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The 12th All India Rural Sports Tournament was organised during 1981-82 in the following sub-groups :
Games Venues and Dates
1. Swimming Calcutta (West Bengal)
May 9-11, 1981.
2. Athletics, Hockey and Basketball Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir)
October 1-5, 1981.
3. Kabaddi, Kho-Kho, Wrestling and
Archery Amritsar (Punjab)
December 29, 1981 to January 1,1982.
4. Football, Volleyball and Gymnastics Medikeri (Karnataka) January 16-19,
1982.
National Sports Festival for The National Sports Festival for Women, first organised in 1975, has
Women now become an important annual event of the country's Sports calendar.
The programme is being organised by the Netaji Subhas National Institute
of Sports, on agency basis, on behalf of the Government of India. The 7th
National Sports Festival for Women, was organised at Hyderabad (Andhra
Pradesh) in November, 1981 in collaboration with the Andhra Pradesh
State Sports Council. 1440 participants from 20 States and Union Terri-
tories took part in the Festival in 11 Sports disciplines, namely, Athletics,
Basketball, Badminton, Gymnastics, Hockey, Kho-kho, Kabaddi, Lawn-
Tennis, Swimming, Table-Tennis and Volleyball. The overall Champion
Trophy was won by the Punjab.
Sports Talent Search The Scheme of Sports Talent Search Scholarships was introduced by the
Scholarships Government of India in 1970-71, to provide facilities to young boys and
girls at school stage, talented in sports and showing promise and aptitude
for sports, to develop their talents in sports and to enable them to have
nutritious diet during their studies. The Scheme provides for award of
400 National level scholarships and 800 State level scholarships every year,
each of the value of Rs. 900/- and Rs. 600/- per annum respectively on the
basis of sports competitions at National/State level. Besides this, the
scholarships awarded during the previous year are also renewed in the fol-
lowing year subject to the scholarship holder maintaining/improving his or
her performance. During the year, 400 National level and 800 State level
scholarships were awarded under the Scheme. In addition, 150 National
level and 300 State level scholarships awarded in the previous year are
likely to be renewed.
The Arjuna Awards The Scheme of the Arjuna Awards, which is being implemented since
1961, provides for recognition of the talented sportsmen and women who
have distinguished themselves in different sports disciplines during the year.
Each of the Arjuna Award winners is now being given a Bronze Statuette,
a Scroll and a Scholarship of Rs. 200/- per month for a period of 2 years
and free entry to any national/international sports fixture played in India.
On the recommendation of the All India Council of Sports, 13 outstand-
ing sportsmen/women have been selected by the Government for 1980-81
Arjuna Awards.
India's Participation in (i) A 31-member Indian contingent, comprising 22 players and 9 offi-
International Sport Events cials participated in the Mini Commonwealth Games held at Brisbane
(Australia) from October 2 to 4, 1981, in the disciplines of Athletics,
Badminton, Boxing, Weightlifting and Wrestling. The Indian contingent
won 12 gold, 4 silver and 3 bronze medals. (ii) A 18-member School boys
Football team of the School Games Federation of India participated in the
10th Anniversary Indian Schools Football Tournament, 1981, held at Jakarta
(Indonesia) from June 20 to 30, 1981. (iii) A number of Indian teams in
various sports disciplines were cleared during the year for their participation
in international sports events abroad. Of them, international passage cost
of a few teams was borne by the Government of India, and facilities for their
special coaching prior to their participation in sports events were also pro-
vided by the Government through the Netaji Subhas National Institute of
Sports, Patiala.
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Sports Delegation Abroad (i) On the invitation of the German Gymnasts and Sports Federation
(DTSB), a 5-member delegation led by Shri S. Ramamoorthi, Joint Secre-
tary, incharge of Sports and Physical Education, in the Ministry of Educa-
tion and Culture visited the German Democratic Republic (GDR) from July
19 to 29, 1981 for a study of the system of sports and physical education
in that country.
(ii) Director, Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala, visited
the Federal Republic of Germany from May 2 to 16, 1981 on a study tour
under the Indo-FRG Cultural Exchange Programme.
National Welfare Fund For As a follow up of the recommendation made by the Working Group on
Sportsmen the Sixth Plan Central Schemes of Physical Education and Sports as well
as the Draft National Sports Policy, recommended by the All India Council
of Sports, the Government of India has decided in principle, to set-up a
National Welfare Fund for Sportsmen on the line's of the National Founda-
tion of Teachers Welfare, for giving financial assistance to outstanding
sportsmen and women, who are no longer active in sports but are in indi-
gent circumstances. The objectives of the Fund will also cover insurance
against disability caused to sportsmen and women during training in and
for their participation in the Asian Games. The details of the scheme in-
eluding the rules and regulations for the administration of the Fund are being
finalised by the Government.
