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NEW DELHI: 2010 is expected to result in an overall economic impact of $4,940 million on India's GDP during a period of four years ending 2012 and create an employment opportunity close to 24.7 lakh.

According to a Games Organising Committee document, this figure is almost three times the economic impact the 2006 Melbourne Games had on Australian GDP.

"It is estimated that the Commonwealth Games 2010 would result in an overall economic impact of approximately $4,940 million on over the period of 2008-12," the document said.

It said the 2002 Manchester Games created an impact of nearly $3,4000 million in Britain's, while the Melbourne Games created an impact of $1,600 million on Australia's GDP.

The OC estimates said the Delhi Games are also expected to create an "enormous employment opportunity" of close to 24.7 lakh jobs.

"The social and environmental impact of the Games will be highly laudable as they are bound to encourage improved standards of education to children, boost sports activities, create a better quality of life and experience for citizens, increase international recognition and create environmental consciousness among the community," it said.

However, an NGO Hazard Centre claimed that Delhiites will have to pay a huge price for the "development work" carried out for Commonwealth Games and "in the next 25 to 30 years, each one of them will have to pay a debt in form of increased prices of land, basic commodities and petrol."

The report titled 'Heritage Games' claimed that countries which hosted events like Olympics, World Cup and Commonwealth Games have plunged into huge debts after suffering losses.

It attributed the economic crisis in Greece to its 16,600 million dollar "adventure" of Athens Olympics four years ago. Mexico, Seoul, Barcelona, Sydney were cities that have followed suit and have incurred losses of many millions of dollars, it claimed.

The Games Organising Committee had earlier set up a Commonwealth Business Club India (CBCI) in partnership with Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) to encourage and support Indian business community's involvement in the marketing and promotion of Indian sports.

"Its aim was to raise sports sponsorship and market India as a preferred business partner and destination across the Commonwealth," the document said.

The CBCI, headed by OC Chairman , also aims to draw high-powered offshore business delegations to Idnia during the Games and enable them to leverage the unfolding opportunity of transacting business. CWG 2010 will result in economic impact of $4,940 million - The Economic Times
 
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That is nearly $ 5 billion. We could have done much much better. But for silly reasons and bad media coverage everything went wrong. After the game govt should take care of Dixit, Kalmadi and Gill.
 
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and how much are we spending..?
 
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we have spent more than 7 billion dollars but govt dont show this.
 
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India has serious chances of bidding for Olympics: Rogge

New Delhi: India holds a serious chance of bidding for the Olympics, if it manages to give a successful and incident-free Commonwealth Games to the world, said Jacques Rogge, the President of International Olympic Committee.

In an interview to an Indian news channel, Rogge said that the fundamentals are in place for India to bid for the Olympics. The only thing the country now needed to look at is the Commonwealth Games- which start here on Sunday- is carried out well and fine.

“There is a difference between Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Olympics is bigger and more complicated,” said Rogge.

“But I think India has set a good foundations tone for the Olympics bid and a successful Commonwealth Games can help India mount a serious bid for Olympics,” he added.

Rogge also said that looking at the way the country is moving ahead with the Games, the entire event will surely ‘make India proud’ and portray it in a good light.

“I think the Games will make India proud. It is something we can show to the world that we can organize an event of such big stature,” he said.

He also said that India “should, can and will” to well at the Games.

Talking about the security that has been put in place for the Games, Rogge said that the arrangements are satisfying and good. “Security is good with a lot of discipline very well applied. It is not intrusive. It is oppressive,” he said.

The IOC President also said that looking at the way the Games are being handled now, India is sure to have a good event. “I think everything will be fine. The things are going well and we have very experienced people handling it,” he added.

He also said that India being the second most populous country in the world must get maximum number of medals in the event. “We need more gold from world’s second most populous country,” he said.

When asked to give out a message to the country ahead of the Commonwealth Games opening ceremony, Rogge said that more and more youth of the nation must be encourage to pick up sports.

“My message to India is practice sport. Sport is education, sport is health and sport is joy. More youth in the country must practice sports” he finally said.

He also said that his expectation from the Commonwealth Games is the ‘welfare of athletes’. He said that if the athletes are happy, the Games can indeed be called a successful one.
 
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India has serious chances of bidding for Olympics: Rogge

New Delhi: India holds a serious chance of bidding for the Olympics, if it manages to give a successful and incident-free Commonwealth Games to the world, said Jacques Rogge, the President of International Olympic Committee.

In an interview to an Indian news channel, Rogge said that the fundamentals are in place for India to bid for the Olympics. The only thing the country now needed to look at is the Commonwealth Games- which start here on Sunday- is carried out well and fine.

“There is a difference between Olympics and Commonwealth Games. Olympics is bigger and more complicated,” said Rogge.

“But I think India has set a good foundations tone for the Olympics bid and a successful Commonwealth Games can help India mount a serious bid for Olympics,” he added.
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Not in his life time for sure... :confused:
 
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That is nearly $ 5 billion. We could have done much much better. But for silly reasons and bad media coverage everything went wrong. After the game govt should take care of Dixit, Kalmadi and Gill.

But isn't $5 billion a small potato comparing to $40 Billion China spend on the Olympics ?
 
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But isn't $5 billion a small potato comparing to $40 Billion China spend on the Olympics ?

Obviously..... But India spent US$15.47 billion Or 70,000 Crore
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, Way too much To host a Grand Commonwealth games
 
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Guys, how much money are you going to make from selling those apartments to the public in the Athletes Villages?

I think I read they're all sold already, but I'd expect there to be huge demand for such accomodation, and an opportunity to claw back some money for the organisers.

Property must be red hot in Delhi, so I can imagine everyone wanting an apartment, and the benefits that will come with it (surrounding infrastructure, roads, etc)
 
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Obviously..... But India spent US$15.47 billion Or 70,000 Crore
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, Way too much To host a Grand Commonwealth games

$5 Billion or $40 Billion is a waste for hosting Olympics or CWG when the money can be used for feeding or providing education for poor people.
 
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$5 Billion or $40 Billion is a waste for hosting Olympics or CWG when the money can be used for feeding or providing education for poor people.

Its not spent from GDP.... These are external Loans, If we take it from GDP then we cannot make Profit Out of It Neither can we spend it Elsewhere.... As for as Education is concerned, its Spent from GDP.... So Hosting such Mega Events are Always relied Upon External Loans...

And Now If You ask If we could take external Loans to Feed Poor and education then I say how we gonna repay as we would not make any Profit out of it , so Its better to take it Internally, and If an External Money is Invested In a Non Profit Stuff, we will have to Take a Bulk amount of Indian currency out of India which would not be Accepted By Reserve Bank Of India.... Now say Have we done it For good or Not;)
 
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$5 Billion or $40 Billion is a waste for hosting Olympics or CWG when the money can be used for feeding or providing education for poor people.

It's not like we just spent nearly $ 16 billion on nothing. Billions out of that amount has already been returned to the country(or Delhi) in the form of infrastructure. Of course a lot has also ended up in the pockets of some corrupt @$$holes.
 
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