Terming the sports policy of the previous Congress Government as "defective", the BJP Government in Haryana will unveil a new policy in January next year.
The focus of the new policy would be on tapping talent at an early stage and grooming them in their chosen discipline in a result-oriented manner. "The sports policy of the previous Hooda Government was defective as it lacked on many fronts. We will unveil a new sports policy on January 12 on the occasion of Swami Vivekananda's birth anniversary," Haryana's Health, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister, Anil Vij said.
He claimed the previous policy was silent about grooming talent. The previous government may have appointed sportspersons who won gold and other medals as DSPs in the police department, but kept no track of them once they were recruited."What happened to the concerned player, what has been his/her contribution to the sport after their appointment, no one bothered to keep any track," Vij, added.
Vij said soon he would be holding a meeting with prominent sportspersons of varied disciplines to take feedback about the difficulties being faced by them and also seek their suggestions, which would be incorporated in the new policy.Vij, who also holds the Department of Youth Affairs, said they are drafting "big plans" to channelise the energies of the youth so that they do not go astray like some youths in neighbouring Punjab who have fallen prey to drug menace.