New Delhi: The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) has decided to support up to 50 sportspersons for customized training under \u2018NSDF 50\u2019 scheme. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been asked to recommend names of sportspersons in consultation with the concerned National Sports Federations (NSFs) by the end of August, 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was felt that potential young sportspersons who are medal hopes for 2020 Olympics should be encouraged and supported on a continuing basis and that it would be necessary to evolve a proper and credible selection process to identify such sportspersons, may be in the age of 16 \u2013 20 years, in various sports disciplines included in the Olympics. Upto a maximum of 50 such sportspersons can be supported for customized training under NSDF. But the continuance of assistance should be subject to review of performance of the selected candidates twice in a year,\u201d said a sports ministry press release.\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSimilarly, Institutes with world class facilities and Coaches of international repute are to be identified for sending the selected candidates for training. EC felt that assurance of continued NSDF assistance to our top medal prospects will enable them to concentrate on their preparation without having to worry about funding. \u2018NSDF 50\u2019 is also likely to generate competition for inclusion, leading to overall improvement in performance of sportspersons,\u201d said the press release.<\/p>\n
Long-term customized training programmes will be drawn up in respect of the selected sportspersons. In addition, normal NSDF funding for core probables in general will continue. NSDF decided that if an individual sportsperson wins an Olympic medal without funding from NSDF, reimbursement of expenditure incurred by him \/ her on training, competitions etc. will be considered as per norms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
New Delhi: The National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) has decided to support up to 50 sportspersons for customized training under \u2018NSDF 50\u2019 scheme. The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been asked to recommend names of sportspersons in consultation with the concerned National Sports Federations (NSFs) by the end of August, 2013.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was felt that potential young sportspersons who are medal hopes for 2020 Olympics should be encouraged and supported on a continuing basis and that it would be necessary to evolve a proper and credible selection process to identify such sportspersons, may be in the age of 16 \u2013 20 years, in various sports disciplines included in the Olympics. Upto a maximum of 50 such sportspersons can be supported for customized training under NSDF. But the continuance of assistance should be subject to review of performance of the selected candidates twice in a year,\u201d said a sports ministry press release.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":true,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[50],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16375","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-isn-front-stories"],"yoast_head":"\n