India is in a celebration mood with its sports men and women bringing laurels to the country in the just concluded Common Wealth Games in Delhi. The country has come a long way from winning just one bronze medal in 1934 to 101 medals this time. This includes 38 gold, 27 silver and 36 bronze at the Games giving second position in the medal tally.The performance is more than double than the earlier Games in Melbour 4 years ago.Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh will meet the Indian medal winners at the Commonwealth Games this evening.Defence Ministry today rewarded armed forces sportsmen by giving away 12 lakh rupees each for winner of a gold medal, Seven lakh each for silver medal and five lakh for those who brought in a bronze medal during the Delhi Commonwealth games. Giving away the cheques to the medalist in a ceremony in New Delhi today, Defence Minister Mr. A.K. Antony also announced out of turn promotion for the each medal winner.AIR correspondent reports that the armed forces brought laurels to thecountry by bagging 10 Gold, 7 Silver and 8 Bronze out of 101 total medals won by the Indian participants in the 19th edition of commonwealth games. Congratulating the winners, the Defence Minister expressed hope that Defence forces athletes would better their record in 5th Military World Games to be held in Brazil next year.Mr.Antony said this will be an ideal preparation for 2012 London Olympics. The Ministry of Defence has already allocated 50 crore rupees for Mission Olympics.Several states and Railways have already announced awards to medalwinners of their teams.