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Olympics in India dream or reality –By Monika Bansal , section B, 119
How many of you want that India should host Olympics right now?
How many say that India should plan and then host Olympics in next five years down the
line?
Introduction
This is it!!! The greatest sporting spectacle of the world; the mother of all sporting battles.
India had organised some big events like Asian Games 1968, Asian Games 1982, ICC
Cricket World Cup 2011, Formula1 race 2011, Common wealth games2010, etc. The 2016
Olympic Games will be hosted by Rio, with Madrid, Tokyo and Istanbul on the short list for
2020. But what about 2024, there’s still time for India to put in a bid, or more realistically
look towards 2028.
As we all know that in commonwealth games there were lots of politics and scams which
were involved in it. Is it time for India to start thinking about hosting the Olympics?
In my opinion it might be, as every coin has two aspects, so I am talking here about both
aspects.
Benefit is that, if we go for Olympics than not only India’s GDP will increase, she comes in
good global picture and handsome dividends but it also help India athletes in the form of
good coaches, training spots and good avenues for trainings. Brings employment
opportunities, Improve tourism and infrastructure leads to cause employment and boost
economy.
But we know that India needs a development driven force (and I am not pointing that
government is not doing anything but government is not doing it efficiently) we have the
resources but we need to utilize those resources up to the optimum level, Olympics require
huge investment and lots of others resources, time, effort in order to conduct two week
glamour pomp show. Political controversies are also there as still CWG cases are going on, if
India host another game than our Indian court will fill with some more cases full of scandals,
scams, corruption etc. This will bring mess up situation in India
Where and why it should be organized:
In India if u want to see the Olympics event to be held then which city will you prefer,
definitely it will be Delhi.
Why Delhi?
It is well organised and a planned city and all the credit goes to Common Wealth Games
which motivates the government and sponsors to build the world class infrastructure in Delhi.

2. “India has emerged as the fourth largest economy globally with a high growth rate and has
improved its global ranking in terms of per capita income”, it is growing really well and in
India we have all the facilities which are really needed to organise any tournament and games
like Olympics.
Areas where development is required:
 Only thing in India which is needed to develop like government should take
strong action to stop the corruption and make sensitive environment for Olympics
Games and provide better facility for foreigners.
 India would need a variety of training facilities for multiple sports to find and
develop as many athletes as possible in advance of hosting a game. It would need
to decide that merely hosting is not enough, and that they need to create a national
celebration of sport that involves both elite and amateur athletes.
Conclusion -
Here, I would like to give my opinion-
I don't think it’s right to host in the current situation which is prevailing in the country. First
let our Indian athletes improve and try to get recognised in most of the games then hosting an
Olympic event might be considered good. Money might not be a major factor but the
infrastructure and capacity to accommodate the pouring tourists and athletes will be a major
factor. It is a time consuming event and needs long planning. Hope it will be host by another
15 years or so.
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