Sports Ministry to remove salary caps for elite coaches


Sports Ministry to remove salary caps for elite coaches

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Kiren Rijiju, Union Minister of Youth Affairs said that the government is ready to remove salary cap of 2 Lakhs for Indian coaches who are training elite athletes.

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“Several Indian coaches are showing very good results and need to be rewarded for their hard work. The government is also keen to attract the best coaching talent from across the country to train our elite athletes and we do not want the cap on compensation to be a deterrent for good coaches to join,” said the Sports minister.

Rijiju said the contract for Indian coaches will be for 4 years like foreign coaches. This is to ensure that the training by coaches is continuous.

“The increased remuneration and longer contract period is also to attract ex-elite athletes into the high-performance sporting ecosystem and to use their experience and skill to train athletes bound for major international competitions, including the Olympics,” a ministry release stated.

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The remuneration of the coaches will be decided by the performance of the ex-elite as well as his/her success as a coach.

“All new coaches and existing coaches who are given the new contract will be imparting training at National Camps and SAI’s National Center of Excellence (NCEOs), and will be selected jointly by the Sports Ministry and theNational Sporting Federations.” the release said.

National Coach of the Badminton team, Pullela Gopichand said, “This is a long-standing request of the sporting fraternity. I am very happy with the decision because it will give a great boost to the overall sporting ecosystem by attracting many talented coaches and eminent ex-athletes to join the profession.”

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Elite Indian coaches and ex-athletes will be the part of the Talent Scouting Committee touring various parts of the country to find the raw talent among 10-15 yrs of age.

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