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The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, along with the Sports Authority of India (SAI) is planning to introduce 12 new National Sports Leagues (NSLs), with an aim of enhancing the talent pool in the country and also to further back the country's bid to host the 2036 Olympics.
The NSLs will come under the Khelo India program and the SAI, league organisers and national sports federations (NSFs) will work together. According to the news agency PTI, a source in the know of the development said that while a timeline is yet to be determined, the planning process and the identifying of sporting disciplines have reached the advanced stages, and details will be revealed soon.
All you need to know about NSLs
The main aim behind this move is to introduce a unified league for each sporting discipline and also replace the current system. Under the current system, the NSFs and the sports ministry often run leagues separately, and this will eventually reduce the chances of that happening.
“The government plans to introduces the National Sports Leagues (NSLs) under its ambitious Khelo India programme. The Sports Authority of India, the league (organisers) and the national sports federations (NSFs) of that particular discipline will be aligned before the leagues are introduced,” said the source.
“Following the introduction of the NSLs, there will be only one league in each discipline. It will not be like the NSFs organise one league and the ministry another,” the source further clarified.
The source, however, has not shared information on the disciplines in which the leagues will be introduced, although this will be announced “shortly”.
Leagues which won’t fall under NSLs
Leagues like the Hockey India League (HIL) and the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) which do not need funding from the government will not come under the NSL program.
“Only those leagues which are struggling or the ones that were introduced but could not support themselves because of financial issues, the government will introduce leagues in those disciplines,” the source further added.
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