Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

For other uses, see Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Iran).

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is a branch of the Government of India which administers the Department of Youth Affairs and the Department of Sports in India. Anurag Thakur is the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports followed by his Deputy Nisith Pramanik.^[2][3]

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

Anurag Thakur
Agency overview
Jurisdiction	Government of India
Headquarters	Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget	₹3,397.32 crore (US$430 million) (2023-24 est)^[1]
Minister responsible	Anurag Thakur, Minister of Union Cabinet
Deputy Minister responsible	Nisith Pramanik, Minister of State
Agency executives	Smt.Meeta Rajivlochan , IAS, Youth Affairs Secretary Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS, Sports Secretary
Parent department	Government of India
Child agencies	Sports Authority of India NSS Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development LNIP
Website	yas.nic.in

The ministry also gives the annual National Youth Awards, National Sports awards in various categories, including the Arjuna Award and Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna awards.^[4][5]

History

The ministry was set up as the Department of Sports at the time of organisation of 1982 Asian Games New Delhi. Its name was changed to the Department of Youth Affairs & Sports during celebration of the International Youth Year, 1985. It became a separate Ministry on 27 May 2000. Subsequently, In 2008, the ministry has been bifurcated into Department of Youth Affairs and Department of Sports under two separate Secretaries.^[6]

Department of Youth Affairs

Unlike the sports department, many of the functions of the department are related to other ministries, like Ministry of Education, Employment & Training, Health and Family Welfare thus it functions largely as a facilitator for youth building.

Definition of Youth

The United Nations defines "Youth" as 15–24 years^[7] and in the Commonwealth, it is 15–29 years. In order to use a definition more in line with these international standards, the Draft NYP 2012 changes the definition from 13–35 years to 16–30 years.^[8] The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.^[9]

Organisations

• Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan^[10]
• Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development^[11]

Programmes

• Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram: Merge of schemes (National Youth Corps, Youth Hostels etc.)
• National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD): introduced 2008-09^[12]
• National Service Scheme (NSS)
• National Youth Corps^[13]
• International Youth Exchange Program^[13]
• National Youth Festival^[14]
• Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS): a pilot project in 2010–11 to provide funding for infrastructure and improvements^[15]
• Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan^[16]
• Promotion of Scouting & Guiding: The national headquarters of The Bharat Scouts and Guides (BSG), Hindustan scout and guide(HSG) and The scout guide organization (SGO) are recognised by the Government of India as the apex body in the field of Scouting and Guiding in India.^[13]
• Youth Hostels^[13]

Awards

• National Young Leaders Awards (NYLA)
• Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award
• National Youth Awards
• National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards
• Awards to Outstanding Youth Clubs (NYKS)^[17]

Department of Sports

The Department of Sports is a division of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports under Government of India created on 30 April 2008. They also helped in bringing the FIFA U-17 World cup to India. A huge part of it was played by the advisors to the Sports Ministry - Rahul Rana (Doon School) and Arjun Dewan (The Lawrence School).^[18]

Organisations

• Sports Authority of India^[19]
• National Sports University
• National Anti Doping Agency (NADA)^[20]
• Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education
• National Dope Testing Laboratory

Netaji Subhash National institute of Sports (NSNIS)

Awards

• Dronacharya Award
• Arjuna Award
• Dhyan Chand Award
• Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
• Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
• Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy^[21]

List of ministers

Cabinet Ministers

• Note:
  • MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
  • ^† Died in office

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death)	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister
			From	To	Period
		Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South	13 October 1999	2 February 2000	112 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Vajpayee III	Atal Bihari Vajpayee
		Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (born 1936) MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha)	2 February 2000	7 November 2000	279 days	Shiromani Akali Dal
		Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP for Bhopal	7 November 2000	25 August 2002	1 year, 291 days	Bharatiya Janata Party
		Vikram Verma (born 1944) MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha)	26 August 2002	22 May 2004	1 year, 270 days
		Sunil Dutt (1929–2005) MP for Mumbai North West	23 May 2004	25 May 2005^[†]	1 year, 2 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan I	Manmohan Singh
		Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister)	25 May 2005	18 November 2005	177 days
		Oscar Fernandes (1941–2021) MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	18 November 2005	29 January 2006	72 days
		Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 1941) MP for Mayiladuthurai	29 January 2006	6 April 2008	2 years, 68 days
		M. S. Gill (1936–2023) MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C until 22 May 2009)	6 April 2008	22 May 2009	1 year, 46 days
			28 May 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 236 days		Manmohan II
		Ajay Maken (born 1964) MP for New Delhi (MoS, I/C)	19 January 2011	28 October 2012	1 year, 283 days
		Jitendra Singh (born 1971) MP for Alwar (MoS, I/C)	28 October 2012	26 May 2014	1 year, 180 days
		Sarbananda Sonowal (born 1962) MP for Lakhimpur (MoS, I/C)	26 May 2014	23 May 2016	1 year, 363 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi I	Narendra Modi
		Jitendra Singh (born 1956) MP for Udhampur (MoS, I/C)	23 May 2016	5 July 2016	43 days
		Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C)	5 July 2016	3 September 2017	1 year, 60 days
		Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Retd.) AVSM (born 1970) MP for Jaipur Rural (MoS, I/C)	3 September 2017	30 May 2019	1 year, 269 days
		Kiren Rijiju (born 1971) MP for Arunachal West (MoS, I/C)	31 May 2019	7 July 2021	2 years, 37 days		Modi II
		Anurag Singh Thakur (born 1974) MP for Hamirpur	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 112 days

Ministers of State

Portrait		Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency	Term of office			Political party	Ministry	Prime Minister	Cabinet Minister
			From	To	Period
		Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974) MP for Khandwa	28 May 2009	14 June 2009	17 days	Indian National Congress	Manmohan II	Manmohan Singh
		Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (born 1973) MP for Sangli	14 June 2009	19 January 2011	1 year, 219 days
		Nisith Pramanik (born 1986) MP for Cooch Behar	7 July 2021	Incumbent	2 years, 112 days	Bharatiya Janata Party	Modi II	Narendra Modi

See also

• Ministry of Sports
• Sport in India - overview of Sports
• Various national level sport governing bodies in India
• India at the Olympics
• Mera Yuva Bharat (My Bharat)

References

1. "Union Budget 2020-21" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 31 January 2020.
2. "Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. from the original on 8 January 2016. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
3. , The Financial Express, 5 July 2016, archived from the original on 8 July 2016, retrieved 27 January 2017
4. "Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur confers the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees on International Youth Day today". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 12 August 2021. from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
5. "2013 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 22 August 2013. from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
6. . Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
7. "Youth". UNESCO. from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
8. Prasad Joshi (13 February 2013). "Draft National Youth Policy 2012 seeks a shift in youth age bracket". Indian Express. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
9. "Draft policy redefines 16-30 age group as youth". Deccan Herald. 31 May 2012. from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
10. "Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan". National Portal of India. from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
11. "About RGNIYD". Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
12. "Grants to NGOs". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
13. . Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
14. . Department of Youth Affairs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
15. "Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme". Government of India, Press Information Bureau. 21 August 2012. from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
16. "Objectives of PYKKA". Government of India, Press Information Bureau. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
17. "Awards | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | GoI". yas.nic.in. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
18. "C&W: Cricket News". www.cricketandwicket.com. from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
19. "Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
20. "NADA: National Anti Doping Agency". from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
21. "Sports Awards | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | GoI". yas.nic.in. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

External links

• Official website

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