Chandigarh, Apr 12 (UNI) Haryana sportspersons bringing laurels to the state by winning Gold Medals in Olympics will now be entitled for appointment to Haryana Civil Services (HCS) or Haryana Police Services (HPS) with seniority of eight years.
The new policy aims at promoting competitive sports in the state and to provide secure employment to outstanding sportspersons from Haryana at the end of their useful supporting lives. The sportspersons of para, blind, deaf and special Olympic Sports will also be entitled for government jobs.
Detailing about the policy, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Anil Vij said that the initial appointments, whether in HCS or HPS or any other Group A, B or C posts will be with “Sports” in parenthesis that would be dropped upon successful completion of the prescribed training and courses in the probation period.