Kiren Rijiju: Govt to recruit 1500 coaches to fill up existing vacancies

Sports
Minister Kiren Rijiju today said the government has decided to recruit around
1500 coaches to fill up existing vacancies and ensured full support to the
country’s athletes.

On the
sidelines of a programme celebrating ‘National Girl Child Day’ in New Delhi, Mr
Rijiju said that government is not going to wait for 8 years period and will
promote the assistant coaches to senior-level after few years on the basis of
their service record so that there is no dearth of coaches.

He said
reputed foreign coaches will be hired irrespective of their remuneration adding
that there are some very good Indian trainers and coaches who will also be
hired.

He said
there will be no shortage of funds for the training of the Indian athletes. Mr
Rijiju also said that his Ministry is trying to ensure that athletes get the
required diet at all training centers.

On just
concluded Khelo India Youth Games, the sports Minister said he was happy to see
so many national records broken during the games which is Under-21 tournament.
He said, some of these athletes will also participate in the Olympics and in
other various international events.