The assembly of the high-level committee was additionally attended by his deputy Nisith Pramanik and the officers of the sports activities ministry, Sports activities Authority of India (SAI) and Indian Olympic Affiliation (IOA).
Whereas it was the seventh assembly of the committee, it was their first for Thakur and Pramanik after taking cost of the sports activities ministry final week.
Minister YAS , Shri @ianuragthakur chaired a assessment assembly relating to the participation/preparations of #TeamIndia… https://t.co/uKCGONB38D
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Thakur took cost as sports activities minister from Kiren Rijiju final week following a cupboard reshuffle by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The 35-year-old Pramanik, a first-time MP from Bengal, was appointed because the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports activities beneath Thakur, who’s a cupboard minister.
In the course of the assembly chaired by Thakur, varied points, together with the supply of world class coaching amenities for the Olympic-bound athletes had been mentioned.
“It was a standard assessment assembly of the high-level committee which has been occurring for lengthy. In these conferences, we take inventory of Indian athletes’ preparation for the Olympics, to see if all the pieces was on monitor or something is pending which must be addressed,” an official supply instructed PTI.
In addition to, Thakur additionally mentioned with the officers the progress of #Cheer4India marketing campaign and the preparations for the interplay of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Olympic-bound athletes on Tuesday.
Modi will work together with the athletes nearly in his bid to encourage them forward of the Tokyo Olympics which opens on July 23.
The interplay will probably be telecast reside on Doordarshan and on varied authorities social media platforms.
Greater than 120 Indian athletes will take part within the Tokyo Olympics amid strict well being security protocols due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Video games will probably be held with none spectators from July 23 to August 8.