AIFF Secretary General Dr Shaji Prabhakaran and Deputy Secretary General Sunando Dhar were present at the meeting, along with Deputy Chairman of the Development Committee Mulrajsinh Chudasama and Committee Members Vijay Bali, Ratankumar Singh Moirangthem, S Dhanasegar, Muhammed Rafeek TKM and Liaqat Ali.

The Committee also suggested that the AIFF provide support to each State Association in the appointment of two key personnel for each state to hire their respective Administration Heads and Technical Coordinators. The State FAs may use these grants for the appointment of other personnel, if they have already hired full-time personnel in these posts.

A three-member committee, comprising of Mulrajsinh Chudasama, Vijay Bali and Ratankumar Singh Moirangthem has been formed to devise the criteria for the grants to the committee, and come out with a policy on how the funds will be distributed and utilised by the states. The Committee has been asked to submit its report by November 15.

The Committee recommended that each state strategise and develop its own strategic roadmap once the AIFF roadmap is finalised. A Brother States Programme was also suggested by the Committee where the states that are doing well would lend support to more than one states in the areas of governance, development, leagues, grassroots, and so on.

In order to popularise the state leagues and the state youth leagues, the Development Committee suggested that the FIFA+ platform be used for live streaming. The AIFF will have a larger partnership with FIFA+ where the state competitions will be highlighted to the global audience. The states will, thus, have the possibility to generate revenues and develop football and highlight the activities to the general audience.
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TOP: FAO Joint-Secretary Avijit Paul chairs the AIFF Development Committee meeting in New Delhi on 2 November 2022.
RIGHT: AIFF Development Committee Chairman Avijit Paul and members at a meeting in New Delhi on 2 November 2022.