Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 Registration Portal | 22 Dec 2022

Why In News?

• On December 21, 2022, Ashok Chandna, Minister of State for Sports and Youth Affairs of Rajasthan, launched the registration portal of Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 at the Government Secretariat in Jaipur. With this, registrations for the urban Olympic Games scheduled from January 26 next year have started.

Key Points

• Speaking on the occasion, Minister of State Ashok Chandna said that Rajasthan is the first state to provide government jobs to national players along with a unique event like rural Olympic Games, which is being discussed all over the country. Rajasthan is continuously emerging as a 'Trend Setter' for other states in the sports sector.
• He informed that after the unprecedented success of Rajiv Gandhi Rural Olympic Games, these games are also being started in cities. He said that 30 lakh athletes participated in the Rural Olympic Games, which is a world record.
• He said that as per the announcement of Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, Rajiv Gandhi Urban Olympic Games-2023 are proposed to be held in the month of January.
• The games will be held in all the 240 urban bodies of the state, including 10 municipal corporations, 36 municipal councils and 194 municipalities. For this, a total of 628 clusters have been created, locally.
• A cluster has been formed in the Municipal Corporation and Municipal Council for every 20-25 thousand population on the basis of the 2011 census. However, due to the high population in the Municipal Corporation Jaipur Greater and Jaipur Heritage, a cluster has been created per 30-35 thousand population. At the same time, each municipality has been treated as a unit and a cluster.
• The Minister of State for Sports informed that 7 types of sports will be organized under urban Olympics. These include Kabaddi (Boys and Girls Category), Tennis Ball Cricket (Boys and Girls Category), Kho-Kho (Girls Category), Volleyball (Boys and Girls Category), Athletics (100 m, 200 m and 400 m). The competition will be held in football (boys and girls category) and basketball (boys and girls category). Competitions will be organized at the municipal, district and state levels.
• Sports and Youth Affairs Department Secretary Naresh Kumar Thakral said that players of all age groups can participate in these games. The registration of players can be done through the online portal rajolympic.rajasthan.gov.in till January 21. Registration can be done in individual or group categories.
• These games will be organized in coordination with the Sports Department, Autonomous Government Department, Education Department, Higher Education Department and Local Administration.
• The Secretary said that the division of clusters in each municipal corporation will be zone-wise, whose controlling officer will be the Deputy Commissioner-Zone and all urban bodies will choose the civic-wise venue for organizing the games.