C. ASIAN GAMES 1982
Holding of IX Asian Games In the context of India's decision to host the IX Asian Games 1982,
1982 in New Delhi the Gaines will be held in Delhi from November 19 to December 4, 1982,
with financial support from the Government. The Asian Games are
intended to help develop in the youth of Asia those physical and moral
qualities that come from fair competition in amateur sports and promoting
international respect and goodwill among them through sports.
Role of Ministry of Education The Ministry of Education and Culture is the nodal Ministry for pro-
and Culture viding the facilities required for holding the Asian Games, 1982, for import
of equipment, etc., and for training of Indian teams/competitors.
Steering Committee for Asian To ensure that the requisite facilities for the conduct of the Asian Gaines
Games are made available on time according to the international standards and that
other necessary arrangements for the Games are also made, the Govern-
ment have set up a Steering Committee under the chairmanship of the Edu-
cation Minister. The Committee has been authorised to take decisions and
give necessary sanctions including expenditure on behalf of the Cabinet on
all matters connected with Asian Games.
Special Organising Committee Under the Asian Games Federation Rules, the holding of the Asian
for Asian Games Games is entrusted to the Member-Organization of the country concerned.
The Indian Olympic Association set up a Special Organising Committee in
September, 1980 under the Chairmanship of Shri V. C. Shukla and entrusted
the holding of Asian Games 1982 to it. The Special Organising Com-
mittee is now headed by Sardar Buta Singh, Minister of State in the Minis-
try of Supply and Rehabilitation who is also the Chief Coordinator for Asian
Games. He is assisted in this task by a senior retired administrator, Shri
K. T. Satarawala, who has been appointed as the Coordinator for Asian
Games. He also functions as the Vice-Chairman of the Special Organising
Committee. The Committee has a 5 Deputy Chairmen and a regular whole-
time Secretariat headed by the Secretary-General.
Inclusion of Games/Sports in It is proposed to hold 21 games/sports, viz., Athletics, Badminton,
Asiad 1982 Gymnastics, Volleyball, Boxing, Table Tennis, Cycling, Hockey, Lawn
Tennis, Shooting, Swimming, Weight-lifting, Wrestling, Archery, Basketball,
Equestrian, Football, Handball, Golf, Yachting and Rowing. Besides these
there will be two demonstration games, viz. Kabaddi and Sepak Takraw (a
Malaysian Game). Out of the 21 sports/games, 19 are to be held at
Delhi at different venues and two events will be held outside Delhi viz.,
Yachting at Bombay and Rowing at Jaipur.
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Construction of new Stadia The following new stadia are being constructed for holding various
events :-
1. Main Athletic Stadium at Lodhi Road Complex with a seating capa-
city of 75,000 by CPWD to be used for the athletics events, football matches
and for the opening and closing ceremonies.
2. Indoor Stadium at Rajghat Sports Complex with a seating capacity
of 25,000 persons by DDA. With the help of partition, this will be used
as two stadia, to be used for Badminton, Gymnastics and Volleyball events.
3. A swimming pool of Olympic standard at Talkatora Gardens by
NDMC to be used for Swimming events.
4. Cycle Velodrome in Rajghat Sports Complex by DDA for Cycling
(Men) event.
5. Shooting Ranges near Tuglakabad Fort by DDA to be used for
Shooting event.
6. Stadium for Lawn Tennis in Hauz Khas area by CPWD to be used
for Tennis event.
7. A new Exhibition Hall in Pragati Maidan by CPWD for Trade Fair
Authority of India to be used for holding Table Tennis and Boxing events.
The National Stadium which will be used for holding Hockey Champion-
ships for men will be renovated and provided with Astro Turf Synthetic
Surface. In addition, 10 existing stadia in Delhi will be renovated for use
in the Asian Games.
Target date for completion of With the exception of the Exhibition Hall in the Pragati Maidan, which
Stadia will be ready by September, 1982 the construe and renovation work in
respect of all the stadia for the Games are expected to be completed by
the end of June, 1982.
Asian Games Village The Asian Games Village, an entirely new housing colony comprising
853 apartments is being built on commercial basis by the DDA in the Siri
Fort area for housing about 5000 competitors and officials for the Asian
Games, 1082.
