Role of State in Developing Sports in India
Today sports emerge as multi billion dollar industry. The structural development of sports took place over the last 150 years. The state has an important role to play for the development of sports in any country. Active participation in sports reduces heath hazards, reduces the medical expenditure and encourages team work, coordination and cooperation. It also helps to create social networks. Sport can be considered as a platform to gain nation pride at the international level, to generate employment, to build infrastructure, to attract foreign tourist and therefore foreign capital. It can be said that sport contributes to the social development as well as the economic development of a country and therefore the role of state for the promotion and development of sports is important.
1982 was a landmark year in Indian sports when India organizes the Asian Games. Prior to 1982, hardly any emphasis had been given to sports in Public Policies. Funds had been allocated to sports in different Five Year Plans, mainly for building infrastructure and nurturing talents at the grass root level.
Five Year Plans
Thrust Areas
2nd Five Year Plan
Developing sports infrastructure
3rd Five Year Plan
Grass root developmental activities
4th Five Year Plan
Grass root developmental activities
5th Five Year Plan
Carried forward the initiatives of 4th Five Year Nhà cái Bet88 Plan
6th Five Year Plan
Selecting and nurturing young sporting talents across the country
7th Five Year Plan
Building sports infrastructure at the grass root level
8th Five Year Plan
Consolidating the initiatives adopted in the 7th Five Year Plan by introducing a number of schemes, such as Special Area Games (SAG), Sports Project Development Area Centres (SPDA etc.)
9th Five Year Plan
Developing sports talents
10th Five Year Plan
Making the Comprehensive Sports Policy with three main objectives: “Sports for All”, “Excellence in Sports” and “Contingent Constitutional, Legal and Institutional measures to implement the policy”.
(Source: India…get, set, go… The evolving sports ecosystem in India, March 2010
:Ernst & Young)
An increase in allocation of funds for Sports in different Five Year Plans can be observed from the following table: