Jaipur : After a long wait of 11 years, preparations are being made to bring a new sports policy in Rajasthan. The officials of the Sports Department have prepared a draft regarding this. Under this, programs will now be run to search for players in towns and hamlets along with cities and villages. At the same time, former players will be given pension up to Rs 20 thousand and players will be given insurance coverage of up to Rs 10 lakh. Under the new sports policy, sports pension program is being planned for the first time in the state. Under this, a provision has been made to give Rs 20 thousand every month as pension to athletes, para athletes and coaches. This pension will be given to the players who win medals in Olympic Games, Para Olympic Games, Asian Games, Para Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, Para Commonwealth Games. Along with this, coaches receiving Arjun and Dronacharya Award have also been included in it. Under the new policy, players will also be given the facility of medical insurance. Under this, international level players will be given insurance coverage of 10 lakhs and national level players will be given insurance coverage of 5 lakhs.
Talent identification program will start
Planning has also been done for Fit Rajasthan in the draft of the new sports policy. Under this, community level engagement programs will be run. In this, rural community engagement, urban community engagement, school and college level engagement programs will be run, so that people can be kept fit at every level. More and more people can be connected to sports. Along with this, various sports will also be organized. This will include national level and multi-sports games. At the same time, talent identification programs will also be run in cities and villages as well as small towns to find sports talent.
Training will be provided from school itself
In the draft of the new sports policy, special planning has been done regarding the athlete development program. Under this, an eco-system can be created for sports development. For this, sports academies will be set up at the school level, where basic sports infrastructure and sports equipment will be provided. Along with this, regular training center programs will also be run at the district level, so that players can be given better training from the beginning.
Studied the sports policy of different states
Sohan Ram Chaudhary, Secretary of Rajasthan Sports Council said- A draft of a new sports policy has been prepared to promote sports in the state. This draft has been prepared after studying the sports policy of different states of the country. It will now be placed before the public and players. Their suggestions will be sought on this. After this, this policy will be reviewed at the ministerial level and a decision will be taken on it. Let us tell you that cricket and polo have not been included in the draft of the new sports policy at present. Earlier, sports policy was implemented in Rajasthan in the year 2013. In such a situation, preparations are being made to implement a new sports policy in the state after 11 years.
