Bcci | BCCI Adopt Olympic Sports; Rajeev Shukla Mansukh Mandaviya | India will make Olympic training-center across the country on the lines of Japan: BCCI will take up the responsibility of 2-3 games, Rajiv Shukla said-Ministry should decide the names of the Games

The Indian Sports Ministry is going to set up Olympic training centers across the country on the lines of Japan. These centers will be set up in collaboration with corporate. Of these, BCCI will take responsibility for 2-3 centers. Work on this scheme will start this year. BCCI made this proposal at a meeting with Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia on Thursday on Thursday. 58 members of the corporate world participated in this meeting.

A source of the Sports Ministry said- ‘This meeting, organized to decide the participation of the corporate world for the development of Olympic sports, proposes to open Olympic centers on the lines of Japan in the country. In this, BCCI Vice President Rajiv Shukla said that the board is ready to take up the responsibility of two-three sports and this ministry will decide which those sports will be.

An Olympic sports training in every center Each center will have one Olympic sports training. Keeping in mind the Los Angeles Olympic 2028, 100 to 200 talented players of that game will be provided modern training facilities and specialists at the same place. It is being told that the ministry has taken inspiration from the Olympic centers of Japan, America and Australia. Where many Olympic medals have come out.

Indian -origin players will be selected To strengthen Indian Games, especially tennis and football, it is also being considered to give the eligibility of selection to Indian -origin players settled abroad. It was banned in 2008 and only Indian passport holders can play for India. However, the conversation of a quite a quite a very initial stage is going on and consultation is being taken from all the parties.

BCCI has also helped before This is not the first time BCCI has contributed to the development of other sports. Earlier, the board gave Rs 50 crore in the National Sports Development Fund in 2008. Not only this, the board gave Rs 8.5 crore to the Indian Olympic Association before the Paris Olympic last year. Apart from this, the board also gave a prize money of Rs 4 crore to the medal winners of Tokyo Olympic 2021.