XIX COMMONWEALTH GAMES, DELHI

Presented by-

TEAM OLYMPIAS
MEMBERSs
MD. KALIM AHMED(2K10MKT15)
MUKESH KUMAR SINHA(2K10MKT17)
NILANJAN DAS ADHIKARI(2K10MKT18)
NISHANT KUMAR(2K10MKT54)
Brief history of Com
monwealth games

 The event was first held in 1930

under the title of “The British
Empire Games. “

 The event was renamed as the

British Empire and Commonwealth
Games in
1954.

 The event was titled

“Commonwealth Games” in 1978.

 There are currently 54 members of

the Commonwealth of Nations, and
71 teams participate in the Games.
THE COMMONWEALTH GAMES 2010 – A
N The

INTRODUCTION
XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October
2010.

 A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies

competed in 21 sports and 272 events.

 The opening and the closing ceremony of CWG took place at the Jawaharlal
Nehru Stadium in Delhi.
INDIA’S BID TO THE CWG

 On November 13, 2003, in Jamaica, the 2010 Commonwealth Games bid was
awarded to Delhi, with 46-22 voting in favour of Delhi, against the city of Hamilton.

 Indian officials made a last-minute offer of US $7.2 million (` 32.4 crore) during the
bidding process, which allegedly clinched the deal in India’s favour.

 This was an offer to train athletes of all member countries of the Commonwealth (US
$100,000 to each of the 72 members).
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

 The Organizing Committee of Commonwealth Games 2010 Delhi  (OC CWG Delhi
2010) came into existance on 10 February 2005, as a registered society under the
Societies Registration Act 1860.

 Indian Olympic Association president Suresh Kalmadi was appointed as head of the
committee.
SPONSORS AND PARTNERS OF CWG 2010
• INDIAN RAILWAY
 Leading partner of CWG is Indian railway has contributed an amount of `100Cr.
 It had also operated a special Taj express for a delegates and athletes during the
 Event as part of its agreement with the organizing committee .
• AIRTEL
 Contributed an amount of ` 4.5 Cr.
• AIR INDIA
 Contributed an amount of ` 35 Cr.
• CENTRAL BANK OF INDIA
 Contributed an amount of ` 50 Cr.
• NTPC
 Contributed an amount of ` 50 Cr.
 Total amount from sponsorship is ` 390 Cr.


INVESTMENT OF MONEY IN CWG

• Total money spent in CWG is

 `1820 Cr is official expenditure.
Experts indicates total investment is
 ` 70000 Cr. which is 114 times
 greater than original expenditures
 `617.5Cr in 2002
EXPECTED REVENUE

 Organizing committee expected to

 generate revenue from CWG as follows

• INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ` 260 Cr.

• DOMESTIC BROADCASTING ` 110 Cr.

• SPONSORSHIP ` 960 Cr.

• TICKETING ` 100 Cr.

BENEFITS AND DEVELOPMENT AS A RES
ULT
 OF ofGAMES
Construction 24 flyovers across Delhi.

 Construction of 1285 kms of international standard roads.

 Construction of 11 world-class sports venues.

 5000 new low-floor buses in Delhi.

 80 new metro destinations.

 Restoration of 46 national monuments.

INDIRA
GANDHI INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

 Costing nearly $1.95 billion, Terminal 3 has now improved airport passenger capacity
to more than 37 million passengers a year.

 A new runway has been constructed, allowing for more than 75 flights an hour. At
more than 4400 meters long, it will be one of Asia's longest.
DELHI METRO

 Delhi Metro expanded to accommodate more people and boost the use of public
transport during the 2010 games.

 The metro extended to Gurgaon and the Noida regions.

GREEN GAMES

 The organizers signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United

Nations Environment Programme to show the intention to host a "sustainable games"
and to take the environment into consideration when constructing and renovating
venues.

 Thyagaraj Stadium is a key example of environmentally considered construction.

 A “green helipad” constructed at the Commonwealth Games Village.

GAMES VILLAGE

 The Games Village, was built by Emaar MGF, at a cost of US $230.7 million (` 1,038
crore).

 The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) offered a ` 700 crore bailout in May 2009
to the company to meet the costs of construction. This is probably the first ever
government bailout for a private realty company in India .
THE FOUR MOST TALKED ABOUT TANGI
BLE BENEFITS FOR THE CITY OF DELHI
FROM
 HOSTING
Development of infrastructure. THE CWG ARE:

 Employment generation.

 Boost to tourism.

 The creation of a clean, beautiful, vibrant, “world class” Delhi.

 The event did not only improve sports infrastructure, but over all infrastructure in
Delhi
FINANCIAL COST

 The 2010 Commonwealth Games are the most expensive Commonwealth Games
ever.

 Business Today magazine estimated that the Games cost Rs. 300 billion (i.e US$ 6.8
billion)

 The first budget for the Games approved by the Cabinet in April 2007 estimated the
total expenditure of the Games at ` 3,566 crore ± ` 300 crore.
THE HUMAN COST OF “BEAUTIFICATIO
N”
 Slum demolitions without rehabilitation.

 Arbitrary arrests and detention of “beggars” and homeless people.

 Destruction of livelihoods of hawkers, vendors who worked on the streets.

 Inconvenience to the public.

CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING BIG SP
ORTS EVENTS
 Controversies surrounding these events are mainly centered on the economic sense.

 China had spent a reported $20 billion on infrastructure improvements ahead for 2008
Olympics.

 Montreal 1976 Olympic Games: The city incurred billions in deficit. The debt was
finally paid off in November 2006, i.e. 30 years later
CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING BIG SP
ORTS EVENTS
 The citizens of Munich continue to pay a special tax to this day, to pay off debt
incurred in the 1976 Games (Preuss, 1998).

