Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg
Anurag Thakur
Agency overview
Jurisdiction Government of India
Headquarters Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹3,397.32 crore (US$430 million) (2023-24 est) [1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Smt.Meeta Rajivlochan, IAS, Youth Affairs Secretary
  • Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS, Sports Secretary
Parent department Government of India
Child agencies
Website yas.nic.in

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]

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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]

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. [6]

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 [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]

Organisations

Programmes

Awards

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). [18]

Organisations

Netaji Subhash National institute of Sports (NSNIS)

Awards

Cabinet Ministers

No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of Sports
1 Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg Buta Singh
(1934–2021)
MP for Ropar
(MoS, I/C until 29 January 1983)		2 September
1982		31 October
1984		2 years, 115 days Indian National Congress (I) Indira IV Indira Gandhi
4 November
1984		31 December
1984		 Rajiv I Rajiv Gandhi
– Rajiv Gandhi, the 6th PM of India.jpg Rajiv Gandhi
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister)		31 December
1984		25 September
1985		268 days Rajiv II
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
2 Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Bhopal
(MoS, I/C)		1 March
1999		13 October
1999		226 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee II Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3 The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		13 October
1999		2 February
2000		112 days Vajpayee III
4 Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(born 1936)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		2 February
2000		7 November
2000		279 days Shiromani Akali Dal
(2) Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Bhopal 		7 November
2000		25 August
2002		1 year, 291 days Bharatiya Janata Party
5 Vikram Verma.jpg Vikram Verma
(born 1944)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		26 August
2002		22 May
2004		1 year, 270 days
6 A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg 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
– Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister)		25 May
2005		18 November
2005		177 days
7 Oscar Fernandes at launch of the Pilot Project for Cashless Treatment of Road Accident Victims on Gurgaon-Jaipur Stretch of NH-8.jpg Oscar Fernandes
(1941–2021)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
(MoS, I/C)		18 November
2005		29 January
2006		72 days
8 Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit (cropped).jpg Mani Shankar Aiyar
(born 1941)
MP for Mayiladuthurai 		29 January
2006		6 April
2008		2 years, 68 days
9 Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill.jpg M. S. Gill
(1936–2023)
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
10 Ajay Maken (cropped).jpg Ajay Maken
(born 1964)
MP for New Delhi
(MoS, I/C)		19 January
2011		28 October
2012		1 year, 283 days
11 Maharaja Jitendra Singh Naruka of Alwar.jpg Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar
(MoS, I/C)		28 October
2012		26 May
2014		1 year, 180 days
12 Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
MP for Lakhimpur
(MoS, I/C)		27 May
2014		23 May
2016		1 year, 362 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
13 Jitendra Singh.jpg Jitendra Singh
(born 1956)
MP for Udhampur
(MoS, I/C)		23 May
2016		5 July
2016		43 days
14 Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
(MoS, I/C)		5 July
2016		3 September
2017		1 year, 60 days
15 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 Colonel
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
AVSM
(born 1970)
MP for Jaipur Rural
(MoS, I/C)		3 September
2017		30 May
2019		1 year, 269 days
16 Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West
(MoS, I/C)		31 May
2019		7 July
2021		2 years, 37 days Modi II
17 Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg Anurag Singh Thakur
(born 1974)
MP for Hamirpur 		7 July
2021		Incumbent2 years, 260 days

Ministers of State

No.PortraitMinister
(Birth-Death)		Term of officePolitical partyMinistryPrime Minister
FromToPeriod
Minister of State for Sports
1 Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh
(born 1942)
Rajya Sabha MP for Manipur 		31 December
1984		25 September
1985		268 days Indian National Congress (I) Rajiv II Rajiv Gandhi
Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
2 Thounaojam Chaoba Singh
(born 1937)
MP for Inner Manipur 		13 October
1999		27 May
2000		227 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
3 The Union Minister for Textiles Shri Syed Shahnawaz Hussain addressing the Press on the forthcoming mega event for showcasing the expertise and capabilities of Indian Fashion Industry, Textiles and Apparel manufacturing.jpg Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj 		27 May
2000		30 September
2000		126 days
4 Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg Pon Radhakrishnan
(born 1952)
MP for Kanniyakumari 		30 September
2000		29 January
2003		2 years, 121 days
5 Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		24 May
2003		22 May
2004		364 days
6 Arun Yadav assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture.jpg Arun Subhashchandra Yadav
(born 1974)
MP for Khandwa 		28 May
2009		14 June
2009		17 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh
7 Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (cropped).jpg Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
(born 1973)
MP for Sangli 		14 June
2009		19 January
2011		1 year, 219 days
8 Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg Nisith Pramanik
(born 1986)
MP for Cooch Behar 		7 July
2021		Incumbent2 years, 260 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi

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