In an attempt to groom its sportsmen for the Olympic Games to be held in Brazil in 2016, the Haryana Government will give relaxation to its sportsmen from their official duties. The proposal to exempt the players, who are preparing for the Brazil Olympics, from attending office has been cleared by the sports Department and sent to Chief Minister for final approval.The players serving with the state government apparently are finding it difficult to practice due to regular official assignments.
A delegation of some players had met Sports Minister Anil Vij recently and raised the issue with him. Some of the players had said that due to busy official schedules they were doubtful of getting a berth in Olympics squad.It is learnt that Sports Minister Anil Vij had cleared the file for allowing complete exemption from duty to the players who are preparing for Olympics.While asked, Vij said, “If we wish to get medals in sports events, then we have to let the players practice for the tough competition, they are supposed to face in the Olympics. That is why, it has been decided to exempt players from their job assignments for preparing for Olympics.” He said the sportsmen would be getting their full salary for the exempted period. And once the file gets nod from the Chief Minister Manohar lal, the sportsmen will not be required to attend office if they are preparing for the Olympics. Due to sports-friendly policies in recent times, Haryana Government has recruited a large number of sportsmen in different departments and number of young recruits are aspiring to get a berth Olympics contingent. Haryana in the recent past has performed well in producing achievers in sports. In the previous edition of Summer Olympics, the Indian team included 18 players from Haryana, out of the total 81 participants. The sportsmen connected with State had succeeded in winning four medals out of the total six medals won by the country.