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...
The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that the Central Government have formulated the National Sports Policy, 2001, in terms of which the Central Government, in conjunction with the State Government, the Olympic Association (IOA) and the National Sports...
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports have sanctioned a grant of Rs 10,52,000.00 (Rupees Ten Lacs fifty two thousand only) from the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) for purchase of sports equipments, Ski, Ski Boots and other essential items for the participants of Winter Olympics Games 2014 at Sochi (Russia) in the...
Following three sportspersons from India have qualified for participation in Sochi Winter Olympics commencing from 7th February 2014:
(i) Shri Shiva Keshavan (Luge)
(ii) Shri Himanshu Thakur (Alpine Skiing)
(iii) Shri Nadeem Iqbal (Alpine Skiing)
Although the Winter Games of Federation of India (WGFI) made the...
The Union Cabinet today gave its approval for introduction of the National Youth Policy-2014 (NYP-2014), replacing NYP-2003 currently in force.
The vision of NYP-2014 is to empower youth to achieve their full potential, and through them enable India to find its rightful place in the community of nations. For achieving this...
The 29th meeting of the Executive Council of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), an institution of National Importance of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India was held here today.
The meeting was chaired by the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Jitendra Singh...
