Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award: This award was started in 1991-92 by the Department of Youth Affairs and Sports. It is India’s highest honour given for achievement in sports. It carries a cash prize of ? 750,000 (exempted from income tax and wealth tax), a scroll of honour and one plaque besides a blazer, a tie. This award is given every year by the President of India, to outstanding sports individual or a team, across all sporting disciplines in a given year.
liajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (2016)
1. Km. P.V. Sindhu – Badminton
2. Km. Sakshi Malik – Kushti
3. Km. Deepa Karmarkar – Gymnastics
4. Sri Jitu Roy – Shooting
