There is a need for creation of ex-cadre in sports, police, excise and forest departments so that the medal winners in Olympic, Asian and Common Wealth games are provided Government jobs, said the Uttarakhand Chief Minister Harish Rawat while undertaking a review meeting of the sports department on Wednesday.
He said that an institutional sports calendar of the sporting events of the year should be released so that more and more sport persons from the State are able to make it into the medal tally in the forthcoming National games which are being organised here. He asked the officials to expedite the process of promotions of serving medal winners.
Rawat said that colleges, ITIs and polytechnic colleges should be included in the institutional sports. He called upon the officials to prepare an environment of sports in the State and emphasised that spirit for sport should be included among the youths of the State.
The CM said that the private institutions engaged in promotion of sports in the State should be promoted and provided more facilities by the government. He suggested that the self employment opportunities in the field of sports should be explored under the Vir Chandra Singh Garhwali scheme.
The meeting was attended by Sports Minister Dinesh Agarwal, Chief Secretary Shatrughna Singh, Secretary sports Shailesh Bagoli, Home secretary Vinod Sharma, Director General (DG) police M A Ganapathi and others.