Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award

1. The objective of the award is to recognize the spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of Sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years immediately preceding the year during which the award is to be given. During the years when Olympic Games, Commonwealth and Asian Games are held, achievements of the sportspersons upto conclusion of these Games will also be considered

Eligibility

1. The spectacular and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years immediately preceding the year during which award is to be given shall be honoured with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award for excellence in Sports & Games at international level i.e. Olympic/Asian/ Commonwealth/World Games/Championships/World Cup and equivalent recognized international tournaments. During the years when Olympic Games, Commonwealth and Asian Games are held, achievements of the sportspersons in these Games and other abovementioned tournaments upto the conclusion of the Olympic Games/Commonwealth Games/Asian Games, as the case may be, will also be considered.
2. Sportspersons who have been penalized or against whom enquiry is pending/ongoing for use of drugs/substances banned by the World Anti Doping Agency (WADA) based on a sample collected by the National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) or any other agency authorized by WADA and tested by National Dope Testing Laboratory or any other WADA accredited laboratory, will not be eligible for the Award

Decoration

1. The award will consist of the following:

• A cash amount of Rs. 25 lakhs exempt from Income Tax and Wealth Tax in the year in which it is disbursed. The Award will be presented to the winners at the function for the presentation of the Award to be held at a place and on a date to be determined by the Government.
• A Certificate of honour to each sportsperson.
• One medal to each Sportsperson.

2. This Award will be in addition to any other award of the Department or otherwise, which may be available to sportspersons for the same achievements.
3. No Award will be made for a second time to the same person.
4. The award may be given posthumously if such an occasion arises.

No. of Awardees

There will be only one award every year to be given to an individual sportsperson. This condition will be relaxed only in exceptional circumstances.

Who can nominate ?

Self Individual can nominate 

Selection Process

1. The Awards will be decided by a Selection Committee constituted by the Government of India as under:-

 

1	Chairperson	To be nominated by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
2	Sportspersons of         eminence (Olympians or previous Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna or Arjuna Awardees)	2 members
3	Previous Dronacharya Awardees from different disciplines	3 members
4	Sports Journalists/Experts/Commentators	2 members
5	Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme Secretariat	Ex-officio member
6	Executive Director (TEAMS)/Officer in charge of TEAMS Division, Sports Authority of India	Ex-officio member
7	Joint Secretary (Sports), Department of Sports	Member Secretary

 

 

2. There should be minimum two years of gap before a member other than ex-officio is re-nominated as chairperson or member in the Selection Committee.
3. Not more than one sportsperson of eminence or previous Dronacharya Awardee from a particular sports discipline shall be a member of the Selection Committee to avoid any bias in favour of a particular discipline.
4. A statement of achievements of all those coaches, who fulfill eligibility criteria and whose nominations have been received before last date, will be sent to the members of the Selection Committee at least a week in advance before the meeting of the Selection Committee.
5. The Chairperson in consultation with Member-Secretary may constitute panel amongst the members of the Committee to assist the Committee.
6. The Chairperson may seek advice of experts in specific sports disciplines wherever necessary.
7. Shortlisted nominations from team games may be sent to experts at least a week in advance for their views. The experts may also be asked to attend Selection Committee meetings to clarify the doubts of members. The evaluation criteria may include international recognition, goals scored, player of the match/player of the tournament award, etc of the trainees of the coach.
8. Any person directly or indirectly related to a coach nominated for the Awards shall not be eligible to participate in deliberations of the Selection Committee, concerning that coach.
9. The Committee will determine its own work procedure and will keep in view the guidelines/criteria, if any, framed by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Members of the Selection Committee will give their recommendations as per the provisions of the scheme and the marks criteria of the scheme.
10. The quorum for the meeting of the Committee shall be 75% of the members of the Committee and the Chairperson.
11. The Committee shall select the Award winners by consensus failing which by a majority, decision and give its report to the Government of India within one month of reference.
12. The Executive Director (TEAMS)/Director (TEAMS), Sports Authority of India will be present at the time of deliberations of the Committee in order to  provide information / clarifications, if any, required by the Committee.
13. All the selection proceedings will be treated as “Confidential”, The Chairperson may take necessary steps in consultation with the Member Secretary to maintain strict confidentiality of the deliberations and selection made by the Committee.