Niti Aayog chalks up plan to secure 50 medals in 2024 Olympics

[Abba_Dabba_Jabba]

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...als-in-2024-Olympics/articleshow/54450156.cms

NEW DELHI: Government's think-tank Niti Aayog has devised a short-term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics.

The premier policy-making body said it is "disappointing" that the world's second-most populous country with world-class talent in various disciplines has not been able to produce champions in sports.

In its action plan for "revitalising sports in India", Niti Aayog said India still does not have a conducive environment for sports to polish the talent of Indian sportspersons and make them at par with their global counterparts.

"Efforts need to be undertaken at each level, from family and communities to schools, regional academies, states and national level. These efforts need to be aimed at radically increasing the level of sporting activities, filling the gaps in the system and monitoring for lags," it said.

Such efforts should help in overcoming existing societal barrier towards sports that can be summarised in the popular phrase, "Kheloge kudoge to honge kharab, padhoge likhoge to banoge nawab", it added.

The short-term vision (4-8 years) envisages targeting a group of priority sports, organising sportspersons into three groups for each priority sport, harnessing the potential of indigenous and regional sports, selecting world-class coaches as well as a grading system for coaches.

It will also focus on a sports injury insurance scheme, strengthening and scaling up of existing SAI training centres, facilitating creation of sports academies for individual sports, creating a digital database for sports, implementing national sports code and sports Bill and promoting revenue generating methods for team leagues of priority sports.

While the medium to long term vision (8-15 years) will focus on identifying talent at a young age, having sports curriculum in schools, a dedicated training programme for coaches, encouraging development of sports infrastructure through private or PPP mode and developing a health and psychological support division.


Stress in the medium to long term will also be on the consistent funding of contracts, hosting international events in priority sports as well as promoting a culture of sports in the country.




On funding of sportspersons, Niti Aayog said it has been observed that various sportspersons and/or sports academies receive erratic funding from one year to another.




To overcome this and provide constant support, it is recommended by the Aayog that after each Olympics, a fixed 4-year contract is signed between SAI (Sports Authority of India) and sportspersons from Group A sportspersons, keeping in mind the funding required by them up to the next Olympics and other international events in between.




For Group B and C also, the budgets for the next 4 years should be fixed, with consistent funding allocation for each year. Funding data for all the groups should be publicly made available as soon as it gets finalised, it suggested.


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http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/...als-in-2024-Olympics/articleshow/54450156.cms

NEW DELHI: Government's think-tank Niti Aayog has devised a short-term and medium-to-long term action plan to help India achieve 50 medals in 2024 summer Olympics.

The premier policy-making body said it is "disappointing" that the world's second-most populous country with world-class talent in various disciplines has not been able to produce champions in sports.

In its action plan for "revitalising sports in India", Niti Aayog said India still does not have a conducive environment for sports to polish the talent of Indian sportspersons and make them at par with their global counterparts.

"Efforts need to be undertaken at each level, from family and communities to schools, regional academies, states and national level. These efforts need to be aimed at radically increasing the level of sporting activities, filling the gaps in the system and monitoring for lags," it said.

Such efforts should help in overcoming existing societal barrier towards sports that can be summarised in the popular phrase, "Kheloge kudoge to honge kharab, padhoge likhoge to banoge nawab", it added.

The short-term vision (4-8 years) envisages targeting a group of priority sports, organising sportspersons into three groups for each priority sport, harnessing the potential of indigenous and regional sports, selecting world-class coaches as well as a grading system for coaches.

It will also focus on a sports injury insurance scheme, strengthening and scaling up of existing SAI training centres, facilitating creation of sports academies for individual sports, creating a digital database for sports, implementing national sports code and sports Bill and promoting revenue generating methods for team leagues of priority sports.

While the medium to long term vision (8-15 years) will focus on identifying talent at a young age, having sports curriculum in schools, a dedicated training programme for coaches, encouraging development of sports infrastructure through private or PPP mode and developing a health and psychological support division.


Stress in the medium to long term will also be on the consistent funding of contracts, hosting international events in priority sports as well as promoting a culture of sports in the country.




On funding of sportspersons, Niti Aayog said it has been observed that various sportspersons and/or sports academies receive erratic funding from one year to another.




To overcome this and provide constant support, it is recommended by the Aayog that after each Olympics, a fixed 4-year contract is signed between SAI (Sports Authority of India) and sportspersons from Group A sportspersons, keeping in mind the funding required by them up to the next Olympics and other international events in between.




For Group B and C also, the budgets for the next 4 years should be fixed, with consistent funding allocation for each year. Funding data for all the groups should be publicly made available as soon as it gets finalised, it suggested.


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Bone-headed idiots.

It is NOT the business of the Niti Aayog to look after sports. This is part of the sinking feeling that the increasing centralisation of decision making to some segments of the government brings about.

