Target Olympic Podium Scheme

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) is a scheme created by Government of India to promote sports in India.[1] In September 2014, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India started a scheme to train and promote high-performance athletes with a target of getting medals at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. It constituted a committee called as TOPS Elite Athletes’ Identification Committee to identify the elite athletes who can be supported in their training to get the Olympic medals.[2]

References

  1. PTI (2020-07-25). "India will be in top-10 in Los Angeles Olympics: Kiren Rijiju". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 2023-10-04.
  2. "What is Target Olympic Podium Scheme?". IndiaTimes. 2023-05-17. Retrieved 2023-10-10.
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