thane the thane municipal corporation tmc has come under severe criticism from residents of the city for perks that it wants to include for its employees in the sport policy the civic body has proposed a 50 discount in the membership fee for its employees in the new sports policy savita ghag a thanebased resident said instead of encouraging young and talented sportspersons the policy designed by the civic body is talking about the welfare of its own employees why should the benefits be just for tmc employees and not for tax payers in the city apart from offering perks to its own staff staff citizens are upset with the civic body for designing the sports policy without involving expertise from the fraternity it would have been better had the tmc formed a committee or at least taken suggestions from experts in field of sports before designing the policy said another resident in fact officials of the civic body too feel that the policy needs to be revised the policy was introduced in the general body of the tmc but due to several lapses in the policy the subject was never taken up for discussion the policy needs to be redrafted in such a manner so that it encourages sports activities in the lake city unless the policy is not revised getting the nod of the general body seems to be an uphill task said a senior civic official the sports policy is very important for the city apart from encouraging sportspersons the policy is also seen as a route to get jobs in the state government public sector banks and the private sector too according to the state government sports policy 5 of the total vacancies in class c and d are reserved for medalists at interuniversity sports championships