Patna, July 23: Union Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Anurag Singh Thakur felicitated the 72 students from 36 schools who won the state-rounds of the Fit India Quiz Competition, in Mumbai recently. Cash prize amounting to Rs. 99 Lakh was awarded to these state-level winners.
360 schools competed in the state rounds which took place during the months of February and March, 2022. 36 teams (two students in each team) of the state rounds and their school representatives were awarded prize- money, with the school being awarded Rs 2,50,000 and two students being rewarded Rs 12,500 each.
From Bihar, Mohit Ranjan and Aashish Ranjan from Jay Pratap Singh Public School, Saharsa will compete in the national round of the competition. The National Round will consist of quarter-finals, semi-finals and finals.
The winning school in the National Round of the Fit India Quiz 2021 will get prize money of Rs 25 lakh and the winning team of students will be awarded cash prize of Rs 2.5 lakh (Rs. 1.25 lakh each). The first runner-up will get Rs. 15 lakh (for the school) and Rs 1.5 lakh (Rs 75,000 for each student), and the 2nd runner-up will get Rs 10 lakh (for the school) and Rs 1 lakh (Rs. 50,000 for each student).
Addressing the students, the minister said, “The Fit India Quiz will promote Fit India Movement, create awareness about sports and fitness, leading to creation of healthy and fit India, as envisioned by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi”. He said, “Each one of you is now an ambassador of sports and fitness” and asked the students to spread the word on Fit India Mobile App as well.
About the Fit India Quiz
Launched with the aim to create awareness among students about India’s rich sporting history, the Fit India Quiz saw participation of 36,299 students in the preliminary rounds where 13,500 schools competed online on a platform hosted by National Testing Agency (NTA).
Out of this, 360 selected schools competed in the State Rounds. After a series of state level quarter-final and semi-final rounds, the finalists from 36 States/UTs have been identified for participating in the National Finals.
