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COVER STORY Khelta Bharat,
Khilta Bharat

Low physical activity biggest benefit is to the tourism of country. Many
leads to higher public new hotels are built, and people from all over the
health costs: WHO world come to participate in the Olympics and watch
the games. The entire country benefits from this.
n According to the World Health Organization India’s aspiration to host the Olympics is not limited
(WHO), globally 31% of adults and 80% of to just emotions, but there are some strong reasons
adolescents do not do physical activity as per the behind it. By 2036, i.e., after about 11 years, India
prescribed standard. will be economically more stronger. By that time, the
income of every Indian will be many times more than
n WHO has set a target to reduce the level of today. By then, India will have a very large middle
physical inactivity by 10% by the year 2025 and class. From sports to space, the Indian tricolour will
15% by the year 2030. be flying with pride.

n According to WHO, if physical inactivity is not It is estimated that in the coming few years, India’s
reduced, then between the years 2020-2030, about sports industry will be worth about one lakh crore
300 billion US dollars will be spent on the public rupees. The youth will directly benefit from this.
health system. The awareness about sports that has come into the
country in the past years is leading to rapid growth in
n Physical activity in adults helps prevent non- business related to the sports sector. India is moving
communicable diseases, including heart disease, towards self-reliance in sports equipment. Today, 300
cancer, and diabetes. Along with this, depression types of sports equipment are being made in India.
and anxiety also decrease.
Now, there are preparations to build clusters related
n Physical activity in children and adolescents leads to to sports equipment in different parts of the country.
strong bones and muscle development. India is making its mark not only in sports but in every

n Regular exercise and yoga provide physical and sector. New India has set out to break old records
mental health benefits. and create new ones because New India has faith in
the potential of its youth, their desire to win, deter-
mination, and mental strength. Today’s India can set
STRONG RESOLVE TO HOST OLYMPICS big goals and achieve them. No record is so big that it
India is determined to ensure that Indian youth cannot be broken. India is now determined to create
athletes get an international platform in the future new records and is committed to setting new mile-
and that India becomes a global hub of the sports stones for itself as well as the world. That is why PM
ecosystem. With this thinking, the current central Modi appeals to the youth, “You have to move ahead
government will bid for hosting the Youth Olympics in because India will move ahead with you. Get together,
2030 and the Olympic Games in 2036. It has been the win for yourself, and make the country win.”
dream of every Indian that the Olympics should be It is also the duty of country to encourage every
held in India someday. If India is moving ahead with player with an open mind. But it should also not
such a huge goal, then behind this is the successful be forgotten that the youth have full potential to
attempt to make sports a new culture in the last 11 make India an important world power in the field of
years, and also to boost the role of sports economy sports. For this, sports will have to be established as
in becoming the third economic superpower. The a ‘sanskar’ because without this ‘sanskar’, the society
Olympics is not just a sporting event, but the country cannot develop. As a nation, the central government
hosting it gets momentum in many sectors. is trying to make sports the important component
The sports infrastructure that is built for the Olym- of life of the society and the nation by approving the
pics also generates employment. Better facilities are new National Sports Policy, under this backdrop, the
created for the players. A new connectivity infrastruc- common people will also have to make it a move-
ture is built in the city where the Olympics are held. ment, so that the culture of sports can dwell deep in
This strengthens the construction-related industry, the minds of every citizen and India can emerge as a
and the transport-related sector moves forward. The global superpower in the field of sports. n

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