Making the announcement at Lok Sabha, the lower house of India's bicameral Parliament, Rijiju expressed his confidence that the nation will perform better at Tokyo 2020 than at previous editions of the Olympic Games.

India's biggest Olympic medal haul came at London 2012, winning two silvers and four bronzes.

Their best medal haul that included a gold came four years earlier in Beijing, where they secured one gold and two bronzes.

"I am confident that Indian athletes will perform better than in the previous Games in 2020," Rijiju was reported as saying by The Indian Express.

"We must make it available wherever they go," he was reported as saying by India Today.

"For Tokyo 2020 also, we are going to make India House (in the Games Village) to ensure we address their food-related needs along with providing technical support to the athletes as well as the officials.

"That is why I am taking the first-hand experience by visiting iconic sports establishments in the country.

"Diet forms the integral part of a player's performance."

Rijiju also revealed the Government had decided to scrap the distinction between athletes based on age.

"During my visit to the National Sports Institute, Patiala, I observed that the junior athletes were given a certain range of food, while the seniors were provided a different category," he added.

"The budgetary allocation of the food was done on the basis of the age groups.

"I have learnt that all the players require different kinds of food.

"We have decided to allocate the diet budget according to the athlete's requirement, as well as according to the diet prescribed by the nutritionists or dieticians (and not by the age)."