New Delhi
Ahead of the much-awaited Paris Olympics 2024, the newly appointed Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, on Thursday held a review meeting on India’s preparations for Olympics 2024 in New Delhi.
This was the first time the Sports Minister met India Olympic Association (IOA) President PT Usha. In the meeting along with Mansukh Mandaviya and PT Usha there were also some more people were seen like Sports Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, DG SAI Sandip Pradhan, and MOS sports Raksha Khandse was also there.
The IOA President PT Usha shared her experience after talking Mansukh Mandaviya. Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports visited IOA. I am so happy that they wanted to know about IOA and also about the Paris preparation. We will be in contact with each other and will try to have meetings every week, Usha told media.
The games are starting on July 26 and going on till August 11.
In the Olympics, India will be looking to outdo their all-time best tally of seven medals, including a gold, which they achieved in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In the Paralympics, India aims to surpass their best tally of 19 medals, including five gold, achieved at the 2020 edition in Tokyo.
Along with the Sports Minister, Mansukh Malviya will also serve as the Union Minister of Labour and Employment. Anurag Thakur was the last person who held the position of the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in PM Modi’s second term.
