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Target Olympic Podium Scheme 'TOPS' For Sports Person: Details, Aim, Benefits
Target Olympic Podium Scheme 'TOPS' For Sports Person: Details, Aim, Benefits
The Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) was launched by the Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports within the ambit of the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF).
The Target Olympic Podium Scheme aims at identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for the upcoming Olympic Games. It will provide selected sportspersons customized training at institutes having world-class facilities and also other necessary support is being provided to the elite athletes.
The Target Olympic Podium Scheme will also provide a benchmark for selection of athletes on par with international standards.
Under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme, Sports Authority of India (SAI) and federations, which are members of Mission Olympic Cell (MOC), will be nodal agencies for disbursal for the fund.
These agencies will make payments directly to beneficiary person and institution concerned on behalf of athletes. Abhinav Bindra Committee was constituted to identify and support potential medal prospects for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games under the scheme.
