Saikhom Mirabai Chanu

The Railways yesterday gave away handsome monetary rewards to its 15 medal-winning athletes of the 2018 Commonwealth Games, with the Railway Minister Piyush Goyal promising to draft a new and much-better promotion policy for its sportspersons within a month. Felicitating the Gold Coast-returned Railway athletes during a function orgainsed by the Railway Sports Promotion Board here, Goyal announced Rs 25 lakh, Rs 20 lakh and Rs 15 lakh each for its athletes who have won gold, silver and bronze medals respectively.