Promote sports startups and a sports technology ecosystem
We will promote startups in sports and help create a technology ecosystem in sports.
Bharatiya Janata Party · Lok Sabha General Election 2024
Last updated 8 Jul 2026
“We will launch a new programme for sportspersons, providing them with benefits like educational opportunities, employment opportunities and promotion opportunities.”
The promise was to launch a new programme for sportspersons with benefits such as educational opportunities, employment opportunities and promotion opportunities. Official PIB material identifies the Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training Programme, launched in 2024, as a programme providing tailor-made education, internships and skill-building opportunities to retired sportspersons. PIB states that RESET is designed to address employment needs of retired athletes and human-resource gaps in India's sports sector, offering career pathways in coaching, administration, mentoring and related roles. This closely matches the promised education and employment support for sportspersons after retirement, even though the manifesto did not use the RESET name. Since a dedicated programme has been launched and its benefit categories align with the promise, the verdict is fulfilled. Budget: no separate approved-source budget allocation for RESET was found.
PIB backgrounder described RESET as a programme for retired sportspersons offering education, internships, skill-building and employment-linked pathways.
View sourceRESET was launched in 2024 to support retired sportspersons through education, internships, skill-building and career pathways.
View sourceWe will promote startups in sports and help create a technology ecosystem in sports.
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We will incentivize sports goods manufacturing in partnership with the sports ecosystem in Bharat.

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