dehradun in a bid to strengthen sports infrastructure the state sports minister dinesh agarwal unveiled a new sports policy on thursday the new policy aims at providing better opportunities to sportspersons to excel in their respective fields and overall promotion of sports in uttarakhand it includes implementation of pay and play scheme on the lines of sports authority of india sai scheme the money received under the scheme will be used to maintain sports facilities in the state most importantly the new policy also talks about setting up of sports libraries in every district this is also the first time the government is thinking about opening institutions specializing in sports science in the state moreover the sports department has shown commitment towards establishing centre of excellence in the field of sports agarwal said that under the new sports policy the government will also establish a mountaineering training centre and high altitude training centre in the state in addition new sports collegessports hostels will be set up in all the districts the existing sports hostels will also be upgraded under the ongoing central governments sports scheme rajiv gandhi khel abhiyan the state has pledged to build sports complex in each block in next five years according to sports policy 2014 the state government has decided to increase the amount of cash prize awarded to winners in the international and national competitions by two to five times from now sportspersons from uttarakhand who wins gold medal in the olympics would be given cash reward of rs 15 crore while silver and bronze medalists in olympics would be given rs 1 crore and rs 50 lakh respectively