Revised Seventh Five Year Plan 1985-90 Sector: Sports and Youth Services (Lakshadweep)

Abstract

During the VII plan various schemes are proposed to expand sports activities in a big way. Details of programmes are explained below. The importance of participation in physical training and sports for good health, both physical and emotional, a high degree of physical fitness and emotional balance, increase in productivity both individual and national and also the social value of such participation as a beneficial avenue of release of surplus energies in a disciplined manner is universally accepted, Lakshadweep lags behind mainly because of its peculiar graphical position isolated from rest of India and acute shortage of surface communication and the socially and economic backwardness of the people and lack of tough infrastructure.