NATIONAL SPORTS AWARDS 2022

💠 The Union Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs has announced the National Sports Awards 2022 on 14 November 2022.

💠 These Awards will be presented by the President on 30 November 2022.

💠 The Awardees will receive their awards from the President of India at a specially organized function at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 30th November, 2022.
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✔️ The six core awards which constitute India's National Sports Awards are..

1. Major Dhyan Chand khel Ratna Award (khel Ratan)
2. Arjuna Award
3. Dronacharya Award
4. Dhyan Chand Award
5. Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad Trophy (Maka Trophy)
6. Rashtriya khel protsahan Puruskar
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⚫️ MAJOR DHYAN CHAND KHEL RATNA AWARD (khel RatanHighest Sports Award in India)
💠 Institute in - 1991-1992
💠 Case prize - Rs 25 Lakh
💠 First Recipient - Grandmaster Vishwanathan Anand (1991-1992)
💠 Youngest Recipient - Shooter Abhinav Bindra
💠 1st Women Recipient - Karnam Malleswari (1994-1995)
💠 Major Dhyan Chand khel Ratna Award 2022 -
💠 Achanta Sharath Kamal - Table Tennis (Tamil Nadu)

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⚫️ ARJUN AWARD

💠 25 sportspersons to be honoured with Arjuna Award in 2022
💠 Instituted in - 1961
💠 Cash Prize - Rs 15 Lakh

♣️ Arjun Award 2022

💠 Seema Punia (Athletics)
💠 Eldhose Paul (Athletics)
💠 Avinash Mukund Sable (Athletics)
💠 Lakshya Sen (Badminton)
💠 HS Prannoy (Badminton)
💠 Amit (Boxing)
💠 Nikhat Zareen (Boxing)
💠 Bhakti Pradip Kulkarni (Chess)
💠 R Praggnanandhaa (Chess)
💠 Deep Grace Ekka (Hockey)
💠 Shushila Devi (Judo)
💠 Sakshi Kumari (Kabaddi)
💠 Nayan Moni Saikia (Lawn Bowl)
💠 Sagar Kailas Ovhalkar(Mallakhamb)
💠 Elavenil Valarivan (Shooting)
💠 Omprakash Mitharval(Shooting)
💠 Sreeja Akula (Table Tennis)
💠 Vikas Thakur (Weightlifting)
💠 Anshu (Wrestling)
💠 Sarita (Wrestling)
💠 Parveen (Wushu)
💠 Manasi Girishchandra Joshi (Para Badminton)
💠 Tarun Dhillon (Para Badminton)
💠 Swapnil Sanjay Patil (Para Swimming)
💠 Jerlin Anika J (Deaf Badminton)

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⚫️ DRONACHARYA AWARD

💠 Instituted in - 1985
💠 For Outstanding coaches in sports & Games
💠 Cash prize - 15 Lakh
💠 It's Devided into two Categories -
✔️ A - Regular Category
✔️ B - Lifetime Category

♣️ A - Regular Category 2022

💠 Jiwanjot Singh Teja (Archery)
💠 Mohammad Ali Qamar (Boxing)
💠 Suma Siddharth Shirur (Para Shooting)
💠 Sujeet Maan (Wrestling)

♣️ B - Lifetime Category 

💠 Dinesh Jawahar Lad - Cricket
💠 Shri Bimal Prafulla Ghosh - Football
💠 Shri Raj Singh - Wrestling
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⚫️ DHYAN CHAND AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT -

💠 Instituted - 2002
💠 Cash Prize - Rs 10 Lakh

♣️ Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime achivement in Sports 2022 

💠 Ashwini Akkunji C (Athletics)
💠 Dharamvir Singh (Hockey)
💠 B C Suresh (Kabaddi)
💠 Nir Bahadur Gurung (Para Athletics)
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⚫️ RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR 2022

💠 TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited,
💠 Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology,
💠 Ladakh Ski & Snowboard Association
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⚫️ MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD TROPHY 

💠 Instituted - 1956 - 57
💠 Cash Prize -
💠 1st Position - Rs 15 Lakh
💠 2nd & 3rd Position - Rs 7.5 Lakh

♣️ Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy 2022 

💠 Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar (23rd Times Winner)