NEW DELHI (India): The All India Football Federation (AIFF) has decided to Covid solidarity fund to all state associations for this year
The AIFF President Praful Patel met all the State Association representatives in a virtual meeting on Monday evening.
However, the WIFA (Maharashtra) and the IFA (Bengal) announced their decision to forego the grant.
The parent decided to waive of the CRS fees for all players – an amount of Rs. 1.32 crore which was to be paid to the AIFF, and also an amount of 34.5 lakhs for the Academy Accreditation fee for the 2020-21 season.
“I understand that the Covid pandemic has made life difficult for all of us – not just for football but for all issues regarding our livelihood,” said Patel. “The sport has been very badly affected worldwide, and matches are being played behind closed doors.”
“The season is all set to kick-off from October onwards. Despite the difficult situation we hope to move ahead with the planned calendar. But there’s always a doubt whether we would be able to conduct ourselves as planned,” said the President.
