What do you think is the future of sports in India?
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Sports industry is developing with increased manufacturing of sports car (though it is low as compared to the production of other cars). We can see Indians participating in Asian games, Olympics etc and they perform excellently. Their participation and performance makes India and their family members proud.
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Challenges :-
Lack of infrastructure.
Lack of encouragement.
Lack of Sports schools, especially in rural areas.
Lack of sporting culture.
Politics in National Sports Federations.
Insufficient funds.
Lack of incentives to sports persons.
Low salaries of Sport Coaches and staff in sports field.
Malnutrition in nearly 20 crore children in India. This is one of the big challenges, because for sports, physical as well as mental strength is must.
Becoming a sports person is expensive for poor and lower middle class because it requires costly sports equipment and years of dedicated hard work.
India doesn’t have a proper system to spot and develop sports talent in children as well as in young people.
If a sports person fails in his sport, she/he has struggle to make living in India. In most of the other countries, this will not happen.
In India, employment opportunities in the sports field is very much less, when compared globally.
As it’s difficult to succeed in making sports as career in India, most of the parents are not encouraging children in the sports field.
Until recently India concentrated only on cricket. Now, a few more sports got attention. But still there are more sports, which need media coverage and publicity.
Indian education system only concentrates on studies, but not on sports.
What India is doing :-
‘Sports Authority of India’ is supporting local talent. But is is not upto the mark.
Sports quota in Government jobs to encourage sports persons.
Indian Government gives cash prizes and awards to the winners of national and international sport events.