Unleashing the transformative energy of sport in India

Union sports activities minister Anurag Thakur and his predecessor Kiren Rijiju mentioned the federal government’s imaginative and prescient on making India a sporting superpower. Union sports activities minister Anurag Thakur (proper) and Kiren Rijiju; (Photo by Chandradeep Kumar)India gained seven medals on the Tokyo Olympics, inclu ding a first-ever athletics gold medal. These historic feats, nonetheless, can’t take away from the truth that a rustic of greater than a billion folks ended up forty eighth within the medals tally. Union sports activities minister Anurag Thakur and his predecessor Kiren Rijiju mentioned the federal government’s imaginative and prescient on making India a sporting superpower.India gained seven medals on the Tokyo Olympics, inclu ding a first-ever athletics gold medal. These historic feats, nonetheless, can’t take away from the truth that a rustic of greater than a billion folks ended up forty eighth within the medals tally. Union sports activities minister Anurag Thakur and his predecessor Kiren Rijiju mentioned the federal government’s imaginative and prescient on making India a sporting superpower.

“The first issue is creating a sporting culture, from a ‘stopping culture’ to a sporting culture, from people’s participation to people’s movement. It is very important to nurture and infuse these kind of feelingsthere is a larger role to be played by the Centre, state governments, national sports federations, educational institutes and the private sector, including NGOs and corporates. Sports is a state subject”

“Our educational institutes need to promote a sports culture. If you look at universities in the US such as Stanford…one university accounts for a large share of the medals won by the US. How many universities in India are making that kind of contribution?”

– Anurag Thakur, Union Minister for Information & Broadcasting, Youth Affairs and Sports

“The impression is the athletes are suffering as the government is not doing enough. No other government spends as much money or is involved as much as the Indian government in sports. The government is not supposed to create sports infrastructure…it must be managed professionally”

“When an athlete wins a medal, only then will people celebratethat is why the Cheer4India campaign was started during the Olympics to involve the citizens. Cricket is successful here because people watch the game. When I was the sports minister, people used to ask me why we don’t promote other sports like cricket. The government doesn’t give money to cricket, it comes from the people. Until and unless people join the sports movement, we cannot turn into a sporting powerhouse”

– Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister for Law & JusticeClick right here for IndiaAs we speak.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.