On Monday, Haryana sports minister Anil Vij announced a whopping amount of cash rewards for Indian wrestlers Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat, who clinched gold medals in their respective weight categories at the ongoing 18^th Asian Games in Indonesia.

The minister in the tweet stated that Haryana government will honour both gold medalist wrestler, Bajrang Punia and Vinesh Phogat with 3 crore rupees each. Vij tweeted, "Congratulations to #VineshPhogat for winning Gold Medal in wrestling in #AsianGames2018 Haryana Government will honour her with Rs. 3 Crore of cash award and a job of HCS/HPS."

Meanwhile, the minister also announced a cash reward of INR 1.5 crore for Lakshya Sheoran, who bagged a silver medal in men’s trap event.