What

What is a BCC Rs 18-crore Olympics bill includes campaign song by Mohit Chauhan, mementos for Indian athletes The Board listed total Olympics' expenses of over Rs 18 crore, including Rs 68 lakh to an event management company, Rs 4 crore for cash awards for medalists, and Rs 5 crore for purchase of 'PM Cares' mementos for athletes. Rs 7 crore for the advertisement agency that worked on the promotion of Tokyo Olympics in India; Rs 98 lakh for Olympics campaign T-shirts; Rs 70 lakh for singer Mohit Chauhan who composed and sang the inspirational (The target is in front of you, return as a winner) for the Indian contingent. These form a part of the BCC contribution to other sports during the Covid-19 pandemic. What is a BCC Rs 18-crore Olympics bill includes campaign song by Mohit Chauhan, mementos for Indian athletes. In June 2021, the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCC) had decided to extend support to the Indian Olympic Association. What is a BCC Rs 18-crore Olympics bill includes campaign song by Mohit Chauhan, mementos for Indian athletes “The Summer Olympics scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 23 to August 8, 2021. The BCC has decided to support Indian athletes in every form and manner it can. In that spirit, based on the request received from the (Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports), the Apex Council of BCC has decided to extend support to the Indian Olympic Association and has pledged a monetary gesture of Rs 10 crore,” it had said in a statement. At its first post-pandemic physical on Thursday, the BCC Apex Council tabled the break-up of its non-cricketing expenditure, adding up to Rs 22 crore. The Board listed total Olympics’ expenses of over Rs 18 crore, including Rs 68 lakh to an event management company, Rs 4 crore for cash awards for medalists, and Rs 5 crore for purchase of ‘PM Cares’ mementos for athletes. Besides these, the BCC also listed Rs 3.8 crore for funding oxygen concentrators at the peak of the pandemic. The Apex Council meeting, chaired by BCC president Sourav and attended by secretary Jay Shah, treasurer Arun Dhumal, joint secretary Jayesh George among others, officially approved these expenses. It is our responsibility to help other sports. All the members agreed to this expenditure, said a BCC official on condition of anonymity. The Indian board’s new constitution, drafted by the Supreme-Court nominated Committee, also directs the cricket board to support other sports. At its meeting, the Apex Council also approved an increase in the prize money for domestic cricket tournaments. At present, the winners of the Trophy, the country’s premier domestic cricket tournament, get Rs 2 crore. The new prize money is set to be announced soon. “The Apex Council has decided to give powers to office-bearers to decide on the revised prize money,” said a BCC official. The decision follows the windfall of Rs 48,390 crore from the sale of I PL media rights. There were also discussions on introducing the Decision Review System (DRS) in domestic games.