business conglomerate in India with operations in multiple sectors,
including financial services, life insurance, mutual funds, housing
finance, infrastructure & housing,
print and television news media, entertainment channels, cinema production,
consumer merchandise retail, healthcare, hospitality, manufacturing, sports,
and information technology.
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