Raksha Khadse chairs meeting to strengthen Maharashtra’s sports and youth development ecosystem
Raksha Khadse-led inter-governmental meeting on Maharashtra’s sports governance, athlete development, Khelo India ecosystem assessment, and Project Mahadevaa implementation roadmap
- The roadmap discussed sports governance reforms, high-performance systems, coach Continuous Professional Development, sports science support, athlete development pathways, Khelo India Centre assessment, infrastructure and facility management, digital athlete management systems, and competition-structure reforms for transparent and merit-based progression.
- The roadmap included an implementation roadmap discussion for Project Mahadevaa.
- The meeting discussed youth institutional strengthening through dedicated mechanisms, youth engagement, leadership development, and convergence among stakeholders.
What happened
Union Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports, Raksha Khadse, chaired a meeting with senior officials from the Government of India and the Government of Maharashtra. The meeting deliberated on a comprehensive roadmap to strengthen Maharashtra’s sports and youth development ecosystem, with a focus on institutional reforms, high-performance sport, athlete development, and governance.
Key institutions involved
UPSC can frame the issue as cooperative federalism in human-capital building through sports: Maharashtra’s sports governance, high-performance systems, and youth institutional mechanisms are being redesigned to make athlete progression more transparent and merit-based, while Khelo India Centres are assessed for effectiveness and Project Mahadevaa is operationalised through an implementation roadmap.
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