Government has given top priority to the Indian players to get four tools - resources, modern facilities for training, international exposure and transparency in selection. The Prime Minister stressed that for sports in the country to thrive, it is necessary that the youth should have faith in sports and should be encouraged to take up sports as a profession.
Schemes like Target Olympics Podium TOPS are providing all support to top sportspersons to compete at the highest level.
In the new National Education Policy, priority has been given to sports.
Sports have now been kept in the same category as science, commerce or other studies.
Major Dhyan Chand who was active in Meerut. Few months back, the central government had named the country's biggest sports award after the sporting icon.
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