{"id":264664,"date":"2023-10-16T13:43:54","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=264664"},"modified":"2023-10-16T13:51:15","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:51:15","slug":"olympian-heights-india-must-be-wary-of-the-complexities-of-hosting-the-olympiad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/olympian-heights-india-must-be-wary-of-the-complexities-of-hosting-the-olympiad\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympian heights \u2013 India must be wary of the complexities of hosting the Olympiad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Source<\/strong>: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cOlympian heights \u2013 India must be wary of the complexities of hosting the Olympiad<\/strong>\u201d published in <\/strong>The Hindu <\/strong>on 16th<\/sup> October 2023<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance \u2013 Government Policies & Intervention<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relevance: <\/strong>challenges associated with India in hosting the 2036 Olympics<\/p>\n

News: <\/strong>The Prime Minister of India has declared an interest in hosting the 2036 Olympics and has also shown enthusiasm for hosting the Youth Olympics.<\/p>\n

What is the significance of this decision?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Enhancing Global Image and Soft Power: The Olympics serve as a global soft power tool<\/strong>, capable of enhancing a nation’s sporting, economic, socio-cultural status, and political credibility.<\/p>\n

Therefore, the Prime Minister’s recent announcement reflects India’s ambition to harness these<\/strong> benefits.<\/strong><\/p>\n

India’s decision to host the 2036 Olympic Games will help it to boost its global image and influence. It is a move that is in line with India’s aspirations for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council<\/strong> and its role in the G-20.<\/p>\n

Recent Success:<\/strong> India’s recent success at the Asian Games has given it a strong boost in sports.<\/p>\n

The country is confident that it can continue to improve its performance at multi-disciplinary events, and even has hopes of winning double-digit medals at the Paris Olympics in 2024.<\/p>\n

Hence, the recent success also aligns with the ambition to hold 2036 Olympics. However, hosting a mega event like the Olympics is a huge challenge.<\/p>\n

What are the challenges associated with hosting Olympics?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Costs have been a significant concern<\/strong>, as seen in the cases of Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020. In the case of Tokyo<\/strong>, the expenses increased to more than the initial estimate<\/p>\n

Recently,<\/strong> Australia and Canada have also withdrawn from hosting the Commonwealth Games due to cost issues.<\/p>\n

What can be done to address the challenges?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

In order to address the issues, the International Olympic Committee (IOC)<\/strong> has now moved away from the one-size-fits-all approach to hosting the Olympics.<\/p>\n

It is asking potential organizers to present projects that best fit their economic, social, and environmental realities.<\/p>\n

Hence, India’s success in hosting the Olympics will depend on its ability<\/strong> to navigate the challenges and trade-offs involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source: The post is based on the article\u00a0\u201cOlympian heights \u2013 India must be wary of the complexities of hosting the Olympiad\u201d published in The Hindu on 16th October 2023. Syllabus: GS 2 \u2013 Governance \u2013 Government Policies & Intervention Relevance: challenges associated with India in hosting the 2036 Olympics News: The Prime Minister of India… Continue reading Olympian heights \u2013 India must be wary of the complexities of hosting the Olympiad<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230,9],"tags":[300,212,10498],"class_list":["post-264664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","category-public","tag-governance","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":56,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1698347912},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264664"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264664\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}