[vinair]

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]

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

[TROOPER]

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?