The athletics junior development programme, which was initiated in 1990 and later became the National inter-district junior athletics meet (NIDJAM) in the early 2000s, has undergone a significant change with the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) making it robust with an aim to make it a supply line and produce more champions.
As part of the revamped junior programme, the AFI organized the 2023 edition of the NIDJAM in Patna with the participation of more than 5000 athletes from over 500 districts, selected from more than a million children from across the country, competing in under-14 and under-16 boys’ and girls’ categories.
