Physical Education

Unit - 5

5.1.2.Indian Olympic Association
IOA the apex Sports Organization of Olympic Sport in the country is responsible for the Indian contingent’s participation in the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games (Outdoor-Indoor-Beach) and South Asian Games. Each Olympic and Non-Olympic Sport has a Federation at the National level and is affiliated/recognized to/ by IOA.
The selection of the National teams is done by the respective National Federations and then recommend to IOA for official sponsorship for participation in the Games being conducted under the auspicious of the IOC, OCA, CGF and SAG. A special feature of the Indian Olympic Association is that, the National Federations and the State Olympic Associations are affiliated / recognized to it. The main task of the State Olympic Associations is to promote the Olympic Sport and to ensure coordination among the State Sports Associations.
The most important task in addition to sponsoring the National teams for Multi Sport Games is the staging the National Games.