Sports infrastructure in India

[whitecloud]

I was reading an article a few weeks ago about the state of the stadiums or infrastructure in India when it comes to harnessing some serious talent in any major sport and it was appalling.
India seems to have a huge population base and there are plenty of talented sportsmen in the ranks who are exposed to poor facilities and these facilities aren't expensive either. The combination of this and lack of government backed sports programs have killed quite a lot of talent in our country.
Since depending upon government is a age-old cliche, how can the private sector get into this and spruce things up? What can they get in return? What are your ideas?

Here's an article on the state of our current infrastructure:
theviewspaper.net/state-of-sports-infrastructure-in-india/

[Anu]

Many Indian IT companies perform volunteer work under CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) activity. It will be nice if some companies take up some initiative and help build small community centers with focus on encouraging young'uns to involve in sports activities.

We have to help and encourage sportspersons in sports other than Cricket. There is just way too much focus and money showered on Cricket.

[LiveLifeMoment]

Majority of indian people (upper middle class) don't have a mentality for sports (other than cricket). I am not generalizing saying all Indians but majority.

In US, there are lot of facilities for sports but I see Desis in minuscule number in public tennis courts, basketball courts, baseball etc. But come Sunday, I see one or the other Desi group playing cricket

Even in schools starting from middle school, when kids enroll for sports, mostly parents enroll them in little league level basketball or soccer which they have very little chance to shine in the future due to body type. Why not put emphasis in sports that fit our body type like Tennis/Badminton/Table Tennis/Gymnastics/Athletics/Swimming/Diving/Long distance running etc. If Chinese/Japanese can excel in these sports, why can't we who have similar statures?