The #school curriculums still have tiny space for sports. Indian mentality goes on with the saying, “Kheloge kundoge toh banoge kharab, padhoge likhoge toh banoge nawab.”
This means that those who focus on sports are not valued, but those who are only focused on studies excel. With such a mentality, how can India expect to compete with nations like #China, the #USA, the #UK etc in the #Olympics?
Another facet is the #socioeconomic factors like poor health, infrastructure and nutrition. A tiny amount of the population has the luxury of taking part in sport.
#Athletes are not generated from the richer classes, they come often from the middle and lower economic strata.
In the 2020 Global Hunger Index, #India ranked 94th out of 107 countries, which is labelled as a serious nutritional deficit situation. An improvement needs to be made in health and nutritional condition of the country.
The sportspersons are glorified only after winning a #medal . This is the only source of motivation for them.
But they need #support in their initial phases as well, it should not only be an individual effort of the players but the aggregate effort of the entire nation to support those players.
Coming to facts and figures, in the 2020-21 annual budget, the @mygovindia allocated Rs 2826.92 crore for sports, which meant an increase of a mere ₹ 50 crores from the revised estimates of the financial year 2019-20.
In the #Rio2016 Olympics, India spent ₹ 36.85 crores under TOPS. Most of the expenditure was on shooting and athletics. Both brought no medal.
Out of the ₹ 36.85 crores, ₹30.49 crores had gone to disciplines that fell short of goals. Only 1.66% of the total fund went to the fields that brought India two medals–P.V. Sindhu in Badminton and Sakshi Malik in wrestling.
Is sports governance has not been the @mygovindia 's strong suit?
Lack of awareness and proper training are still the major #obstacles as #India breathes its 75 years of independence.
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