SHRI VIKRAM VERMA TAKES OVER AS THE NEW MINISTER FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

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The New Minister for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Vikram Verma has said that incentives and motivation to players and improvement of infrastructure will be his priority areas to achieve new heights in sports and games in the future. Talking to media persons after taking over the charge, Shri Verma said he would like to focus on the needs of players and will initiate dialogue with coaches and federations.

Shri Verma said our success at the Manchester Commonwealth Games has proved that the country has a lot of potential winners and our effort would be to inspire them. In a rare gesture, the Coal and Minister Minister Sushree Uma Bharti who was earlier holding the charge of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports came to meet Shri Verma and congratulated him on taking over the new assignment.

Born in a humble farming family in Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh in 1944, Shri Verma holds a Law degree.