Daily Current Affairs 05 July 2025 – IAS Current Affairs
Current Affairs 05 July 2025 focuses on the Prelims-Mains perspective. Major events are :
National Sports Policy 2025
Source: PIB
GS II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation
Overview
- News in Brief
- National Sports Policy 2025
Why in the News?
Union Cabinet approves National Sports Policy 2025.
News in Brief
- National Sports Policy (NSP) 2025, a landmark initiative aimed at reshaping the country’s sporting landscape and empowering citizens through sports.
- The new policy supersedes the existing National Sports Policy, 2001, and lays out a visionary and strategic roadmap to establish India as a global sporting powerhouse and a strong contender for excellence at international sporting events, including the 2036 Olympic Games.
- The NSP 2025 is the outcome of extensive consultations involving Central Ministries, NITI Aayog, State Governments, National Sports Federations (NSFs), athletes, domain experts, and public stakeholders.
National Sports Policy 2025
The policy is anchored on five key pillars.
- Excellence on the Global Stage
- Promote the establishment of competitive leagues and competitions, and develop sports infrastructure in both rural and urban areas.
- Build world-class systems for training, coaching, and holistic athlete support.
- Enhance the capacity and governance of National Sports Federations.
- Sports for Economic Development
- Promote sports tourism and attract major international events to India.
- Strengthen the sports manufacturing ecosystem, and promote startups and entrepreneurship in the sector.
- Encourage private sector participation through Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs), Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and innovative funding initiatives.
- Sports for Social Development
- Promoting participation among women, economically weaker sections, tribal communities, and persons with disabilities through focused programs.
- Revitalising and promoting indigenous and traditional games.
- Positioning sports as a viable career option by integrating it into education, encouraging volunteering, and facilitating dual-career pathways.
- Engaging the Indian diaspora through sports.
- Sports as a People’s Movement
- Drive mass participation and a culture of fitness through nationwide campaigns and community-based events.
- Launch fitness indices for schools, colleges, and workplaces etc.
- Enhance universal access to sports facilities.
- Integration with Education (NEP 2020)
- Integrate sports into school curricula.
- Equip educators and physical education teachers with specialised training to promote sports education and awareness.
Implementation strategy encompassing:
- Establish a robust regulatory framework for sports governance, including legal framework.
- Leverage emerging technologies, including AI and data analytics, for performance tracking, research, and program implementation.
- Create a national framework with well-defined benchmarks, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), and time-bound targets.
- Develop innovative financing mechanisms and engage private sector participation through PPPs and CSR.
Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems
Source: Down to Earth
GS II: Government policies and interventions for development in various sectors and issues arising out of their design and implementation
Overview
- News in Brief
- About the Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems
Why in the News?
FAO released the Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems report
News in Brief
- The Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems released on July 3, 2025 noted that more than 20 per cent of the world’s 1.3 billion young people were currently not in employment, education or training (NEET).
- Tackling this unemployment, particularly among 20-24-year-olds, could generate a 1.4 per cent boost in global gross domestic product (GDP), with about 45 per cent of that increase driven by increased youth participation in agrifood systems.
- As global youth unemployment reaches alarming levels, a new report from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations has pointed to agrifood systems for eliminating unemployment among individuals aged 15-24 years.
About the Status of Youth in Agrifood Systems
- Share of working youth in agrifood systems fell from 54% (2005) to 44%, despite high dependence in low-income countries.
- Over 20% of global youth (aged 15–24) are not in employment, education, or training; women are twice as likely to be affected.
- Eliminating youth NEET status, especially among 20–24-year-olds, could raise global GDP by 1.4% (~$1.5 trillion) — nearly 45% of it via agrifood systems.
- 54% of youth now live in urban areas; rural youth form only 5% in industrial agrifood systems — signalling future labour shortages in agriculture.
- Around 395 million rural youth live in areas likely to face declining agricultural productivity due to extreme weather and climate stress.
- 85 per cent of global youth lived in low- and lower-middle-income countries, where agrifood systems were essential for livelihoods.
- Global food insecurity among youth has increased from 16.7% to 24.4% (2014–2023), especially in Africa and crisis-affected regions.
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