Front-runners to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, Chirag and Satwik were on Friday confirmed for the award by the sports ministry after being recommended by the selection committee, headed by Justice (Retd.) Mukundakam Sharma.
This was due to the fact that they had already won the Khel Ratna, the country's highest sporting honour.
Currently, the Khel Ratna comes with a cash prize of Rs 7.5 lakh, while the Arjuna awardees get Rs 5 lakh.
Ever since breaking on the international stage with a bronze medal at the 2017 Asian Wrestling Championships, Divya has maintained her stranglehold on the women's 68kg category in the country.
Women's hockey team player Deepika Thakur, cricketer Deepak Hooda and tennis player Divij Sharan have also been recommended for the award
The National Sports Awards include the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna, the Arjuna, Dronacharya and Dhyanchand honours, conferred every year by the President of India at the Rashtrapati Bhavan on August 29.
Along with Vandana and Monika, Harmanpreet Singh has been nominated for the Arjuna Award while captain Rani has been recommended for the prestigious Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award.
The 24-year-old said that he has been able to perform for the team only because of the support he has received from his teammates.
Prannoy questioned the selection criteria for Arjuna Award while criticising the selection of Sameer Verma
The Badminton Association of India (BAI) has recommended Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, Chirag Shetty and Sameer Verma for Arjuna Awards.
The 22-year-old has so far played 54 ODIs and 48 T20Is in which she has taken 64 and 53 wickets respectively.
Rohit Sharma has been nominated by the BCCI for the country's highest sporting honour - the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna.
Ragala Venkat Rahul and Punam Yadav are the other two nominations sent by the Indian Weightlifting Federation to the Sports Ministry.
In a letter to the Minister, Panghal, who became India's first male boxer to win a world championship silver last year, said that athletes should not have to plead their case for an award by nominating themselves.
The BCCI office-bearers are expected to announce the final nominations for the men's and women's categories later this month but the Gujarat pacer's stupendous performance in the last four years makes him the most worthy candidate.
The ministry generally invites the nominations for the awards in April while the ceremony to confer them is held on August 29 on the occasion of National Sports Day celebrated to mark the birth anniversary of hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand.
Arjuna awardee- Abhishek Verma won a gold medal at the 2014 Asian Games at Incheon in the men's compound archery team event, along with Rajat Chauhan and Sandeep Kumar.
While Poonam received the honour from President during Thursday's award ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhawan, Jadeja was a notable absentee due to national duty in the ongoing away Test series against the West Indies.
Indian all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja, who is currently the part of the Test team on tour to West Indies, sent a video message after being conferred with the Arjuna Award.
Gurpreet is the fourth goalkeeper since its inception to have been named for Arjuna Award, the previous ones being Subrata Paul (2016), Brahmanand Sankhwalkar (1997) and the late Peter Thangaraj (1967).
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