Chandigarh: Haryana is planning to revamp its decade-old Sports Policy to make it more focussed on nurturing future Olympians through a long-term talent development programme and providing athletes with seamless access to government services through a unified digital platform.

These initiatives were presented before Chief Secretary Anurag Rastogi during a high-level review meeting held here on Wednesday to assess the state's progress on action points emerging from the fifth national conference of Chief Secretaries which was held in Delhi last year.

Director, Sports, Parth Gupta said Haryana has initiated the process of revising its Sports Policy, which was last updated in 2015. Haryana's sports policy has so far focussed more on hefty prize money for international medal winners and providing them government jobs.

It has thrown up good results so far with athletes in disciplines like wrestling, and boxing excelling globally. For the reworked policy, a dedicated working group has been constituted to examine the existing framework and suggest reforms aligned with the latest national sports policy and emerging requirements of modern sports administration.

The proposed revision is expected to further strengthen athlete welfare, talent development programmes, sports infrastructure and institutional support mechanisms.