Selectors to get paid Rs 25 Lakhs per year

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) at its working committee meeting on Saturday have decided to pay an annual honorarium of Rs 25 lakhs to each of the five selectors, who would be chosen once the present selection committee completes its tenure that ends on September 30.

The meeting also decided to appoint those who have played for India, or those who have played more than 25 first-class matches as selectors while appointing a senior selector. It will be ensured that he should have retired at least ten years ago.

The meeting also made it mandatory that the selector, at the time of appointment, will not be an office-bearer of the BCCI or any of its affiliated units.

Several key decisions, including distributions of prize money to sportspersons from other game, were also taken during the meeting.

However, all the decisions will come into effect only after the Annual General body Meeting (AGM) to be held here at the Cricket Centre on September 27 and 28.

The BCCI and the Sports Ministry have set up the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) with a corpus of Rs 50 crores, and as per the communication received from the Sports Ministry, Rs 5.34 crores have been utilized from the NSDF to support the sportspersons who had been selected for the Beijing Olympics.

The BCCI reiterated its commitment to participate in the development and promotion of other sports. The Working Committee accordingly decided to increase the Board’s contribution to the corpus from Rs 25 crores to Rs 50 crores for the next three years.