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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Government ministry of India
Summary
Government ministry of India
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| agency_name | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India |
| jurisdiction | Government of India |
| headquarters | Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi |
| logo_caption | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |
| budget | (2023-24 est) |
| minister1_name | Mansukh Mandaviya |
| minister1_pfo | Cabinet Minister |
| deputyminister1_name | Raksha Khadse |
| deputyminister1_pfo | Minister of State |
| chief1_name | Pallavi Jain Govil, IAS |
| chief1_position | Youth Affairs Secretary |
| chief2_name | Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS |
| chief2_position | Sports Secretary |
| child1_agency | Sports Authority of India |
| child2_agency | NSS |
| child3_agency | Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan |
| child4_agency | Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development |
| child5_agency | LNIP |
| website | |
| seal | Government of India logo.svg |
| seal_size | 100px |
| seal_caption | Branch of Government of India |
| logo | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.svg |
| logo_size | 250px |
| parent_department | Government of India |
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. Mansukh Mandaviya is the current Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports followed by his Deputy Raksha Khadse
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.
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.
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 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 to 35 years to 16–30 years. The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.
Organisations
- Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan
- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development
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
- National Service Scheme (NSS)
- National Youth Corps
- International Youth Exchange Program
- National Youth Festival
- Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS): a pilot project in 2010–11 to provide funding for infrastructure and improvements
- Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan
- 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.
- Youth Hostels
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)
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).
Organisations
- Sports Authority of India
- National Anti Doping Agency (NADA){{cite web | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814011333/http://nada.nic.in/View/Homepage.aspx | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | url-status = live
- National Dope Testing Laboratory
- National Sports University, Imphal (Manipur)
- Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Thiruvananthapuram
- Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE), Gwalior (Madhya Pradesh)
- Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (RGNIYD), Sriperumbudur (Tamil Nadu)
- Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala (Punjab)
- Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), an autonomous body
Awards
- Dronacharya Award
- Arjuna Award
- Dhyan Chand Award
- Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna
- Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar
- Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy
Cabinet Ministers
- Note:
- MoS, I/C Minister of State (Independent Charge)
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of Sports | Ministry disestablished during this interval | Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports | Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Buta Singh | ||||||||||
| (19342021) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Ropar | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C until 29 January 1983) | 2 September | ||||||||||||
| 1982 | 31 October | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | **** | Indian National Congress (I) | Indira IV | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Indira Gandhi | ||||||||
| 4 November | |||||||||||||
| 1984 | 31 December | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | Rajiv I | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||||
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg | 70px]] | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||||||||
| (19441991) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Amethi | |||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 31 December | ||||||||||||
| 1984 | 25 September | ||||||||||||
| 1985 | **** | Rajiv II | |||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg | 70px]] | Uma Bharti | ||||||||||
| (born 1959) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Bhopal | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 1 March | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 13 October | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Ananth Kumar | ||||||||||
| (19592018) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Bangalore South | 13 October | ||||||||||||
| 1999 | 2 February | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | **** | Vajpayee III | |||||||||||
| Shiromani Akali Dal}}" | [[File:Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg | 70px]] | Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa | ||||||||||
| (19362025) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab | 2 February | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 7 November | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | **** | Shiromani Akali Dal | |||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg | 70px]] | Uma Bharti | ||||||||||
| (born 1959) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Bhopal | 7 November | ||||||||||||
| 2000 | 25 August | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | |||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vikram Verma.jpg | 70px]] | Vikram Verma | ||||||||||
| (born 1944) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh | 26 August | ||||||||||||
| 2002 | 22 May | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg | 70px]] | Sunil Dutt | ||||||||||
| (19292005) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Mumbai North West | 23 May | ||||||||||||
| 2004 | 25 May | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | |||||||||||||
| (died in office) | **** | Indian National Congress | Manmohan I | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | ||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg | 70px]] | Manmohan Singh | ||||||||||
| (19322024) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Assam | |||||||||||||
