State Sports Policy gets Cabinet Nod – Pramod Madhwaraj
Udupi: The State Cabinet on March 8 approved the states Sports policy said Pramod Madhwaraj state minister for sports, youth service. He was speaking at a press meet after releasing the “Sports policy guidelines Book” here on March 11.
The Policy was designed keeping in view the opportunities for sports personalities from the State to represent India during the next Olympics. The policy will help students get attendance, grades in exams and reservation in jobs. It will also be helpful for them to represent the State in the national and international sports events.
To seek the opinion of the sportspersons and sports lovers a meeting was held in Belagavi, Bengaluru, Kalaburagi and Udupi. The vision of the proposed Sports Policy for Karnataka is to create an enabling, inclusive, dynamic, competitive environment in Karnataka that enables and empowers the people of Karnataka to experience and benefit from a strong sports culture and to facilitate creation of a self-sustaining sports eco-system that makes sports affordable, enjoyable and sustainable for all who wish to play and more so for those who wish to excel in global platforms.
In the policy, Sports industry, sports business and sports entrepreneurship can contribute about Rs 5000 crores annually to Karnataka’s GDP. Bengaluru will be recognized as a national sports hub and will be placed among the top 10 in the global sports city index rankings. It will also be developed as a Sports Medicine and Sports Technology Hub.
Every taluk and town municipality in Karnataka will have at least one active and well-endowed community sports centre and every district will have at least one multi-sports coaching centre, one swimming pool of Olympic standard each with professional management, appropriate equipment, trained coaches, management information systems and effective community outreach programmes, he said.
Set up ‘Centres of Sporting Excellence’ for seniors (18 years and above) in Karnataka, offering world-class training facilities and Sports College/University for offering professional courses on different aspects of management of professional sport, he added.
In the sports policy Physical education to be implemented as a compulsory subject in the syllabus of every public school across the state and 100% of the children, aged 6-14 will be involved in at least 1/2 hour a day of organized physical activity/sport. Provide nutritious meals such as milk, egg or fruit to them to encourage them to actively participate.
The policy extends mandatory sports education from pre-school right up to post-graduate level with at least 60 minutes duration. Aiming for Physical Education teachers in all schools across the state.
Yes, citizens of Karnataka, both boys and girls, men and women, must be encouraged to be agile, fit, and athletic, and to make use of Sports complexes and Stadiums, such as the one Udupi town that has a track, swimming, and gymnasium facilities, in field games such as soccer, hockey, volleyball, basketball, tennis, badminton, and cricket, and as well participate in town, state, inter-states, and other professional level meets in India and in other Asian and South East Asian and European countries.
Indians have good climatic conditions to train, and as well as good food available priced moderately, and also have good facilities to train and develop.
Encouragement, motivation, and rewards for sportsmanship should be carried out by all societies.
The Winter Olympics just got over, and India was not a participant, however, Pakistan and China participated.