The Sports Ministry has launched an incentivisation structure to raise monetary support to 500 private academies.
The initiative has been started under the Khelo India Scheme for the next four years starting 2020-21.
In this structure, private academies will be categorized into different sections depending on quality and achievement of players trained by the academy, level of coaches available at the academy, quality of field of play and allied infrastructure, availability of sports science facilities and staff.
In the first phase, 14 priority disciplines ranked for excellence in 2028 Olympics will be allowed for getting the required support.
The idea is to groom the sporting talent so well that it reaches out to even the most remote areas of India.
By Sahana Iyer
