new delhi union sports ministry has extended financial assistance to 18 former sportspersons living in indigent circumstances during the last three years all the former players received monetary assistance under national welfare fund for sportspersons which provides for lump sum financial assistance to outstanding sportspersons facing financial distress minister of state of youth affairs and sports pratik prakashbapu patil on tuesday informed the lok sabha 40 applications were received for assistance during last three years while lump sum exgratia assistance was sanctioned for 18 sportspersons 22 applications were rejected as they were not found eligible in terms of the provisions of the scheme the minister said the names of existing beneficiaries getting pension under the scheme are suhas chatterjee rs 8000 k balagopal 8000 samir kumar roy 8000 v govardhanan 8000 h loknath 8000 s george 8000 y h yantatta 8000 prabhunath patra 8000 m gabriel 8000 rajayya bosi 8000 krishna chandra paul 8000 nikhil kumar nandy 8000 o k sathyan 8000 narayan singh thakur 8000 supravat chakravarty 8000 ajay kumar chatterjee 8000 gurbachan singh 8000 gurdev singh 8000 v mookan 10000 robin hazra 8000 samar banerjee 8000 abul hassan ahmed 8000 v b pillai 8000 s k baboo 8000 e ramakrishna rao 8000 gora chand seal 8000 niranjan das 8000 ram rati devi 8000 rikta dhar 8000 nilima v ponkshe 8000 jaspreet kaur 10000 bhagwan devi 10000 sportspersonsorganisations given lump sum exgratia assistance 2008 padma chorol jammu kashmir 25000 ladakh winter sports club leh 440000 2009 jyotsna bose 100000 barbara j francis 150000 sulinder kour 300000 sophia rehman 150000 alphoncia thangaraj 150000 boby kitty 150000 nanjamma m 150000 khajabi 150000 lyra dsouza 150000 j sreedharan 300000 subroto mukerjee sports education society 2000000 2010 prabir sarkar 150000 m bharathan 100000 hiralal shaw 200000 nasir ali syed 150000 and saly george 250000