Construction of fly-overs, hotels, In addition to the sports venues, the work of constructing seven fly-overs,
widening of roads, and electrifying widening a number of important roads, electrifying the city ring-railway is
the city ring-railway progressing fast. Ten new hotels are also being constructed. These pro-
jects form part of the normal development of the concerned agencies but
are being advanced in time so that their benefit is available at the time of
the Games. They are funded from the Plan allocations of the respective
agencies; and, from private sources in the case of eight hotels.
Quality Control Great importance has been attached to the quality control at all construc-
tion works. Whatever controls, tests and norms are obligatory under the
CPWD Code and other rules and instructions are proposed to be strictly,
regularly and uniformally followed in all the construction works.
Import of Equipment The Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports, Patiala, has been autho-
rised to procure equipment needed both for training and for the conduct
of the Games from within the country as far as possible and from abroad,
if necessary. For this purpose, the Institute has been exempted from pay-
ment of Customs duty.
Coordination for timely completion BAR/PERT charts have been prepared to regulate progress. Intensive
of Projects monitoring arrangements have been evolved to avoid slippages and to make
up for it if slippages do unavoidably occur. A number of committees with
cross-sectional representation have been set up by the Steering Committee
as well as the Special Organising Committee for Asian Games to ensure
proper coordination and timely and economical completion of all the
projects.
Preparation of Indian Teams in Comprehensive plans for preparation of Indian teams in various discip-
various disciplines and holding of lines for participation in the Asian Games 1982 have been prepared in con-
coaching camps sultation with the concerned National Sports Federations. A panel of
coaches have also been drawn up in respect of events included in the Asian
Games. Up to the end of November, 1981, 105 coaching camps had been
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organised to prepare Indian sportsmen/women for the Games. At the
request of some of the National Sports Federations, services of ten foreign
coaches have been obtained to prepare Indian teams for Asiad. Efforts
are being make to secure the services of some more foreign coaches.
Monitoring the Progress of To monitor the progress of coaching and training of Indian teams, a
Coaching and Training of Committee has been set-up under the chairmanship of Shri Ram Niwas
Indian teams Mirdha, M. P. Another Committee has also been set-up in the NIS Patiala
to submit regularly fortnightly reports on the holding of coaching camps.
Deligations of Selected Officials to Delegations of selected officials were sent to foreign countries to nego-
Foreign countries to negotiate tiate the possibility of getting the equipment of international specifications
procurement of equipment as free/on loan or on concessional basis. The officials have been able to
gift/loan secure costly equipment free/on loan basis. Seiko of Japan has agreed 'to
provide free/on loan 13 timers including photo finish apparatus and the
electronic score boards. Besides, supervision, installation, maintenance and
operation of this equipment, the firm will send contingent of 40-50 experts
and will bear expenditure on their travel, board and lodging during their stay
in India. M/S Yonex of Japan have also made an offer for supply of shirts
and rackets for Table Tennis and Lawn Tennis. They will also pay royalty
of US $ 25,000. It has also been possible to obtain several other monetary
benefits, due to these visits.
Publicity Campaign The publicity campaign for Asian Games commenced on November 19,
1981 covering people within India and abroad. Newsletters, brochures,
posters, etc. prepared by the Special Organising Committee were forwarded
to Indian Embassies. All the Indian Sports Federations and National Olym-
pic Committee have been supplied with this publicity material.
Emblem adn Mascot for The Emblem and Mascot for Asiad 82 have been finalised. The Mascot
Asiad 1982 of the Games is a dancing baby Indian Elephant with the sun symbol of
the Games as a Bindiya on its forehead. The Mascot has been named
"Appu" which embodies the true spirit of sportsmanship.
Expenditure on Asian Games The expenditure as, at present, approved to be incurred by the Govern-
ment for holding Asian Games, 82 is Rs. 54.83 crores. In addition to
this, Delhi Development Authority will incur an estimated expenditure of
Rs. 10.16 crores towards construction of an Indoor Stadium at Rajghat
Sports Complex and New Delhi Municipal Committee will incur an
expenditure of Rs. 2.75 crores towards the construction ofo a Swimming
Pool. About 73 per cent of this expenditure will be spent on construction/
renovation of stadia which will become permanent assets for promotion
of sports in the country. His Highness, the Amir of Kuwait has given a
cash grant of Rs. 12 crores for construction of an Indoor Stadium for the
Asian Games in India.
Income from Asian Games The income from Asian Games is likely to be from the following :
1. Sale of Tickets
2. TV rights
3. Royalty for patronising certain equipment
4. Advertisement
5. Use of Mascot and Logo
The Special Organising Committee has estimated an income of Rs. 3.90
crores for the Games.
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