Kinalur (Kerala), June 15:
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said India’s sporting landscape has started to change for the better as people are taking up sports as full- time career with remarkable improvement in on-field performance.
Inaugurating the new world class synthetic track at the Usha (PT Usha) School of Athletics here via video conference, PM Modi said that the expansion of the sports industry will also help in the growth of the country’s economy.
“During earlier decades there was an environment in which sports was not pursued as a career. Now this thinking has started to change. Soon the results will be evident on the playground,” he said.
“India has huge potential in sports. India is a sports loving country. The passion with which my young friends watch the ongoing Champions Trophy is the same with which they see the EPL football or NBA basketball fixtures and the F1 Races.
“We have no shortage of talent. But we need to provide right kind of opportunity and create an eco-system to nurture the talent,” he added.
He said sports as a full-fledged ecosystem can contribute immensely to the country’s economy apart from creating a lot of employment opportunities.
“A strong sporting culture can help the growth of a sporting economy. The sports industry sector provides chances in different segments such as professional leagues, sport equipment and surfaces, sports science, medicine, support personnel, apparels, nutrition, skill development, sports management among others. (PTI)
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