Punjab Sports Minister Gurmeet Singh Meet Hayer on July 31 said the new sports policy of the State, which was recently approved by the Cabinet includes several incentives in a bid to create a sports culture in the State .
Mr. Hayer said that starting from the construction of sports nurseries, centres equipped with State-of-the-art facilities will be built in every village of the State under the new policy. Besides, gifts in the form of cash prizes, awards for players as well as coaches and jobs for the players are a part of the new sports policy.
He said that keeping in mind all age groups and physical fitness, playgrounds will be established at the village level according to the local needs. “1,000 cluster-level sports nurseries with coaching, sports equipment and refreshments will be established. At ₹25 lahks per nursery, it will have a total budget of ₹250 Crore. A district-level sports structure with 200 sports hostels in each district is to be established to prepare sportspersons for national-level competitions,” he said.
