gangtok in a bid to promote and motivate the talented sports persons of the region the north east council nec on wednesday announced cash rewards for its athletes who bring laurels at national and international eventsthe initiative is a part of the new programme nec sports initiative launched by the minister of development of north eastern region and chairman of north east council bijoy krishna handiqueaccording to the new initiative an athlete will be given a sum of rs 40 lakh for winning a gold at the oympics while a silver and bronze medallist will recieve rs 20 lakh and rs 10 lakh respectivelyfor asian and commonwealth games medal winners the amount will come down to rs 10 lakh for gold rs 5 lakh for silver and rs 3 lakh for bronze while the winners of national games will get rs 3 lakh rs 2 lakh and rs 1 lakh for gold silver and bronze respectively a statement saidthe reward will be in addition to the existing ones that are extended by the ministry of sports and youth welfare the statement addedthe benefit will however be extended to those athletes who excelled in the games during in 201011 period