 Qatar, host of the 2006 Asian Games, has spent an estimated $17 billion on the
development.

 The 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester were aimed primarily to

“regenerate” the area which, had in recent years been
MELBOURNE 2006 COMMONWEALTH G
AMES
 The initial bid for the Games was placed in 1998 at US $195 million but by the end of
1999, it had escalated to almost US $400 million.

 In April 2003, the state government admitted that the Games budget had exploded to
over US $1.1 billion.
CONSEQUENCE OF THE EXCESSIVE EXP
ENDITURE IN
DELHI CWG
 The Delhi government has hiked bus fares and water tariff.

 Withdrawn subsidy on LPG cylinders.

 Increased VAT on a number of items.

 “We are broke”
said Delhi Finance Minister, A. K.Walia in April 2010.

 Have to pay Delhi Metro ` 758.87 crore, which is due on account of the construction
of Phase II.

 The obvious question that results from this, is the cost justified, is yet to be answered
conclusively either way.
CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING XIX CWG, DELHI

 Excessive budget overruns

 Delays in completion of projects

 Allegedly widespread corruption by officials of the Games Organizing Committee

 On September 23, The Daily Telegraph UK showed photographs taken of child labour
working on the Games sites.
CONTROVERSIES SURROUNDING XIX C
GG, DELHI
 There was also multiple cases of items being rented for the 45 days for more money
than it would cost to actually buy the item.

 For eg.: 72 golf carts were hired for `  4.23 lakh (US$9,517.5) each, when they could
have been purchased for `  1.84 lakh (US$4,140) each.

 In an incident, three Ugandan officials were injured when the car they were travelling
in hit a security wheel stopper at the Games village.
WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE: WHAT’S THE
JUSTIFICATION?
 Streetscaping of one street, Lodhi Road done for ` 18.55 crore.

 “Snacks and other items” on 57 meetings of the OC ` 29.29 lakh.

 Snacks and refreshments on a one-day meeting of the Executive Board: ` 1.75 lakh.
WASTEFUL EXPENDITURE: WHAT’S THE
JUSTIFICATION?
 A “green helipad” constructed at the Commonwealth Games Village costing ` 1.92
crore.

 Creating signage of international standards in Delhi’s NDMC area at the cost of ` 40

crore.

 10 lakh plants add “color” to the Games venue at the cost of ` 23.2 crore

 The cost of overlays (furnishings) was ` 687.06 crore.

DEFICIENCIES IN PROJECT PLANNING O
F DELHI CWG
 The budgetary commitment to the Games was apparently made without any detailed
cost-benefit analysis and social and environmental impact assessment.

 Cost of the games far more than revenues generated.

POST CWG RECOMMENDATIONS

 A full and detailed inquiry should be conducted into the finances and expenditure of
the CWG.

 The Government of India must have a detailed legacy plan for the Games.

 National Human Rights Commission should conduct an immediate and

comprehensive investigation into human rights violations related to the CWG.
POST CWG RECOMMENDATIONS

 Adequate compensation must be paid to all those who have lost homes and
livelihoods.

 A comprehensive environmental and social impact assessment, along with a detailed

cost-benefit analysis, must be conducted before any approval for such a large event is
obtained.
 Now, there is talk of the country bidding to host the Olympics, just as China has done. And as India's sporting
culture develops, some feel the country could even move ahead in its Olympic medal tally.
 Studies have shown that there is a linkage between per capita GDP and sporting performance. PwC has published
three reports since the summer games at Sydney in 2000 and has come up with very accurate predictions. Daniel
Johnson of the economics department of Colorado College has been using economic factors to predict a country's
Olympic medal tally with 90% plus accuracy. It's not just the Olympics; research by Daiwa Capital Markets
shows that hosting the FIFA World Cup increases a country's GDP by 0.5%.
 Opinion in India is divided on the correlation. "It is well established that richer nations excel in sports," says
Chakrabarti of ISB. "Research published in the Review of Economics and Statistics has shown that when you take
into account GDP of countries, it dramatically improves the prediction on the medal tally of the model rather than
just going by population. But GDP alone is not enough. Forced requisition of resources as in former Communist
bloc countries (and to some extent China) matters equally, if not more." But that, he underlines, is a connection
between GDP and medals. Setting up of sporting infrastructure, which the CWG organizers feel will be a catalyst,
has nothing to do with it. "The link between sports facilities and economic activity is a myth that has been long
debunked by empirical analysis," he explains.
 "There is no evidence anywhere in the world that the sports infrastructure that comes up is fruitfully used by the
host country," says Debroy of CPR. "Even after the Manchester Games (CWG 2002) transport and urban planning
benefited but sports got no advantage."
 A FICCI survey in Delhi has found that the citizens of the national capital region are more optimistic. The poll
was conducted when the problems -- including water-logging and outbreaks of dengue, malaria and conjunctivitis
-- were at their worst. Surprisingly, 50% felt that hosting the CWG in the country would give a boost to the
economy and would lead to the overall development of the country in the long run. There was greater optimism
on the jobs front with 61% saying that the CWG would create job opportunities in the country.And a substantial
74% felt that the new infrastructure would make Delhi a better place in which to live.
 For the medals to come rolling in -- as they have during the CWG -- there needs to be a move away from cricket,
observers note. Recent research at Monash University in Australia shows that when India's cricket team loses a
one-day match, the stock market takes a beating. India is slated to become the world's third largest economy by
2030 and the second largest a decade later. Will that change the games people play?