Union Sports Ministry

NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry, faced with the less than flattering optics around the country's top wrestlers resuming their sit-in protest here on Sunday in the wake of the apathetic handling of their grievances, on Monday cancelled the elections of the Wrestling Federation of India (WFI), that were scheduled for May 7. 

The ministry further directed the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) to constitute an ad-hoc committee to conduct the polls within 45 days of its formation and also manage day-to-day affairs of the WFI.

Feb 13, 2020 19:02
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry is set to organise the first-ever Khelo India Winter Games in Ladakh in the third week of February and in Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March.
Dec 03, 2019 15:12
NEW DELHI: The total expenditure incurred by the Union Sports Ministry under different schemes for promotion of sports, including for women athletes in 2019 (till October) was Rs 8.95 billion, out of which Rs 3.2 billion was incurred for Khelo India, Rs 3.285 billion for Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Rs 2.45 billion for National Sports Federations.
Oct 14, 2019 13:10
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry has decided to allow national and state sports federations, leagues and clubs to organise sports events in all sporting facilities owned by the government, free of cost in order to further the Fit India Movement and to make playfields and sporting infrastructure accessible, without fee, to all sports persons across the country from 1st November. 
Oct 12, 2019 10:10
NEW DELHI: Following a meeting the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), along with some national sports federations (NSFs), had with Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju, it has been decided that yet another (emphasis ours) expert committee will be formed to look into the seriously long in tooth matter of the 2017 National Sports Development Code (which incidentally had its first iteration in 2011).
Sep 23, 2019 17:09
NEW DELHI: The Union Sports Ministry create 20 National Centres of Excellence to groom athletes for 2024 and 2028 Olympics. Each centre will offer funds for four to six specific sports. The new scheme will ensure that athletes in the same premises have access to similar facilities unlike before.