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Formed | 1982 (as Department of Sports) 27 May 2000 (as Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) |
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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹2,826.92 crore (US$350 million) (2020–21)[1] |
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Website | yas |
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]
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]
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]
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.
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]
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]
Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE)
Netaji Subhash National institute of Sports (NSNIS)
No. | Name | Portrait | Term of office | Political Party | Prime Minister | ||
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1 | Anant Kumar[24] | 13 October 1999 | 2 February 2000 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||
2 | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa[25] | 2 February 2000 | 7 November 2000 | Shiromani Akali Dal (National Democratic Alliance) |
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3 | Uma Bharti | 7 November 2000 | 25 August 2002 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
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4 | Vikram Verma[26] | 26 August 2002 | 22 May 2004 | ||||
5 | Sunil Dutt | 22 May 2004 | 25 May 2005[27] | Indian National Congress (United Progressive Alliance) |
Manmohan Singh | ||
6 | Manmohan Singh | 25 May 2005 | 18 November 2005 | ||||
7 | Oscar Fernandes (MoS, Independent Charge) |
18 November 2005 | 29 January 2006 | ||||
8 | Mani Shankar Aiyar | 29 January 2006 | 6 April 2008 | ||||
9 | M. S. Gill (As MoS, Independent Charge till 22 May 2009) |
6 April 2008 | 18 January 2011 | ||||
10 | Ajay Maken (MoS, Independent Charge) |
19 January 2011 | 28 October 2012 | ||||
11 | Jitendra Singh (INC) (MoS, Independent Charge) |
29 October 2012 | 25 May 2014 | ||||
12 | Sarbananda Sonowal (MoS, Independent Charge) |
26 May 2014 | 23 May 2016 | Bharatiya Janata Party (National Democratic Alliance) |
Narendra Modi | ||
13 | Jitendra Singh (MoS, Independent Charge) |
23 May 2016 | 5 July 2016 | ||||
14 | Vijay Goel (MoS, Independent Charge) |
5 July 2016 | 3 September 2017 | ||||
15 | Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (MoS, Independent Charge) |
3 September 2017 | 30 May 2019[28] | ||||
16 | Kiren Rijiju (MoS, Independent Charge) |
30 May 2019 | 7 July 2021 | ||||
17 | Anurag Thakur | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent |
Name | Portrait | Political party | Term | Years | ||
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Nisith Pramanik | Bharatiya Janata Party | 7 July 2021 | Incumbent | 1 year, 226 days |