Sports ministry urges corporates to invest via CSR

Sports Minister Sarbananda Sonowal Tuesday asked business houses to extend their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) support to make India a "super power in the world of sports".

"India is making steady progress in multi-discipline sports competitions like Olympics, Commonwealth and Asian Games and have won many World Championships. If the corporate houses spend a portion of their CSR funds towards promotion of sports, India will surely emerge as the super power in sports in the world," Sonowal said at the Eastern India CSR Summit here.

Sonowal added that there is requirement of CSR support for preparation of Indian athletes for the 2016 and 2020 Olympics, 2018 Commonwealth and Asian Games.