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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]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports | publisher = Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | url = http://yas.nic.in | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160108142613/http://yas.nic.in/ | archive-date = 8 January 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{citation |title=Portfolio of Modi government ministers: Vijay Goel appointed as the new Sports Minister |url=http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-2016-vijay-goel-takes-oath-as-mos/307157 |work=[[The Financial Express (India)|The Financial Express]] |date=5 July 2016 |access-date=27 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160708073038/http://www.financialexpress.com/article/india-news/modi-cabinet-reshuffle-2016-vijay-goel-takes-oath-as-mos/307157/ |archive-date=8 July 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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|Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur confers the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees on International Youth Day today | publisher = Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | url = https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1745122 | date = 12 August 2021 | access-date = 2021-08-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210812105019/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1745122 | archive-date = 12 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref> <ref>{{cite web | title = 2013 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards | publisher = Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98548 | date = 22 August 2013 | access-date = 2014-08-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052758/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98548 | archive-date = 8 August 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>
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|Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award]]s.<ref>{{cite web | title = Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur confers the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees on International Youth Day today | publisher = Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | url = https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1745122 | date = 12 August 2021 | access-date = 2021-08-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210812105019/https://pib.gov.in/PressReleasePage.aspx?PRID=1745122 | archive-date = 12 August 2021 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = 2013 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards | publisher = Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports | url = http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98548 | date = 22 August 2013 | access-date = 2014-08-04 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052758/http://pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=98548 | archive-date = 8 August 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>


==History==
==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 [[Departmental secretary|Secretaries]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Introduction | publisher = Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | url = http://yas.nic.in/en/yas2/introduction | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814052056/http://yas.nic.in/en/yas2/introduction | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>
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 [[Departmental secretary|Secretaries]].<ref>{{cite web | title = Introduction | publisher = Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | url = http://yas.nic.in/en/yas2/introduction | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140814052056/http://yas.nic.in/en/yas2/introduction | archive-date = 14 August 2014 | url-status = dead }}</ref>


==Department of Youth Affairs==
==Department of Youth Affairs==
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===Definition of Youth===
===Definition of Youth===
The [[United Nations]] defines "Youth" as 15–24 years<ref>{{cite web | title = Youth | publisher = UNESCO | url = http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/youth/ | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720071634/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/youth/ | archive-date = 20 July 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| title = Draft National Youth Policy 2012 seeks a shift in youth age bracket| publisher = Indian Express| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/draft-national-youth-policy-2012-seeks-a-shift-in-youth-age-bracket/1073409/0| author = Prasad Joshi| date = 13 February 2013| access-date = 2014-08-13| archive-url = https://archive.is/20140813084501/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/draft-national-youth-policy-2012-seeks-a-shift-in-youth-age-bracket/1073409/0| archive-date = 13 August 2014| url-status = live}}</ref> The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Draft policy redefines 16-30 age group as youth|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253648/draft-policy-redefines-16-30.html|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=31 May 2012|access-date=2014-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164842/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253648/draft-policy-redefines-16-30.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
The [[United Nations]] defines "Youth" as 15–24 years<ref>{{cite web | title = Youth | publisher = UNESCO | url = http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/youth/ | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130720071634/http://www.unesco.org/new/en/social-and-human-sciences/themes/youth/ | archive-date = 20 July 2013 | url-status = live }}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web| title = Draft National Youth Policy 2012 seeks a shift in youth age bracket| publisher = Indian Express| url = http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/draft-national-youth-policy-2012-seeks-a-shift-in-youth-age-bracket/1073409/0| author = Prasad Joshi| date = 13 February 2013| access-date = 2014-08-13| archive-url = https://archive.today/20140813084501/http://archive.indianexpress.com/news/draft-national-youth-policy-2012-seeks-a-shift-in-youth-age-bracket/1073409/0| archive-date = 13 August 2014| url-status = live}}</ref> The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.<ref>{{cite web|title=Draft policy redefines 16-30 age group as youth|url=http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253648/draft-policy-redefines-16-30.html|publisher=Deccan Herald|date=31 May 2012|access-date=2014-08-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714164842/http://www.deccanherald.com/content/253648/draft-policy-redefines-16-30.html|archive-date=14 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>


