Government job quota will now include Motorsport athletes

vinair · 3rd September 2020, 21:52

In a big development for the future of motor racing India, the government has accepted motorsports as a discipline for recruitment of jobs under the sports quota. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, has accepted the proposal of the Department of Sports to grant the benefit of the sports quota to athletes of 20 new disciplines. The list includes motorsports in addition to Roll Ball, Tug-of-War, Mallakhamb, badminton, among others, and will see sportspersons from these disciplines being appointed to Group C posts in the various ministries and departments of the central government offices. The step does bring more mainstream acceptance to motorsport that was for the longest time seen as a recreational activity.

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GTO · 4th September 2020, 11:38

Mod Note: Thanks for sharing! Thread moved to the Motorsport section.

TROOPER · 10th September 2020, 12:48

Does this mean that this could force the UP Govt's hand to accept F1 as a sport and not an entertainment, hence settlement of tax disputes and lead to a comeback of the Indian Grand Prix?

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vinair BHPian Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Bangalore Posts: 700 Thanked: 1,941 Times	Government job quota will now include Motorsport athletes In a big development for the future of motor racing India, the government has accepted motorsports as a discipline for recruitment of jobs under the sports quota. The Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Government of India, has accepted the proposal of the Department of Sports to grant the benefit of the sports quota to athletes of 20 new disciplines. The list includes motorsports in addition to Roll Ball, Tug-of-War, Mallakhamb, badminton, among others, and will see sportspersons from these disciplines being appointed to Group C posts in the various ministries and departments of the central government offices. The step does bring more mainstream acceptance to motorsport that was for the longest time seen as a recreational activity. Further read - https://www.carandbike.com/news/moto...ome-topstories
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TROOPER BHPian Join Date: Jul 2019 Location: BOM<->IXE Posts: 504 Thanked: 4,079 Times View My Garage	Re: Government job quota will now include Motorsport athletes Does this mean that this could force the UP Govt's hand to accept F1 as a sport and not an entertainment, hence settlement of tax disputes and lead to a comeback of the Indian Grand Prix?
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