India, July 2 -- India dreams of becoming a major sporting power but at the moment, the road to achieving that goal is littered with roadblocks. The infrastructure is lacking, the coaches are not world class and there is a technological gap that gives the world's best a clear edge. And we haven't even got to the athletes yet.

To overcome this, India needed a new framework which is exactly what the new National Sports Policy provides. It lays out a clear path to achieve Olympic glory, ensure mass participation in sports, strengthen grassroots, school, and university-level sports and reform sports governance with accountability and transparency. In a sense, the new policy is the building block upon which India hopes of becoming a modern sp...