Sports Minister M S Gill has sanctioned monthly pensions for four sportspersons including 2002 Asian Games gold medallist runner Saraswati Saha. Apart from Saha, 1986 Asian Games gold medallist Vandana Pandurang, and two silver medal winners in Pranab Kumar Roy in 1982 and Allan Schofield 1978 are the beneficiaries under a Central government scheme. Saha and Pandurang will get 7,000 rupees per month, while the other two will receive 6,000 rupees per month.Meanwhile, Mr. Gill also sanctioned an ex-gratia assistance of 70,000 rupees from "National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons" to Padma Chorol, a student of Moravian Mission School in Leh for her training in Ice-Hockey.