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The Economic Times
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Sports development fund pilferage demoralising sportspersons: Congress

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New Delhi: The Congress on Friday said "petty pilfering" from the National Sports Development Fund is discouraging the country's sportspersons at a time when India hopes to host the Olympics.

In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh highlighted media reports how money donated to the Fund were being used for sports complexes in residences of IAS officers and welfare associations.

"In August 2025, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth, and Sports had flagged that funds donated to the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) were being used to fund sports complexes in IAS officers' residences and welfare associations," he said.

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