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Previous Govts Hesitated To Allocate Budget For Sports, We Brought Changes: Modi

By IANS News October 26, 2023 • 23:14 PM View: 390

Goa Sports Minister Govind Gaude: Stating that previous governments hesitated to allocate enough budget for sports, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that this year's sports budget is three times more than earlier.

Modi was speaking after inaugurating the 37th National Games at the Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru stadium in Fatorda, South Goa.

Goa Governor P.S. Sreedharan Pillai, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, Union Minister of State for Tourism Shripad Naik, Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Thakur and Goa Sports Minister Govind Gaude, Chairman of Indian Olympic Association P.T. Usha, were present on the occasion.