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English Release 25-May 2013
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- Presidents Secretariat
- President calls upon every University to identify at least one Department that can be made into a Centre of Excellence
- Speech by the Hon’ble President at the Inauguration of Maharaja Agrasen University,Solan, Himachal Pradesh, on May 25, 2013
- Min of Defence
- Shri R K Mathur takes over as the New Defence Secretary
- Min of Law & Justice
- Government to go in for a Stand-Alone Central Legislation to Curb any Dishonest Activity in Sports
- Min of Youth Affairs & Sports
- Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of States and Union Territories in-Charge of Sports & Youth Affairs Concludes in New Delhi
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Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports22-November, 2012 17:05 IST
Assessment of Infrastructure created during CWG with vision of hosting Olympic Games
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The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that at present the Ministry/Government has not envisaged any plans of hosting Olympic Games in the country in the near future. However, all the stadia/sporting infrastructure constructed/renovated for Commonwealth Games,2010 are being regularly maintained in proper condition by government agencies and are being regularly used for holding of various sporting events/national coaching camps for optimum utilization of the various stadia. The Government has introduced ‘Come and Play’ Scheme in the designated areas of Sports Authority of India stadia in New Delhi as well as in all centres of SAI spread across the country, for both imparting professional training to established sportspersons as also to beginners with the objective of encouraging participation in Sports and for optimum utilization of stadia.
In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Shri Singh said, the Ministry/Government in consultation with the Sports Authority of India and the various National Sports Federations (NSFs) draws the Annual Calendar of Training and Competition (ACTC) for preparations of Indian sportspersons/teams for International events. The Ministry has already initiated preparations for Olympic Games, 2020 with intermediate milestones of Asian Games (2014 & 2019), Commonwealth Games (2014 & 2018) and Olympics-2016. Identification of sportspersons, training of core probables, provision of expert coaches and support personnel, foreign exposure for both training and competition, scientific support are part of such preparations under Long Term Development Plan (LTDP) which are prepared and finalized in consultation with respective National Sports Federations (NSFs).
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