A REPORT BY Ayan Banerji

India won total 107 medals in the Asian games concluded recently.

State wise medal winners:

Haryana: 44

Punjab: 32

Maharashtra: 31

Uttar Pradesh: 21

Tamil Nadu: 17

West Bengal: 13

Rajasthan: 13

Mizoram: 01

Gujarat: 00

Union government’s budgetary allocation to states under the Khelo India scheme

Haryana: 88.89 Crores

Punjab: 93.71 Crores

Maharashtra: 110.8 Crores

Uttar Pradesh: 503.02 Crores

Tamil Nadu: 33 Crores

West Bengal: 26.77 Crores

Rajasthan: 112.26 Crores

Mizoram: 39 Crores

Gujarat: 608 Crores

Highest Funds allocated to Gujarat : 608 Crores and Athlete from Gujarat got 0 medal.

Punjab & Haryana got 75 medals out of total 107 medals. But these two states got less than 200 Crores budgetary allocation.