Visakhapatnam: Access to quality training is an essential factor that plays a very important role in the success of any sports person, and it is a noble duty to encourage the differently abled sportspersons by providing training and others. Keeping this in view, as part of corporate social responsibility initiative, RINL has provided a financial assistance of Rs 75,000 to Jeet Kumar, a Para Olympian, working in PAO, ministry of steel, to take up intense coaching for three months in powerlifting (bench press) for achieving better results in the inter-ministry bench press tournament, scheduled to be held later this year at Gujarat.

The cheque was handed over to him by Union minister of steel Chaudhury Birender Singh in Delhi on Monday. Aruna Sharma, secretary (steel), Ruchika Chaudhry Govil, joint-secretary (steel), P. Madhusudan, CMD of RINL, and P.C. Mohapatra, director (projects) RINL were present on the occasion. Further, RINL-VSP has extended a financial assistance of Rs 21,000 to Shammi Kumar who has performed for Guinness book record in making 75 push-ups on the single thumb in one minute.