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• We have sportspersons like Sachin Tendulkar, Leander Paes, Sania Mirza,
PV Sindhu and many more that we are proud of.

• India started participating in Olympics in 1990 and we have won 9 gold
medals, 7 silver, and 12 bronze medals. In 2016 Olympics 118 athletes
represented India.
• Women sportspersons are now making a mark and we have PV Sindhu as
the youngest Olympic medalist.
• In recent 2018 commonwealth games held at Gold coast, Australia, India
stands third with 26 gold, 20 silver, 20 bronze medals. The performance has
been excellent.
• Finance minister Arun Jaitley, in the 2018-2019 Union budget has allocated
2196.36 crore budget for sports which is a hike of 258.2 crores from the
previous budget.
• We have sporting facilities in India like Netaji Subhas National Institute of
sports , Salt lake stadium Kolkata , Jawaharlal Nehru stadium ,new delhi.

Sports Authority of India
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the government of India has set up the
Sports Authority of India in 1984 as the main governing body for sports in India.

It has academic institutes, centres of excellence, regional centres, training centres
etc.

Proper training facilities are ensured coaches from even foreign countries are invited.
It runs a number of schemes like National Sports Talent Contest scheme, Special
Area Games scheme etc

Issues
• Although we have started doing well in sports still many deserving sports
people in India do not get adequate funds for their training.
• Instances are seen where players have to sell their gold medals to survive!
This is such a shame!
• There is lack of proper infrastructure and tools.

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