Sport key to helping youth thrive, says India

15 December 2017
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India's youth minister has described sport as the vehicle for change when it comes to °®Âþµº.

India's youth minister has described sport as the vehicle for change when it comes to °®Âþµº.

Colonel Rajyavardhan Rathore was speaking with Commonwealth Secretary-General Patricia Scotland during a courtesy call on her first official visit to India.

The minister and the Secretary-General discussed how sport can help °®Âþµº in the Commonwealth, 60 per cent of whom are under 30, with their education as well as developing their leadership skills.

Minister Rathore and Secretary-General Scotland also discussed proposals for a Commonwealth Community Cricketing Cup aimed at women and girls of all ages as well as young men who were 19 or under.