Indian Hockey & Sansarpur Hockey

         no.                                10                    20                  20

         %age                             20                    40                  40

      This item was designed to illicit the opinion of respondents about the role of Indian Government in the development of the Indian hockey.  Only 20% of the respondents were of the opinion that government is contributing positively to the development of Indian hockey.  Rest of the respondents were either of the opinion that government is neither contributing positively nor negatively ( 40% ) or they were highly critical of the government’s role and felt that government is contributing negatively to the development of the game (40% ).

      Some of the comments which were made by respondents to illustrate their points of views are given below:

      According to Mohinder Singh Padani Sports authority of India has introduced many schemes for upliftment of the game but they are yet to give results.  Perhaps in due course of time some positive outcome will result from these schemes.

      Jaswinder Singh Kullar is full of praise for the steps Indian Government has taken in connection with retired outstanding hockey players who have won medals for country in Olympics, World Cup and Asian games, are getting Rs2000 monthly pension and facility to travel free of cost in Indian Railway in India in I or AC class.  Jaswinder Singh Kullar also acknowledged other incentives, India government is giving to Indian hockey players.

      In the words of Jarnail Singh Kullar, Government is mostly giving lip service to the game.  No efforts on the part of government are being undertaken to promote the game at school level.  Sports Authority of India is channelising its resources into few chosen areas merely to please their masters.  Certainly this policy of Sports Authority of India is not going to result in any positive development of the game.

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