===Organisations===
===Organisations===
* [[Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan|Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan]]<ref>{{cite web | title = Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan | publisher = National Portal of India | url = http://india.gov.in/official-website-nehru-yuva-kendra-sangathan | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813233827/http://india.gov.in/official-website-nehru-yuva-kendra-sangathan | archive-date = 13 August 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>
* Nehru Yuva Kendra Sanghatan<ref>{{cite web | title = Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan | publisher = National Portal of India | url = http://india.gov.in/official-website-nehru-yuva-kendra-sangathan | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813233827/http://india.gov.in/official-website-nehru-yuva-kendra-sangathan | archive-date = 13 August 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development]]<ref>{{cite web | title = About RGNIYD | publisher = Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development | url = http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/content/about-rgniyd | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140719181355/http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/content/about-rgniyd | archive-date = 19 July 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>
*[[Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development]]<ref>{{cite web | title = About RGNIYD | publisher = Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development | url = http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/content/about-rgniyd | access-date = 2014-08-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140719181355/http://www.rgniyd.gov.in/content/about-rgniyd | archive-date = 19 July 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>


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* Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS): a pilot project in 2010–11 to provide funding for infrastructure and improvements<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86375|title=Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Government of India, Press Information Bureau|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217003430/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86375|archive-date=17 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS): a pilot project in 2010–11 to provide funding for infrastructure and improvements<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86375|title=Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme|date=21 August 2012|publisher=Government of India, Press Information Bureau|access-date=26 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160217003430/http://www.pib.nic.in/newsite/erelease.aspx?relid=86375|archive-date=17 February 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
* Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=93398|title=Objectives of PYKKA|date=11 March 2013|publisher=Government of India, Press Information Bureau|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
* Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=93398|title=Objectives of PYKKA|date=11 March 2013|publisher=Government of India, Press Information Bureau|access-date=26 June 2014}}</ref>
* 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]].<ref name=yf>{{cite web|title=Promotion of Scouting & Guiding |publisher=Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |url=http://yas.nic.in/en/yas1/about-department |access-date=2014-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814155944/http://yas.nic.in/en/yas1/promotion-scouting-guiding |archive-date=14 August 2014 }}</ref>
* 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]].<ref name=yf>{{cite web|title=Promotion of Scouting & Guiding |publisher=Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports |url=http://yas.nic.in/en/yas1/about-department |access-date=2014-08-13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814155944/http://yas.nic.in/en/yas1/promotion-scouting-guiding |archive-date=14 August 2014 }}</ref>
* Youth Hostels<ref name=yf/>
* Youth Hostels<ref name=yf/>


