New Delhi:The centre has prepared a comprehensive programme to promote sports and games among the rural youth in the country. This was disclosed by Secretary, Department of Sport Mr. Sudhir Nath while inaugurating a national conference on the subject in New Delhi this morning.
He said that thrust of the programme is to provide basic sports infrastructure and equipments at the Panchyati level. Apart from this the programme includes advance training and exposure for talented sportspersons so as to enable them to participate in the national and international tournaments. The conference will focus on harnessing available and potential sporting talent among rural youth through a competition at the block level. It will also deliberate upon to prepare a mechanism to identify and nurture sporting talent in rural areas.