Unemployed for last nine years despite her on-field exploits, there is good news for Savita Punia as Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore on Wednesday assured the Indian women\u2019s hockey team goalkeeper of all the support she needs.<\/p>\n
\u201cHave asked my team to obtain details on our #AsiaCup2017 star, Savita Punia. Will ensure she receives all the support possible from Govt. Our motto: #SuvidhaAurSamman,\u201d Rathore, an Olympic silver medallist in shooting, tweeted.<\/p>\n
Savita played a crucial role in India\u2019s title triumph in the recent Women\u2019s Asia Cup and secure a berth in next year\u2019s World Cup, pulling off the final winning save to deny higher-ranked China.<\/p>\n
India had failed to qualify for the last World Cup and finished ninth in the 2010 edition.<\/p>\n
Punia, who hails from Hisar in Haryana, made her international debut in 2008 and has just completed 150 caps in Asia Cup. She started playing hockey as per the wish of her grandfather Mahinder Singh and starred in India\u2019s bronze medal effort in Junior Asia Cup in 2009.<\/p>\n
\u201cI am very happy that I could contribute in team\u2019s win. I (will) work harder to bring more laurels and will not let my unemployment affect my game,\u201d the 27-year-old Punia had said after the team\u2019s return from Japan.<\/p>\n
\u201cI have been trying for a job for the last nine years. I was promised a job under the Haryana Government\u2019s \u2018Medal Lao, Naukri Pao\u2019 scheme, but I have only been given assurances by the officers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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