STEADY INNINGS
Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports
PROMISE & DELIVERY STATUS OF COMMITMENTS MADE IN THE 2014 BJP MANIFESTO
FULFILLED
Promise: Promote all sports—traditional and modern
Status: Khelo India programme launched in 2016 by merging the existing Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan, the Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme and the National Sports Talent Search Programme. An amount of Rs 1,756 crore for three years was allocated to Khelo India. Besides, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is implementing eight sports promotional schemes to train 14,505 sportspersons in 27 sports in 303 SAI centres. Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme also launched, to prepare India for the next three Olympics. Under the programme, started in September 2017, selected sportspersons will be given Rs 50,000 a month for training, diet and other expenses till 2020
FAILURE
Promise: Providing sportspersons security of career through jobs in government, PSUs and private sector
Status: No significant step taken
NEW INITIATIVES
n National Sports University in Manipur; National Sports Museum at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
n National Centre of Sports Science and Research (NCSSR) and National Centre for Sports Coaching (NCSC), to be established in Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala
n High-powered committee to address grievances of women sportspersons
CHALLENGE AHEAD
Implement suggestion in 2017 Olympic Task Force (OTF) report to prepare comprehensive Action Plan for effective preparation of Indian sportspersons in the next three Olympics— 2020 Tokyo, 2024 & 2028