Sports Minister Anurag Thakur on Tuesday stated that his ministry has launched an quantity of Rs 6,801.30 crore beneath numerous sports activities improvement schemes within the final 5 years.
Thakur, who took over as Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports from Kiren Rijiju earlier this yr, stated Rs 7,072.28 was allotted to the ministry.
“During the last five years, an amount of Rs 7,072.28 crore was allocated and Rs 6,801.30 crore was released under various sports development schemes of this ministry,” Thakur stated in a written reply to a query within the Lok Sabha.
Sports is a state topic and thus the accountability of constructing sports activities accessible to the general public on the village stage lies primarily with the Center as a complement to the efforts of the State/UT Governments.
However, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports runs the next schemes for the event of sports activities within the nation together with on the village stage: (i) Khelo India Scheme; (ii) help to the National Sports Federations; (iii) particular awards to winners and their coaches at worldwide sporting occasions; (iv) National Sports Awards; (v) pension to meritorious sportspersons; (vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Sports Welfare Fund; (vii) National Sports Development Fund; and (viii) operating a sports activities coaching middle by the Sports Authority of India. (Sai).
Funds are allotted scheme-wise, not state/UT-wise
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
