New Delhi(Agencies):The Sports
Ministry on Saturday announced to remove the Rs 2 lakh cap on the salary given
to Indian coaches training elite athletes in a bid to encourage them to produce
better results and attract former players to become high performance trainers.
The announcement came after the Ministry's decision on
Thursday to extend the contracts of all foreign coaches till September 30 next
year and to make all future hiring – both Indian and foreign – for a four-year
cycle in sync with the Olympics to ensure continuity.
"Several Indian coaches are showing very good
results and need to be rewarded for their hard work. The government is also
keen to attract the best coaching talent from across the country to train elite
athletes and we do not want the cap on compensation to be a deterrent for good
coaches to join," Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju mentioned in a release.
"The increased remuneration and longer contract
period is also to attract ex-elite athletes into the high performance sporting
ecosystem, and to use their experience and skill to train athletes bound for
major international competitions, including the Olympics."
Eminent coaches already working in various Public Sector
Undertakings (PSUs) would also be allowed to join on deputation and be eligible
for the 4-year contract as well as the higher salary structure.
The remuneration will be decided on the basis of the
ex-elite athlete's performance as an athlete as well as his or her success as a
coach.
"All new coaches and existing coaches who are given
the new contract will be imparting training at National Camps and SAI's
National Centre of Excellence (NCOEs), and will be selected jointly by the
Sports Ministry and the National Sports Federations," read the release.
Welcoming the move, chief national badminton coach
Pullela Gopichand said: "This is a long standing request of the sporting
fraternity. I am very happy with the decision because it will give a great
boost to the overall sporting ecosystem by attracting many talented coaches and
eminent ex-athletes to join the profession."
The Sports Ministry will also resume grass-roots-level
talent scouting with an eye on 2028 Olympics when the situation arising out of
the COVID-19 pandemic improves.
The elite Indian coaches/ex athletes, including those
from the PSUs and leading sports promotion boards will be part of the Talent
Scouting Committee which will be touring various parts of the country to scout
raw talent in the age group of 10-15 years. PTI
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