Friday, March 14, 2014
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that under the Scheme of Sports and Games for the Disabled, recurring grants are provided to around 100 Schools/Institutes all over the country for a period of five years as part of a Pilot Project commencing from 2010-11 towards stipend of coaches engaged by such Schools/Institutes and purchase of consumable and non-consumable sports equipment annually.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, the Scheme also aims at providing coaches training and holding sports competitions for disabled persons at District/State and National level through Special Olympic Bharat, the nodal agency under the Ministry.
