chandigarh haryana sports and youth affairs minister anil vij on saturday announced a cash award of rs four crore for paralympics medalist deepa malik at par with medalwinners at the olympic gamesthe minister who was welcoming the athlete at igi airport in new delhi said it was a matter of pride for haryana that a sportsperson from the state had bagged a medal at the paralympic games as wellvij further said that deepa malik would also be given a government job as per her educational qualificationsmalik 45 hailing from sonipat in haryana became the first indian woman athlete to win medal at paralympics she won a silver medal in the womens shotput event with a throw of 461m at the paralympics in rio de janeiro brazildeepa was confined to a wheelchair in 1999 owing to a spinal tumour which paralysed her from waist down under the new sports policy of haryana the state government would give her rs 4 crore for winning silver medal in paralympics