Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Kiren Rijiju during his visit to the National Institute of Sports here on Saturday announced that the diet budget of SAI trainees, senior athletes and junior athletes will be increased to bring parity, a ministry press release said.

Earlier, the diet allowance for Sports Authority of India (SAI) trainees, junior athletes and senior athletes was Rs 250, Rs 480 and Rs 690 per day, respectively. The ministry in a release said that Rijiju has decided to make the amounts equal.