Community Sports is one of the key strategies used to empower youth in the hinterlands. It also helps to identify and nurture talent among the rural communities. In this regard, the Company organised several sports tournaments and conducted training camps. Tata Steel took the lead to organise a joint Tata Group tournament involving Tata Motors, Tata Power and Tinplate for athletics, archery as well as football. During the year, the football tournament witnessed participation of 22,000 tribal youth from 1,500 teams, whereas nearly 7,500 youth participated in archery and hockey tournaments. To encourage girl participation in sporting activities, for the fi rst time, a football tournament for 32 Kasturba Gandhi Baalika Vidyalaya (KGBV) schools was organised in which a total of 64 teams comprising girls in Under-14 and Open category participated.