Sports Minister gives final touches to the draft of new sports policy<\/strong><\/p>\n

New sports policy will focus on boosting the sports culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

Chandigarh, July 6(Press Ki Taquat)<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Following the commitment of Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann to make Punjab the number one state in the country again in sports, the draft of the new sports policy being made by the Sports Department has been almost prepared and will be released by the Chief Minister soon.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This was disclosed by Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer in a press communiqu\u00e9 released after giving the final touches to the draft of the proposed sports policy by meeting with the higher officials. Before this, the Sports Minister held continuous parleys with the committee formed by sports experts to draft the sports policy and took feedback from sports persons and different sports organisations.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meet Hayer said that emphasis has been laid on creating sports nurseries to centres of excellence from the village\/city level to the state level to create a sports culture. Arranging direct jobs according to the achievements of the players, focusing on diet, training and rehabilitation special centres for the players, honouring the coaches and awards for the personalities\/institutions working for the promotion of sports will be salient features of the sports policy.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The sports minister said that from the financial assistance to the players for the preparation of the international competitions, the emphasis has also been placed on honouring the players who won medals, with cash prizes. Apart from this, it is recommended to include sports competitions which were not included in the list of prize money and to give cash to the medal winners of Special Olympics\/Blind\/Deaf Games along with Para Sports.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Meet Hayer said that emphasis will also be placed on the recruitment of coaches and filling up of various posts in the sports department. Along with strengthening the existing sports infrastructure, the focus will be on building the sports grounds and the construction of new sports stadiums.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The meeting was attended by Special Chief Secretary Sports Sarvjit Singh, Special Secretary P. Anandh Kumar and Director Harpreet Singh Sudan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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