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The promotion of the game of hockey including taking steps to popularise and glamourise the game is primarily the responsibility of the Indian Hockey Federation (IHF), which is an autonomous society registered under the societies Registration Act, 1860. As per information received from IHF, it is conducting nationals at sub-junior and junior level to popularise the game at grassroot level.
The Government supplements the efforts of the National Sports Federations including the IHF by providing financial assistance under various schemes of this Ministry for training and participation in International sports events abroad, organisation of International sports events in India, holding of National teams under Indian and Foreign coaches, procurement of equipment and by providing requisite technical and scientific back-up. The Government has also been giving till 2004-05 admissible financial assistance for installation of synthetic hockey surfaces under the ‘Scheme of Grants for Installation of Synthetic Playing Surfaces’.
IHF has introduced Premier Hockey League in the country with players from several countries participating in it.
This information was given by the Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Overseas Indian Affairs, Shri Jagdish Tytler in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
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