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* National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards
* National Service Scheme (NSS) Awards
* Awards to Outstanding Youth Clubs (NYKS)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards {{!}} Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports {{!}} GoI|url=https://yas.nic.in/youth-affairs/awards|access-date=2020-07-17|website=yas.nic.in}}</ref>
* Awards to Outstanding Youth Clubs (NYKS)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards {{!}} Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports {{!}} GoI|url=https://yas.nic.in/youth-affairs/awards|access-date=2020-07-17|website=yas.nic.in}}</ref>
==Department of Sports==
==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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricketandwicket.com/|title=C&W: Cricket News|website=www.cricketandwicket.com|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602095104/http://www.cricketandwicket.com/|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cricketandwicket.com/|title=C&W: Cricket News|website=www.cricketandwicket.com|access-date=2017-06-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602095104/http://www.cricketandwicket.com/|archive-date=2 June 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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===Organisations===
===Organisations===
* [[Sports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web| title = Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports| url = http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/| access-date = 2014-08-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100804073419/http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/| archive-date = 4 August 2010| url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[Sports Authority of India]]<ref>{{cite web| title = Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports| url = http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/| access-date = 2014-08-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100804073419/http://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in/| archive-date = 4 August 2010| url-status = live}}</ref>
* [[National Sports University]]
* [[National Anti-Doping Agency|National Anti Doping Agency]] (NADA)<ref>{{cite web  
* [[National Anti-Doping Agency|National Anti Doping Agency]] (NADA)<ref>{{cite web  
| title =  NADA: National Anti Doping Agency  
| title =  NADA: National Anti Doping Agency  
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| url-status =  live  
| url-status =  live  
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}}</ref>
* [[Lakshmibai National University of Physical Education|Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education]]<ref>{{cite web
* [[National Dope Testing Laboratory]]
|title=LNIPE Gwalior MP
* [[National Sports University]], [[Imphal]] (Manipur)
|url=http://lnipe.nic.in/public_html/thelnipe.html
* Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE), Thiruvananthapuram
|access-date=2014-08-13
* [[Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education]] (LNIPE), [[Gwalior]] (Madhya Pradesh)
|url-status=dead
* [[Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development]] (RGNIYD), [[Sriperumbudur]] (Tamil Nadu)
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141020050724/http://lnipe.nic.in/public_html/thelnipe.html
* [[Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports]] (NSNIS), [[Patiala]] (Punjab)
|archive-date=20 October 2014
*Mera Yuva Bharat (MY Bharat), an autonomous body
}}</ref>
* [[National Dope Testing Laboratory]] (NDTL)<ref>{{cite web| title = National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL)| url = http://www.ndtlindia.com/| access-date = 2014-08-13| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140813210750/http://www.ndtlindia.com/| archive-date = 13 August 2014| url-status = live}}</ref>
 
Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE)
 
Netaji Subhash National institute of Sports (NSNIS)


=== Awards ===
=== Awards ===
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* [[Dhyan Chand Award]]
* [[Dhyan Chand Award]]
* [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna]]
* [[Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna]]
* [[Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar]]
* [[Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Awards {{!}} Full List of All Khel Ratna Award Winners {{!}} NFDB|url=https://nfdb.in/sports/full-list-of-all-khel-ratna-award-winners-2024-2025/|access-date=2025-01-02|website=nfdb.in|date=2 January 2025 }}</ref>
* [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sports Awards {{!}} Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports {{!}} GoI|url=https://yas.nic.in/sports/sports-awards-0|access-date=2020-07-17|website=yas.nic.in}}</ref>
* [[Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sports Awards {{!}} Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports {{!}} GoI|url=https://yas.nic.in/sports/sports-awards-0|access-date=2020-07-17|website=yas.nic.in}}</ref>


== Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports ==
== Cabinet Ministers ==
{| class="wikitable"
*'''Note:'''
|+
**MoS, I/C {{ndash}} Minister of State (Independent Charge)
!No.
 
