Now that they've won Olympic medals, PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik are being showered with cash prizes by government agencies. Even Dipa Karmakar and Lalita Babar are in line for cash awards. Sindhu has, by our count, already been promised Rs 13 crore and Sakshi Rs 5.6 crore, while Lalita and Dipa will be given Rs 15 lakh each. That's 3.4% of Sindhu's post-medal awards and 2.1% of the money Sakshi is to get. Of the 118 athletes who represented India at Rio, 67 were funded by TOPS and received a total of Rs 17.1 crore.

Source: Times of India August 24, 2016 01:24 UTC