CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE INTERIM REPORT OF OLYMPIC TASK FORCE FOR PREPARATION OF THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMESNEW DELHI: The
Olympic Task Force
, set up by the Sports Ministry, on Monday recommended formation of an 'Empowered Steering Committee' for the 2020 Tokyo Games along with removal of salary cap for the Indian coaches.
The Empowered Steering Committee (ESC) along with High Performance Director (HPD) will work cohesively to create an atmosphere which brings out the best from the potential medal hopefuls going into Tokyo 2020.
Among eight recommendations is the introduction of 'Pradhan Mantri Gold Card' for elite athletes and coaches giving them access to emergency quota in air/rail/bus tickets. A 24x7 NADA helpline would help the athletes get a clarity on the kind of supplements they can use.
The eight-member task force, including lone Olympic individual gold medallist and TOSIA 2017 Shooter of the year winner
Abhinav Bindra and national badminton coach
Pullela Gopichand met sports minister Vijay Goel on Monday.
Besides, the three sportspersons, the other five members of the task force are School Sports Promotion Board head Om Pathak, hockey coach S Baldev Singh, who runs an academy in Shahabad, GL Khanna (Professor and Dean of Exercise and Physiology at Manav Rachna International University at Faridabad), Times Group Online chief editor
Rajesh Kalra
and Sports Authority of Gujarat Director General Sandeep Pradhan.
CLICK HERE TO READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE INTERIM REPORT OF OLYMPIC TASK FORCE FOR PREPARATION OF THE 2020 TOKYO OLYMPIC AND PARALYMPIC GAMES