{"id":18790,"date":"2023-12-30T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T05:22:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18790"},"modified":"2025-04-05T13:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T07:36:56","slug":"ioa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/ioa\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Olympic Association (IOA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Indian Olympic Association (IOA)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The IOA is the\u00a0governing body\u00a0for the\u00a0Olympic Movement and the Commonwealth Games in India.<\/li>\n<li>As an\u00a0affiliated member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC),\u00a0Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF), Olympic Council of Asia (OCA), and Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), the\u00a0IOA administers various aspects of\u00a0sports governance and athletes\u2019 welfare in the country.<\/li>\n<li>IOA\u00a0oversees the representation of athletes or teams participating in the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games, and other international multi-sport competitions of the IOC, CGF, OCA, and ANOC.<\/li>\n<li>Beyond participation in the Games, the IOA has also\u00a0established\u00a0various initiatives with different stakeholders\u00a0for the\u00a0development of sports education and Olympic studies.<\/li>\n<li>IOA is\u00a0recognised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.<\/li>\n<li>Foundation:\n<ul>\n<li>It was\u00a0established in 1927 with\u00a0Sir Dorabji Tata and Dr. A.G. Noehren\u00a0as the Founding President and Secretary General, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>It is registered as a\u00a0Non-Profit Organisation under the Societies Registration Act of 1860.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Members:\n<ul>\n<li>The members of the IOA\u00a0include National Sports Federations (NSFs),\u00a0State Olympic Associations, IOC Members, and other select\u00a0multi-sport organisations.<\/li>\n<li>In accordance with the Olympic Charter, the membership NSFs mostly include NSFs that govern sports featured in the sports programme of the Summer Olympic Games, Winter Olympic Games, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Governance:\n<ul>\n<li>It is currently governed by a\u00a032-member Executive Council, headed by the President.<\/li>\n<li>The election for the Executive Council is\u00a0held once in every four years.<\/li>\n<li>The working of the Executive Council is also assisted by different Standing Committees\u00a0of the IOA that are constituted\u00a0with experts in the subject-field to help in various aspects of governance.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Key Facts about Wrestling Federation of India (WFI)<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a\u00a0governing body of wrestling in India.<\/li>\n<li>It was founded in 1958 and is\u00a0based in New Delhi.<\/li>\n<li>It\u00a0promotes wrestling players for the Olympics, Asian Games, National Wrestling Championships, and World Wrestling Championships.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the International Olympic Committee (IOC)?<\/h3>\n<p>The International Olympic Committee is the guardian of the Olympic Games and the leader of the Olympic Movement. A truly global organisation, it acts as a catalyst for collaboration between all Olympic stakeholders, including the athletes, the National Olympic Committees, the International Federations, Organising Committees for the Olympic Games, the Worldwide Olympic Partners and Olympic broadcast partners. It also collaborates with public and private authorities including the United Nations and other international organisations. The vision of the International Olympic Committee is to Build a Better World through Sport.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/more-sports\/wrestling\/ioa-forms-3-member-ad-hoc-committee-to-run-affairs-of-suspended-wfi\/articleshow\/106321974.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>IOA forms 3-member ad hoc committee to run affairs of suspended WFI\u00a0<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Indian Olympic Association is the governing body for the Olympic Movement and the Commonwealth Games in India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18791,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-18790","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18790"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18790\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18791"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18790"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18790"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}