<p>The Indian Government on Monday promised to facilitate development and promotion of sports, particularly rural sports, and said it will launch a National Sports Talent Search System.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing the first joint sitting of Parliament after the recent Lok Sabha polls, President Pranab Mukherjee said the new government will also formulate a National Education Policy and set up IITs and IIMs in every state. <br /><br />The President said children and youth of the country need avenues of recreation that develop them constructively and keep them fit.<br /><br />“My government will launch a ‘National Sports Talent Search System’. It will facilitate development and promotion of Indian sports, particularly rural sports.<br /><br />“Sports will be popularised by making it an integral part of the school curriculum and providing educational incentives,” he said. <br /><br />Maintaining that India is the world’s oldest civilisation and today it is also a country with the largest population of the youth, the President said government must equip and nurture the youth with the right kind of education, skill-set and opportunity to reap this demographic dividend.<br /></p>
<p>The Indian Government on Monday promised to facilitate development and promotion of sports, particularly rural sports, and said it will launch a National Sports Talent Search System.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Addressing the first joint sitting of Parliament after the recent Lok Sabha polls, President Pranab Mukherjee said the new government will also formulate a National Education Policy and set up IITs and IIMs in every state. <br /><br />The President said children and youth of the country need avenues of recreation that develop them constructively and keep them fit.<br /><br />“My government will launch a ‘National Sports Talent Search System’. It will facilitate development and promotion of Indian sports, particularly rural sports.<br /><br />“Sports will be popularised by making it an integral part of the school curriculum and providing educational incentives,” he said. <br /><br />Maintaining that India is the world’s oldest civilisation and today it is also a country with the largest population of the youth, the President said government must equip and nurture the youth with the right kind of education, skill-set and opportunity to reap this demographic dividend.<br /></p>