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Jurisdiction | Government of India |
Headquarters | Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi |
Annual budget | ₹3,397.32 crore (US$430 million) (2023-24 est)[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)
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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Ananth Kumar (1959–2018) MP for Bangalore South |
13 October 1999 |
2 February 2000 |
112 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | |
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Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa (born 1936) MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha) |
2 February 2000 |
7 November 2000 |
279 days | Shiromani Akali Dal | |||
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Uma Bharti (born 1959) MP for Bhopal |
7 November 2000 |
25 August 2002 |
1 year, 291 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||
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Vikram Verma (born 1944) MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) |
26 August 2002 |
22 May 2004 |
1 year, 270 days | ||||
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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 | |
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Manmohan Singh (born 1932) MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha) (Prime Minister) |
25 May 2005 |
18 November 2005 |
177 days | ||||
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Oscar Fernandes (1941–2021) MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C) |
18 November 2005 |
29 January 2006 |
72 days | ||||
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Mani Shankar Aiyar (born 1941) MP for Mayiladuthurai |
29 January 2006 |
6 April 2008 |
2 years, 68 days | ||||
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M. S. Gill (born 1936) 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 | |||||
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Ajay Maken (born 1964) MP for New Delhi (MoS, I/C) |
19 January 2011 |
28 October 2012 |
1 year, 283 days | ||||
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Jitendra Singh (born 1971) MP for Alwar (MoS, I/C) |
28 October 2012 |
26 May 2014 |
1 year, 180 days | ||||
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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 | |
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Jitendra Singh (born 1956) MP for Udhampur (MoS, I/C) |
23 May 2016 |
5 July 2016 |
43 days | ||||
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Vijay Goel (born 1954) MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha) (MoS, I/C) |
5 July 2016 |
3 September 2017 |
1 year, 60 days | ||||
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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 | ||||
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Kiren Rijiju (born 1971) MP for Arunachal West (MoS, I/C) |
31 May 2019 |
7 July 2021 |
2 years, 37 days | Modi II | |||
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Anurag Singh Thakur (born 1974) MP for Hamirpur |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 44 days |
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) Constituency |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | Cabinet Minister | ||||
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Arun Subhashchandra Yadav (born 1974) MP for Khandwa |
28 May 2009 |
14 June 2009 |
17 days | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Manmohan Singh | M. S. Gill | ||
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Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (born 1973) MP for Sangli |
14 June 2009 |
19 January 2011 |
1 year, 219 days | ||||||
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Nisith Pramanik (born 1986) MP for Cooch Behar |
7 July 2021 |
Incumbent | 2 years, 44 days | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Narendra Modi | Anurag Singh Thakur |