| (Prime Minister) | 25 May | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 18 November | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Oscar Fernandes at launch of the Pilot Project for Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims on Gurgaon-Jaipur Stretch of NH-8.jpg | 70px]] | Oscar Fernandes | ||||||||||
| (19412021) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 18 November | ||||||||||||
| 2005 | 29 January | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Mani Shankar Aiyar | ||||||||||
| (born 1941) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Mayiladuthurai | 29 January | ||||||||||||
| 2006 | 6 April | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:M. S. Gill 2020.jpg | 70px]] | M. S. Gill | ||||||||||
| (19362023) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C until 22 May 2009) | 6 April | ||||||||||||
| 2008 | 22 May | ||||||||||||
| 2009 | **** | ||||||||||||
| 28 May | |||||||||||||
| 2009 | 19 January | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | **** | Manmohan II | |||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Ajay Maken (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Ajay Maken | ||||||||||
| (born 1964) | |||||||||||||
| MP for New Delhi | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 19 January | ||||||||||||
| 2011 | 28 October | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Maharaja Jitendra Singh Naruka of Alwar.jpg | 70px]] | Jitendra Singh | ||||||||||
| (born 1971) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Alwar | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 28 October | ||||||||||||
| 2012 | 26 May | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Sarbananda Sonowal | ||||||||||
| (born 1962) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Lakhimpur | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 27 May | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 9 November | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Sarbananda Sonowal | ||||||||||
| (born 1962) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Lakhimpur | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 9 November | ||||||||||||
| 2014 | 23 May | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi I | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Jitendra Singh Rana.jpg | 70px]] | Jitendra Singh | ||||||||||
| (born 1956) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Udhampur | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 23 May | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 5 July | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Vijay Goel | ||||||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 5 July | ||||||||||||
| 2016 | 3 September | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC) and Information & Broadcasting, Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore addressing after felicitating the winners of the World Youth Boxing Championship 2017, at a function (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Colonel | ||||||||||
| Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore | |||||||||||||
| (born 1970) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Jaipur Rural | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 3 September | ||||||||||||
| 2017 | 30 May | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Kiren Rijiju | ||||||||||
| (born 1971) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Arunachal West | |||||||||||||
| (MoS, I/C) | 31 May | ||||||||||||
| 2019 | 7 July | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | **** | Modi II | |||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg | 70px]] | Anurag Singh Thakur | ||||||||||
| (born 1974) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Hamirpur | 7 July | ||||||||||||
| 2021 | 9 June | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | **** | ||||||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png | 70px]] | Mansukh Mandaviya | ||||||||||
| (born 1972) | |||||||||||||
| MP for Porbandar | 10 June | ||||||||||||
| 2024 | Incumbent | **** | Modi III |
Ministers of State
| Portrait | Minister | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Birth-Death) | |||||||||
| Constituency | Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | From | To | Period | Minister of State for Sports | Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports |
| Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh | ||||||||
| (born 1942) | |||||||||
| Rajya Sabha MP for Manipur | 31 December | ||||||||
| 1984 | 25 September | ||||||||
| 1985 | **** | Indian National Congress (I) | Rajiv II | Indian National Congress (I)}}" | Rajiv Gandhi | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Thounaojam Chaoba Singh | ||||||||
| (born 1937) | |||||||||
| MP for Inner Manipur | 13 October | ||||||||
| 1999 | 27 May | ||||||||
| 2000 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Syed Shahnawaz Hussain | ||||||
| (born 1968) | |||||||||
| MP for Kishanganj | 27 May | ||||||||
| 2000 | 30 September | ||||||||
| 2000 | **** | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg | 70px]] | Pon Radhakrishnan | ||||||
| (born 1952) | |||||||||
| MP for Kanniyakumari | 30 September | ||||||||
| 2000 | 29 January | ||||||||
| 2003 | **** | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Vijay Goel | ||||||
| (born 1954) | |||||||||
| MP for Chandni Chowk | 24 May | ||||||||
| 2003 | 22 May | ||||||||
| 2004 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Vajpayee III | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Arun Yadav assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture.jpg | 70px]] | Arun Subhashchandra Yadav | ||||||
| (born 1974) | |||||||||
| MP for Khandwa | 28 May | ||||||||
| 2009 | 14 June | ||||||||
| 2009 | **** | Indian National Congress | Manmohan II | Indian National Congress}}" | Manmohan Singh | ||||
| Indian National Congress}}" | [[File:Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Pratik Prakashbapu Patil | ||||||
| (born 1973) | |||||||||
| MP for Sangli | 14 June | ||||||||
| 2009 | 19 January | ||||||||
| 2011 | **** | ||||||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg | 70px]] | Nisith Pramanik | ||||||
| (born 1986) | |||||||||
| MP for Cooch Behar | 7 July | ||||||||
| 2021 | 9 June | ||||||||
| 2024 | **** | Bharatiya Janata Party | Modi II | Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | Narendra Modi | ||||
| Bharatiya Janata Party}}" | [[File:Raksha Nikhil Khadse assumed charge as the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (cropped).jpg | 70px]] | Raksha Khadse | ||||||
| (born 1987) | |||||||||
| MP for Raver | 10 June | ||||||||
| 2024 | Incumbent | **** | Modi III |
References
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