Sports Ministry of India reviews Sports Discipline

Updated on: Wednesday, September 02, 2015

On September 1, the Sports Ministry of India had announced that it has decided to consider 'Yoga' as a sports discipline and place it in the 'Priority' category. The Sports Ministry of India has also decided to upgrade Fencing from 'Others' to 'General' category, based on the past performance in major international events.It has also been decided to place 'University Sports' in the 'Priority' category.

Yesterday, the Sports Ministry of India had reviewed the categorization of various sports disciplines and the revised categories of sports disciplines and the scale of financial assistance admissible to each category was conveyed to IOC and all recognised National Sports Federations on March 23, 2015.

The 'General' category of sports disciplines shall also be retained, the Ministry stated. It also added that the criteria for inclusion in this category and financial assistance to be provided will be separately issued.

It has now been planned by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports that sports disciplines included in the multidiscipline mega events like Olympics, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games etc. and which have obtained a ranking up to 8th in individual events and up to 10th in team events in Olympics, Asian Games, CWG or their respective Asian and World Championships shall be placed in 'General' category.

For this category, the Sports Ministry of India has outlined the financial assistance as under: National Championships are to be FUNDED, One international event in India in a year, can be funded and a Maximum of one foreign exposure each in Senior and Junior categories can also be funded during a year.

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