Chandigarh: In a major push to further strengthen sporting ecosystem, Haryana is planning to set up a single State Sports Portal, undertake a State-wide mapping of sports infrastructure, prepare a common State Sports Calendar, develop a structured State talent-pathway framework to identify and nurture sporting talent from the grassroots to national and international levels, and enable the wider use of existing sports facilities in schools, colleges, panchayats and urban bodies by recognised athletes and sports clubs.
The decisions were taken at the first meeting of the State Sports Administrative Committee, chaired by Haryana Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi here today. The Committee also decided to examine norms for earmarking adequate sports space in new layouts and colonies in coordination with the Town and Country Planning Department and Haryana Shehri Vikas Pradhikaran (HSVP), with the objective of ensuring that sports infrastructure is factored into urban planning from the initial stage itself.
Principal Secretary, Sports, Amneet P Kumar informed that the proposed State Sports Portal will serve as a unified digital platform for Haryana’s sports ecosystem, bringing together information on sports infrastructure and assets, tournaments and sports calendars, coaches, equipment, sportspersons and their achievements.
A comprehensive State-wide mapping of facilities under the Sports Department, Education Department, Panchayati Raj Institutions, Urban Local Bodies, HSVP, universities and other agencies will help identify infrastructure gaps and support more scientific planning for future development.
There will be a two-tier structure for sports governance, comprising the State Sports Administrative Committee, headed by the Chief Secretary, which will provide overall policy direction and strategic oversight, and the State Sports Executive Committee, which will serve as the operational arm for implementation, coordination and effective execution of decisions taken by the Administrative Committee.
