Target Olympic Podium Scheme

NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry Friday launched three major initiatives - online portal for schemes of department of sports, National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) website and revised scheme of cash award, national welfare and pension to sportspersons.

Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, while announcing the new initiatives from his ministry, said they were launched with a vision to make these schemes more user-friendly, easy to access and transparent.

Jan 10, 2022 18:01
NEW DELHI: Golfers Anirban Lahiri, Aditi Ashok and Diksha Dagar, ace rider Fouaad Mirza, and Alpine skiier Mohammed Arif Khan are among the 10 athletes added by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports’ Mission Olympic Cell (MOC) to the list of athletes who would be provided support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme.
Dec 14, 2021 16:12
NEW DELHI: A total of 148 athletes, including 20 new inductees, in seven Olympic disciplines and six Paralympic disciplines have been identified for support under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme at a meeting of the Mission Olympic Cell of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports here on Monday. 
Oct 22, 2021 17:10
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has appointed Commodore PK Garg as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at the Mission Olympic Cell meeting held here Thursday.
Sep 15, 2020 15:09
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry has included 94 athletes in its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) for support to probable athletes identified for the Tokyo 2021, Paris 2024 and Los Angles 2028 Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. 
Feb 21, 2020 16:02
NEW DELHI: Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Thursday said the government is set to implement the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) at the junior level from this year, PTI reports. The TOPS scheme is a flagship program of the Sports Ministry for providing financial assistance to India's top athletes.
Sep 12, 2019 16:09
NEW DELHI: The government on Wednesday included 12 sportspersons in its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). Six-time world champion and Olympic Bronze medallist Mary Kom is among 10 boxers who now come under TOPS.
Jul 16, 2019 17:07
NEW DELHI: The Sports Authority of India Monday approved financial proposals to the tune of Rs 5.7 million for elite athletes of five sporting disciplines under in its Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). The sporting disciplines which will benefit are athletics, table tennis, wrestling, para-athletics and shooting, PTI reports.
Jan 31, 2019 12:01
NEW DELHI: In a major boost for para-sports, 12 high-performing para-athletes, including Asiad gold winner Sharad Kumar, were named on Wednesday in the revised Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) list by the Sports Authority of India (SAI), Press Trust of India reports.
Jan 16, 2019 13:01
PUNE: Ever since the Khelo India Youth Games were flagged off a little over a week ago in the Maharashtrian city, teams of talent spotters have been at work at the various venues. They have been brought in by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) in relays to track performances in their assigned events and present a short list of those found worthy of following on a long-term basis.
Jan 02, 2019 15:01
NEW DELHI: The Sports Ministry has earmarked Rs 1 billion for the funding of athletes under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) ahead of their preparations for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Press Trust of India reports.