Manu Bhaker to earn THIS much money from government for new role

New Delhi: Double Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker landed a fresh role in a single in your complete ministries within the union government when the 22-year-old shooter became named as the logo ambassador of the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways (MoPSW). Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal made the announcement.

Bhaker created history on the Paris Olympics last month when she won two bronze medals – one each and every in females’s 10m air pistol and 10m air pistol mixed team. She can have added a 1/3 to her tally but missed a medal by a whisker by finishing fourth within the girls’s 25m pistol event.

Daughter of a prime engineer at Merchant Navy, Bhaker became the primary Indian female to win an Olympic medal in shooting and in addition the primary Indian to clinch two medals in a single edition of an Olympic Games post-independence. “It be a ways a moment of great pride for every Indian; and for every member of India’s maritime sector. Manu Bhaker, the daughter of a proud marine sailor, is now going to champion the marine sector of India as she has been officially signed as the Brand Ambassador of the Ministry,” Union Minister, MoPSW, Sarbananda Sonowal said.

Post her Olympic success, Bhaker’s brand value has shot up. According to a report in TOI, around forty brands have approached the young shooting sensation to endorse them. IOS Sports and Entertainment’s CEO Nirav Tomar stated that Bhaker’s brand value has increased 5 to six times post-Paris Olympics.

Earlier, Bhaker used to get a deal of Rs 20 to 25 lakh a year from the brands. Things have changed now as the shooting big name reportedly charges as much as Rs 1.5 crore per deal a year. On the opposite hand, there has been no official confirmation as how a lot Bhaker will earn from the ministry then again which is expected to around Rs 1 to 1.5 crore.