Apart from Manu Bhaker and world champion D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and para-athlete Praveen Kumar will also be awarded.

The Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award has been renamed the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award. This was informed by the Sports Ministry of India. The Sports Ministry said four athletes, including Olympic medallist Manu Bhaker and chess world champion D Gukesh, will receive the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. Apart from Manu Bhaker and world champion D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and para athlete Praveen Kumar will also be conferred with the Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is India's highest sporting honour. The Sports Ministry also selected 32 athletes, including 17 para-athletes, for the Arjuna Award. Surprisingly, not a single cricketer is among the 32 sportspersons selected for the Arjuna Award.
The 22-year-old Manu Bhaker became the first Indian athlete to win two medals at the same edition of the Olympics by winning bronze medals in the 10m air pistol individual and 10m air pistol mixed team events. Indian men's hockey team captain Harmanpreet Kaur won India's second medal at the Tokyo Olympics. At the same time, Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh, 18, recently became the youngest world champion and played an important role in winning a historic gold medal for the Indian team in the Chess Olympiad last year. The fourth Khel Ratna awardee is para high-jumper Praveen, who won a gold medal at the Paris Paralympics.Legendary athletes Sucha Singh and Murlikant Rajaram Petkar have been selected for the Lifetime Achievement Award. All the athletes will receive the Major Dhyan Khel Ratna Award from the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan on January 17. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award is given for the best and most outstanding performance in the field of sports by a sportsperson over a period of four years. Arjuna Award is given for outstanding performance in sports and games over a period of last four years and for showing good performance and sense of leadership, sportsmanship and discipline.List of Arjuna Award winners: Salima Tete (Hockey) Abhishek (Hockey) Sanjay (Hockey) Jarmanpreet Singh (Hockey) Sukhjit Singh (Hockey) Rakesh Kumar (Para-Archery) Preeti Pal (Para-Athletics) Jeevanji Deepti (Para-Athletics) Ajit Singh (Para-Athletics) Sachin Sarjerao Khilari (Para-Athletics) Shri Dharambir (Para-Athletics) Pranav Soorma (Para-Athletics) H Hokato Sema (Para-Athletics) Simran (Para-Athletics) Navdeep (Para-Athletics)