Sports Ministry holds virtual meeting with 11 NSFs, discusses future plans

Continuing its dialogue with various stakeholders, the Sports Ministry on Thursday held a virtual meeting with 11 more National Sports Federations (NSFs) and discussed their future plans, keeping in mind the Tokyo Olympics and beyond.

The meeting was the most recent of a series of dialogues planned by the ministry with various NSFs amid the coronavirus-forced national lockdown.

The ministry had already interacted through a video conference with officials of Hockey India, National Rifle Association of India and Wrestling Federation of India, among others.

"These are routine meetings between the ministry and the NSFs which are now held via video conference because of the pandemic. We already had the first series of meeting with some federations last week and today's one is a continuation of this initiative," a ministry official told PTI.

"We will continue to hold such meetings with other federations as well."
"Every NSF was also asked about their expectations from the next Asian Games besides preparations and target for 2024 and 2028 Olympics also came up for discussion."