In the wake of Indian’s disappointing performance at the Rio Olympics 2016, The Indian think tank National Institution for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog has come up with a strategy to help the country achieve 50 medals at the 2024 Games.

The NITI ayog announced an action plan named “Let's Play” with an aim to improve India’s medal prospects in the future so that the country wins at least 50 medals at the 2024 Summer Olympic Games.

Announcing the initiative, NITI Aayog tweeted, "NITI Aayog to release 'Let's Play' - An Action Plan for Revitalising Sports in India. Our target: 50 Olympic Medals!"

Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on NITI Aayog's website, that, "We are a large and diverse nation. Sports can be a great means of national integration."

The report titled 'Let's Play' said that, "Efforts need to be undertaken at each level, from family and communities to schools, regional academies, states and national level."

"These efforts need to be aimed at radically increasing the level of sporting activities, filling the gaps in the system and monitoring for lags."

A NITI Aayog official said that, "To improve the performance of sports and demonstrate medal winning performance, it is important to prioritize ten sports and develop an outcome oriented action plan for each of these sports. Countries like Kenya and Jamaica participate in only two Olympics sports but have managed to get a medal tally of 100 and 78 respectively."

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