Overview
- Hockey India held its annual awards in New Delhi, where Hardik Singh and Navneet Kaur received the Balbir Singh Sr. Player of the Year awards with Rs 20 lakh each.
- Former captain Zafar Iqbal received the Major Dhyan Chand Lifetime Achievement Award along with a Rs 25 lakh purse.
- Hockey India awarded cash to recent medal-winning squads, including payouts to Asia Cup champions and the junior men’s World Cup bronze medalists.
- The federation presented per‑match bonuses for every international win, set at Rs 1.38 crore for the men and Rs 69 lakh for the women.
- Member units and officials were recognized to bolster the domestic pipeline, with seven states earning Rs 10 lakh each and top umpires and technical staff receiving awards, as Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya used the stage to voice aims to host the 2030 Commonwealth Games and the 2036 Olympics.