India has taken the primary massive step in the direction of its ambition to host the Olympics. It has formally submitted a ‘Letter of Intent’ to the Worldwide Olympic Committee’s Future Host Fee for internet hosting the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Video games. India had a number of casual dialogues with the IOC concerning the matter earlier than they took the ultimate choice, as in response to a report in PTI, the IOA submitted the letter on October 1.
The Olympic ring emblem.(REUTERS)
“This monumental opportunity could bring substantial benefits, fostering economic growth, social progress, and youth empowerment across the country,” a supply within the sports activities ministry instructed PTI.
India Prime Minister Narendra Modi, final yr, talked about his authorities’s aspiration to host the 2036 mega sporting occasion within the nation. He additionally talked about the identical throughout his go to to New York this yr in September.
“…Only a few days ago, the Paris Olympics concluded. Very soon, you will witness the Olympics in India too. We are putting in all possible efforts to host the 2036 Olympics,” PM Modi stated in New York.
India ended its marketing campaign on the lately concluded Paris Olympics with six medals, together with 5 bronze and a silver.
A call on the host is not going to be taken earlier than the IOC elections subsequent yr and India can even must face competitors from a number of different nations like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey, who’re positioning themselves as robust contenders to host the sporting spectacle.
Nevertheless, with the submission of a ‘Letter of Intent’, the nation has progressed from “Informal Dialogue” to the “Continuous Dialogue” stage of the host election course of.
On this stage, the IOC conducts a “feasibility study” of the progress of tasks related to the Video games within the potential host.
“As part of the Feasibility Assessment, independent sources in a wide-ranging number of areas are taken into consideration, including in human rights, through Business for Social Responsibility (BSR), and sustainability, through the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN),” the IOC states on its official web site.
The following section of the method can be “Targetted Dialogue”, which might require the submission of an edition-specific formal bid, which might be assessed by the Future Host Fee.
The method would lastly finish with a bunch election.