Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation from Lalila on the occasion of 79th Independence Day, described sports as an important part of India’s development journey. PM Modi said that the national sports policy will ensure the game of sports from far-flung schools to the Olympic level. Describing this change as a positive sign, the PM said that when plays are being made in Indian families and parents are encouraging children to make a career in sports.
PM Modi further said in his address that, there was a time when sports were not seen as a career and the children were scolded by parents. But today the situation has changed and parents are happy to see children’s interest in sports. He said that these changes are auspicious for the future of India.
The Prime Minister said that sports are the first important of development. We will prepare an ecosystem in which coaching, fitness and infrastructure facilities reach every corner of the country. He also clarified that the National Sports Policy has been implemented after several decades and this change will promote transparency, healthy competition, fairness and moral conduct in sports administration.
Prime Minister Modi said that, we have brought the National Sports Policy after many decades to promote sports. This will ensure the development of sports from school to Olympic level. He said that, we will prepare an ecosystem that is coaching, fitness or infrastructure. We will make such an ecosystem to develop sports to the far -flung corners of the country.
A few weeks after the NSP arrives, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia also insisted on passing and passed in Parliament, which has been pending for many years. The bill ensures a strict regulatory framework and superficial dispute solution system for the National Sports Federations. India has so far average performance in the Olympics and seven medals including a gold in Tokyo Olympics 2021 are India’s best performance in this Mahasamar of the Games so far.
The Prime Minister also said that fitness is an important part of sports culture and reiterated that India has to fight obesity by reducing the use of oil in food. He said, when I talk about fitness, I also want to talk about obesity. This is a big problem in the country. It is estimated that every third person in future will be obese. To win the war against obesity, we have to reduce the use of oil in food.