India, July 22 -- The Delhi government has hiked the cash awards given to Olympic and Paralympic winners from the Capital, minister Ashish Sood said on Tuesday.

Sood also announced that Group A jobs would be given to gold and silver medallists, while the bronze winners would be provided Group B jobs, PTI reported.

The decisions were taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta at the Delhi Secretariat.

Sood said that under the Mukhyamantri Khel Prothsahan Yojana, Olympic and Paralympic gold winners will now be awarded Rs.7 crore, silver medallists will be given Rs.5 crore and the bronze medallists will get Rs.3 crore. He said that this was done to "encourage the sports ecosystem".

Earlier, the Olympic and...