Nirmala Sitharaman

Union Budget 2022: Sports secures its highest ever allocation

Last updated : Feb 02, 2022 20:02
SportzPower Team
Feb 01, 2022 17:02

NEW DELHI: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union budget of the fiscal year 2022-2023, and sports got an increase of Rs 305.58 crore, to Rs 3062.60 crore.

Which makes this year's budgetary allocation for sports the highest ever. The sports budget for the year 2021-2022 was Rs 2549.41 cr, which was later amended to Rs 2757.02 cr. 

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