Sports Minister Kiren Rijiu on Saturday said as part of the preparations for 2020 Tokyo Olympics, India house would be set up in the Japanese capital providing athletes with necessary facilities.
Talking to newsmen here Rijiju said “he would himself lead Indian delegation to Tokyo as part of the Olympic preparations. Nutritional food as per the advice of the coach and nutritionist and other technical facilities would also be made available.”
To a query the minister said, “the government has ensured that all the players get full honour and a system for financial assistance for those who had in the past won a medal at National or International event, but were living in misery, their grievances will also be addressed.”
“There was already a provision of pension for the Asian Games, Commonwealth and Olympic games medal winners, but the government was now also creating a system to help those players who had won medals but were not in good financial condition,” he said.
Rijiju had earlier visited the Sports Authority of India premises here and held meetings. He also attended Hero International Cup football match between N Korea and India at Transtadia EKA Arena stadium in Kankaria area of Ahmedabad this evening.
Earlier on his arrival at Ahmedabad airport, he said, “I have heard a lot about Gujarat, and today is my first visit to the state as Sports Minister, I would visit the facility of Sports Authority of India and hold interaction. There are lot of possibilities here in Gandhinagar.”
