{"id":291406,"date":"2024-04-18T17:05:55","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:35:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=291406"},"modified":"2024-04-18T17:05:55","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T11:35:55","slug":"athletics-federation-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/athletics-federation-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Athletics Federation of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Source<\/strong>\u2013 This post \u00a0is based on the article <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sport\/athletics\/afi-disaffiliates-16-districts-for-skipping-inter-district-nationals\/article68072148.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;AFI disaffiliates 16 districts for skipping inter-district Nationals&#8221;<\/a><\/strong> published in\u00a0<strong>\u201cThe Hindu\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0on 16th April 2024.<\/p>\n<h2>Why in the News?<\/h2>\n<p>Recently, the Athletics Federation of India has <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">disaffiliated 16 district associations across the country for failing to send teams<\/span> for the National inter-district junior athletics meet held in Ahmedabad.<\/p>\n<h2>About\u00a0Athletics Federation of India<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/indianathletics.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Untitled-2.jpg?resize=360%2C360&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Athletics federation of India\" width=\"360\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: indianathletics.in<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>1. It is the<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> apex body<\/span> for running and managing athletics in India.<\/p>\n<p>2. It came into existence in 1946 and was\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">formerly known as\u00a0<\/span>the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Amateur Athletic Federation of India\u00a0(AAFI).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>3. It is a <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">non-governmental and non-profitable autonomous body.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>4. It is affiliated with the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">World Athletics, AAA and Indian Olympic Association.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>5. The AFI has as many as<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> 32 affiliated state units and institutional units. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>6. <strong>Functions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>a) The federation <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">organises the<\/span><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> National Championships<\/span>, and trains the Indian Athletics National Campers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333333;\">b) It also <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">selects the Indian Athletics Teams for various international competitions<\/span>, including the Olympics, Asian Games, CWG, World Championships, Asian Championships and other international meets, conducts the National Championships for various age categories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>c) The AFI also <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">conducts international and national championships and various meets<\/span> to promote the sport and popularise it amongst the masses and make athletics commercially attractive for the further growth of the athlete and the sport.<\/p>\n<p>d) The federation <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">supervises and assists its state units in their activities, plans<\/span> and sets up special coaching camps, coaches training and takes initiatives for development programme and grass root promotion of athletics in India.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus: Miscellaneous (Sports)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source\u2013 This post \u00a0is based on the article &#8220;AFI disaffiliates 16 districts for skipping inter-district Nationals&#8221; published in\u00a0\u201cThe Hindu\u201d\u00a0on 16th April 2024. Why in the News? Recently, the Athletics Federation of India has disaffiliated 16 district associations across the country for failing to send teams for the National inter-district junior athletics meet held in Ahmedabad.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/athletics-federation-of-india\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Athletics Federation of India<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1760,7965],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-291406","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291406","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\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291406"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/291406\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291406"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=291406"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=291406"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}