Arjuna Award

i) The objective of the Awards is to recognize outstanding achievements of sportspersons in the field of sports at international level

(ii) To honour and motivate those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career.

Eligibility

1 To be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should have had not only good performance over the previous four years at the International level but also should have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline.

2 During the years when Olympic Games, Commonwealth and Asian Games are held, achievements of the sportspersons in these Games and other international tournaments upto the conclusion of the Olympic Games/Commonwealth Games/Asian Games, as the case may be, will also be considered.

3 The Government will only consider conferring Arjuna Award in the disciplines falling under following categories:-

a) Olympic Games/Asian Games/Commonwealth Games/ World Cup/ Word Championship disciplines and cricket or any equivalent recognized International Tournament.

b) Indigenous Games.

c)Sports for physically challenged.

Decoration

The Award consist of a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress, and a cash Award of ₹15.00 lakh which will be presented to the winners in a function to be held at a place and on a date to be decided by the Government of India

No. of Awardees

Normally not more than 15 awards could be given in any calendar year

Who can nominate ?

Only Self Nomination Invited

Selection Process

All applications received from the applicants mentioned in para 5 above will be sent to Sports Authority of India who will verify and confirm from official records the achievements/performance of all sportspersons within a maximum period of one month of the receipt of the applications from the Ministry. 7.2 The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports will seek a report from NADA about each of the sportspersons, who has been shortlisted, for verifying if any one of them has ever been found positive for doping