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Commonwealth Games 2010 expenditure seen at Rs 7907 cr

NEW DELHI: Current projection of present estimates indicate that the expenditure on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 would be around Rs. 7907 crore. This was stated by Dr. M.S. Gill, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, in a written reply to a question by Shri Jai Parkash Aggarwal in the Rajya Sabha. The details in this regard are as under:

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China offers help to host Commonwealth Games


New Delhi: China offered its help to India to host the Commonwealth Games here in 2010. Chinese army's deputy chief Lt Gen Ma Xiaotian, who was n New Delhi along with a military delegation, made the offer during his meeting with Defence Minister A K Antony, Defence Ministry sources said.
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Commonwealth Games to showcase India's youth power

The 2010 Commonwealth Games will see a major show of youth power. The gen next will be seen managing flow of traffic, information kiosks and guiding tourists at heritage sites during the mega event.

For the purpose, a 20,000-strong force of volunteers is being roped in from colleges and universities. The Organising committee for the Games has already started a recruitment drive for students, who would be linked to a major ‘Sports Management System’ with data on games, venues and other operations.
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2010 CWG preparation is on schedule: MS Gill

NEW DELHI: Sport and Youth Affairs Minister MS Gill on Monday reiterated that preparation for the 2010 Commonwealth Games is on schedule and will be complete by December next year.

"The preparation for the 2010 commonwealth games is going on in full swing and is very much on schedule. We are having meetings every month," he said.

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Commonwealth for restructuring global fin institutions

Advocating restructuring of global financial institutions, Commonwealth Secretary General Kamalesh Sharma on Monday said that the reform process has to be "inclusive and participative".

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