Also read the document once again. Athlete after athlete complained about lack of infrastructure. Sindhu won big time because of the obsessive concentration by her coach on acquiring and providing world class facilities. The document has tonnes about coaches, and handing personnel and health insurance and everything else in sight; it has ONE, count it, ONE reference to infrastructure.

 

[anant_s]

Ask corporate sector to adopt one sport.
If India gets a medal in olympics, give them a tax holiday.

 

[Abba_Dabba_Jabba]

Bone-headed idiots.

It is NOT the business of the Niti Aayog to look after sports. This is part of the sinking feeling that the increasing centralisation of decision making to some segments of the government brings about.

Also read the document once again. Athlete after athlete complained about lack of infrastructure. Sindhu won big time because of the obsessive concentration by her coach on acquiring and providing world class facilities. The document has tonnes about coaches, and handing personnel and health insurance and everything else in sight; it has ONE, count it, ONE reference to infrastructure.

I agree with you over centralisation of decision making , when the current government scrapped Planning Commission, there was a possibility of a new body which will support more involvement of regional bodies e.g. District Planning board in making planned schemes, but Modi & Co. has actually brought a new avtar of Planning Commission with different name. I havn't observed any difference between NITI & Planning Commission.

 

[Joe Shearer]

I agree with you over centralisation of decision making , when the current government scrapped Planning Commission, there was a possibility of a new body which will support more involvement of regional bodies e.g. District Planning board in making planned schemes, but Modi & Co. has actually brought a new avtar of Planning Commission with different name. I havn't observed any difference between NITI & Planning Commission.

Precisely.

Moreover, what is the damned Olympic Association doing? What are the damned Sports Federations doing?

 

[Abba_Dabba_Jabba]

Ask corporate sector to adopt one sport.
If India gets a medal in olympics, give them a tax holiday.

Government has already provided them CSR but many of them are not making the proper investment. There are few examples like Sahara, Mahindra, JK tyres etc but still there is no concrete result.

Precisely.

Moreover, what is the damned Olympic Association doing? What are the damned Sports Federations doing?

I think sports is a regional & union issue, it is the job of IOA and SAI to come up with certain plan. This govt orgs have been very in-competitive in decision making and it needs accountability and transparency over its working and election of the authority, it should be given to a specialized body or bureaucracy.

 

[Tshering22]

Ask corporate sector to adopt one sport.
If India gets a medal in olympics, give them a tax holiday.

The time for government sponsorship of sports went away with BCCI in cricket.

Look at how well cricketers are doing in India. From modelling endorsements to superb world class performance, to brands to sponsorships: cricket has it all.

Compare that to government sponsored sporting events; full of bias, nepotism, corruption, discrimination and insufficient resources.

Make Indian Olympic Council (IOC) like BCCI and let there be shareholders. Give them technocrats rather than bureaucrats.

Look how successful India Kabaddi League is after private participation.

Indian Soccer League has got the entire country more interested in soccer now only on one event.

THAT is how sports are done when government has limited resources.

The problem with India is that we have success models everywhere but we don't replicate them.

Ask corporate sector to adopt one sport.
If India gets a medal in olympics, give them a tax holiday.

I don't think sportspersons are supposed to pay tax in the country.

Cricketers don't pay I guess.

 

[jha]

Unless Handsoff approach by govt is followed, there is no possibility of any improvement. Our athletes lack basic infrastructure. Our policies for last 70 years have been disaster. If this committee can provide infra and leave rest to coaches, we may see some improvement in medal tally.

 

[anant_s]

I don't think sportspersons are supposed to pay tax in the country.

Sir, i meant tax holidays can be granted (limited to some value and time) to the corporate house that succeeds in producing results at international level.
I read last month that its costs UK millions of dollars of investment at grassroots level to produce an Olympic champion and so it is an indirect way of investment for India as well in sports sector.
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Budget of non performing sports bodies can be reduced.
As we saw in case of Badminton too, it was primarily P Gopichand's hard work and resourcefulness that produces so many performers at world level. & it is coaches and coaching academies like these that need to be nurtured and funded.
as @Joe Shearer has remarked, sports bodies are virtually good for nothing and root of almost all corruption. Even worse they haven't even been able to control the problem of doping, which sometimes is traced to lack of trained medical staff and guidance.
Why are we paying such nincompoops?

We know where we have potential to do well at international stage and if these sports are (Wrestling, Boxing, Archery, Hockey, Badminton) allowed to be taken care by Indian business houses, we can hope to do much better than recent Rio performance.

 

[Nilgiri]

NITI aayog should stick to economic matters only.

Without serious reform of sporting federations, I do not see much improvement for sports in India in non-traditional disciplines that often struggle for market value through sustained public interest/viewership.

Also the reward money would be better used in the years leading up to the olympics....at least a portion of it.

i.e Doesnt need to be so huge...and use the savings as part of the infra+training beforehand....along with scouting/selection at early stages.