PM Modi’s government started the Tops, which resulted in Neeraj Chopra’s gold medal.
PM Narendra Modi 75th Birthday: Indian athletes have won a total of 15 medals in the last 3 Olympics, while India’s performance in the Asian Games and Commonwealth Games has also been excellent. The major reason for this is the help of sports from the government and this has become possible because Prime Minister Narendra Modi has not only given the assurance to give every possible support to the sports from his first term, but has also fulfilled it. On the 75th birthday of Prime Minister Modi, let us tell you about those special campaign, which has improved the position of Indian sports and players in the last 11 years.
Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)
In May 2014, Modi was sworn in as Prime Minister for the first time and only two months after that his government took the most important step towards improving India’s position in the Olympics. In July 2014, the Modi government introduced the Target Olympic Podium Scheme i.e. TOPS, under which such players were identified in different sports, who could be medal contenders in the Olympics. Under this, the players selected are given a stipend of 50 thousand rupees every month. Also, expenses are also available for any tournament or training program to be held abroad. Stars like PV Sindhu, Sakshi Malik, Bajrang Poonia and especially Neeraj Chopra won the medal in the Olympics and proved the success of this campaign.
Play India Games
If there is any most ambitious sports project of Modi government, then this is the same. In 2017, Khelo India Games was started in 2017 as part of cricket to give Olympic level players to the country. Its objective is not only the city, but also in rural areas to provide the platform and training to new players from school to college, so that the situation in big tournaments like Olympic and World Championships can improve in the coming years. This is the reason that 19 Khelo India Games have been organized at different levels in the last 8 years. Future stars are being prepared by organizing these games in different parts of the country under Khelo India Youth Games, Khelo India University Games, Khelo India Winter Games, Khelo India Para Games and Khelo India Beach Games.
Play India Center of Excellence
Prime Minister Modi’s vision towards sports is not only limited to winning the medal, but is the goal of attracting the youth towards sports and their overall development. This is the reason that not only the games are organized, but also to identify such players from small and big villages and cities of the country, who leave their mark in these games. For this, Khelo India Center (1057) and Khelo India State Center of Excellence (34) have been created, in which former champions train future players, take care of fitness through sports science with their skills.
Khelo India Talent Identification
Just as the tops have been prepared for the Olympics, there is also a Khelo India Talent Identification Program. The National Championship and Camp of different sports consists of selection of certain players, who are then trained in the Certified Academy of the country. At present, 2808 such athletes have been identified and 6 lakh 28 thousand rupees of the year are being spent on every such trainee athlete.