New Delhi: Sports Minister Anurag Thakur The near future sees a greater role for the central and state governments for the betterment of Indian sports.
India are riding high after their best finish ever in Olympics And this Paralympic.
Thakur said during the India Today Conclave on Saturday, “The first issue is creating sports culture, from stopping culture to sports culture, from people’s participation to people’s movement. Promotion is very important.” .
“I think it has started, the way the Prime Minister is engaging with the players and also encouraging them. Encouraging them before the event and also after the event which was very important.
“In Tokyo Olympics And before that, it was not an easy time. We were passing through a time of crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not easy to train players both locally and globally.”
Thakur thanks his predecessor Kiren Rijiju for his contribution to the run-up Tokyo Games.
“You can see that during the Olympics and after the Olympics, there is a coordination between us but in future also I personally feel that a bigger role has to be played by the Central (Government), State (Government), National Sports Federations , educational institutions,” Thakur said.
For India to become a sports superpower, Rijiju reiterated the need to develop a sports culture.
He said that no country in Europe or America spends as much on sports as India.
“There is a big misunderstanding in our country, before I took over as sports minister, everyone expected the government to take care of sports. The perception was that athletes are suffering but the government is not worried or is not doing enough. Is.
“Whereas if you look at Europe or America, no other government spends or gets involved as much money as the Indian government. The government should not be building stadiums and infrastructure, managing it more professionally. is required.
“But the perception here is that the government should do it. It is because of the lack of sports culture,” Rijiju said.
India are riding high after their best finish ever in Olympics And this Paralympic.
Thakur said during the India Today Conclave on Saturday, “The first issue is creating sports culture, from stopping culture to sports culture, from people’s participation to people’s movement. Promotion is very important.” .
“I think it has started, the way the Prime Minister is engaging with the players and also encouraging them. Encouraging them before the event and also after the event which was very important.
“In Tokyo Olympics And before that, it was not an easy time. We were passing through a time of crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was not easy to train players both locally and globally.”
Thakur thanks his predecessor Kiren Rijiju for his contribution to the run-up Tokyo Games.
“You can see that during the Olympics and after the Olympics, there is a coordination between us but in future also I personally feel that a bigger role has to be played by the Central (Government), State (Government), National Sports Federations , educational institutions,” Thakur said.
For India to become a sports superpower, Rijiju reiterated the need to develop a sports culture.
He said that no country in Europe or America spends as much on sports as India.
“There is a big misunderstanding in our country, before I took over as sports minister, everyone expected the government to take care of sports. The perception was that athletes are suffering but the government is not worried or is not doing enough. Is.
“Whereas if you look at Europe or America, no other government spends or gets involved as much money as the Indian government. The government should not be building stadiums and infrastructure, managing it more professionally. is required.
“But the perception here is that the government should do it. It is because of the lack of sports culture,” Rijiju said.
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