In India, Basketball has been one of the least opted sports professionally. We see college teams and tournaments happening but Indian teams don’t play often at international level. But this decade, Indian basketball has shown a huge increment in traction and performance. Multiple leagues like EPBL and INBL have been started which offer decent incentives for athletes through which you get opportunity to play in other leagues globally. International basketball offer is an offer to play in one of the most prominent leagues in the world.
The Indian government, in order to promote sports, has been offering government jobs to athletes who play well on university level and national/international level. These jobs offer security and decent pay. However, you have to work at your job and even if you don’t play you will retain your job.