Hyderabad: Olympic gold medalist Neeraj Chopra's javelin is among the items that have received the highest bids at an e-auction of gifts and mementos received by the Prime Minister.
As many as 1,330 mementos are being auctioned in the e-auction, including gifts given to the Prime Minister by the winners of Tokyo Olympics 2020 and Tokyo Paralympics 2020.
The base price of Neeraj Chopra's Javelin was kept at Rs 1 crore, in a single day his bid has reached 10 crores.
Similarly, Paralympics Gold medalist Sunil Antil's javelin has reached almost 10 crores. The base price of Antil's javelin was also kept at one crore.
The price of the boxing gloves of Indian boxer Lovlina Borgohain, who won a bronze medal for India in the Tokyo Olympics 2020, has also reached 10 crores. The initial price of these blue-colored gloves, which also has a signature of Lovlina, was kept at Rs 80 lakh.
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The price of PV Sindhu's Racquet and racquet bag, has reached 2 crore 20 thousand rupees, while the base price was 80 lakh rupees.
People are bidding fiercely on the hockey sticks of the Indian women's hockey team. These sticks have the signature of the women hockey players . Its base price was Rs 80 lakh, which has now increased to Rs 1 crore 500 rupees.
The e-auction, being organized by the Ministry of Culture, started on Friday and will continue till October 7. This is the third edition of such an auction, in which persons or organizations can participate via the website: https://pmmementos.gov.in.
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