!Name
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Portrait
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! colspan="2"|Term of office
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! colspan=2|Political Party
! colspan="3" |Term of office
!Prime Minister
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister
|-
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! colspan="10" |Minister of Sports
|-
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| [[File:Buta Singh at DJ Sheizwoods house (11) (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Buta Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1934{{ndash}}2021)<br>MP for [[Ropar Lok Sabha constituency|Ropar]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C until 29 January 1983)
| 2 September<br>1982
| 31 October<br>1984
| rowspan="2"| '''{{ayd|2 Sep 1982|26 Dec 1984}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[Fourth Indira Gandhi ministry|Indira IV]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| style="width:9em"| '''[[Indira Gandhi]]'''
|-
| 4 November<br>1984
| 31 December<br>1984
| [[First Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv I]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
| [[File:RajivGandhi.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''<br>{{small|(1944{{ndash}}1991)<br>MP for [[Amethi Lok Sabha constituency|Amethi]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
| 31 December<br>1984
| 25 September<br>1985
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}'''
| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
|-
! colspan="10" |{{nobold|''Ministry disestablished during this interval''}}{{efn|The ministry's competences were transferred to the [[Ministry of Education (India)|Ministry of Human Resource Development]] in September 1985.}}
|-
! colspan="10" |Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Uma Bharti]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency|Bhopal]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
| 1 March<br>1999
| 13 October<br>1999
| '''{{ayd|1 Mar 1999|13 Oct 1999}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Second Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee II]]
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="5"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|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]]'''<br>{{small|(1959{{ndash}}2018)<br>MP for [[Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency|Bangalore South]]}}
| 13 October<br>1999
| 2 February<br>2000
| '''{{ayd|1999|10|13|2000|2|2}}'''
| rowspan="4"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Shiromani Akali Dal}}"|
| [[File:Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2025)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]}}
| 2 February<br>2000
| 7 November<br>2000
| '''{{ayd|2000|2|2|2000|11|7}}'''
| [[Shiromani Akali Dal]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Uma Bharti]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1959)<br>MP for [[Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency|Bhopal]]}}
| 7 November<br>2000
| 25 August<br>2002
| '''{{ayd|2000|11|7|2002|8|25}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Vikram Verma.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vikram Verma]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1944)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Madhya Pradesh]]}}
| 26 August<br>2002
| 22 May<br>2004
| '''{{ayd|2002|8|26|2004|5|22}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|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]]'''<br>{{small|(1929{{ndash}}2005)<br>MP for [[Mumbai North West Lok Sabha constituency|Mumbai North West]]}}
| 23 May<br>2004
| 25 May<br>2005<br/>{{small|''(died in office)''}}
| '''{{ayd|2004|5|23|2005|5|25}}'''
| rowspan="8"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="5"| [[First Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan I]]
| rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="8"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
|-
|1
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Ananth Kumar]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
| [[File:Manmohan Singh in 2009.jpg|70px]]
| [[File:The Leader of Opposition, BThe Union Minister for Chemicals and Fertilizers, Shri Ananthkumar, in New Delhi on January 08, 2015 (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(1932{{ndash}}2024)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Assam]]}}<br>(Prime Minister)
|13 October 1999
| 25 May<br>2005
|2 February 2000
| 18 November<br>2005
|rowspan=1|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|2005|5|25|2005|11|18}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|rowspan=4|[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]
|-
|-
|2
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
| [[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]]
|[[File:Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Oscar Fernandes]]'''<br>{{small|(1941{{ndash}}2021)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Karnataka]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|2 February 2000
| 18 November<br>2005
|7 November 2000
| 29 January<br>2006
|rowspan=1|[[Shiromani Akali Dal]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|2005|11|18|2006|1|29}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Shiromani Akali Dal/meta/color}}" rowspan=1|
|-
|-
|3
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Uma Bharti]]
| [[File:Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Press Conference on 4th NE Business Summit (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Uma Bharati in 2014.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1941)<br>MP for [[Mayiladuthurai Lok Sabha constituency|Mayiladuthurai]]}}
|7 November 2000
| 29 January<br>2006
|25 August 2002
| 6 April<br>2008
|rowspan=2|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|2006|1|29|2008|4|6}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=2|
|-
|-
|4
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Vikram Verma]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/759802/1/Council_of_Ministers_English.pdf|title=Council of Ministers}}</ref>
| rowspan="2"| [[File:M. S. Gill 2020.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Vikram Verma.jpg|100px]]
| rowspan="2"| '''[[M. S. Gill]]'''<br>{{small|(1936{{ndash}}2023)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C until 22 May 2009)
|26 August 2002
| 6 April<br>2008
|22 May 2004
| 22 May<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2008|4|6|2009|5|22}}'''
|-
|-
|5
| 28 May<br>2009
|[[Sunil Dutt]]
| 19 January<br>2011
|[[File:A still of the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Sunil Dutt in New Delhi on April 15, 2005.jpg|100px]]
| '''{{ayd|2009|5|28|2011|1|19}}'''
|22 May 2004
| rowspan="3"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
|25 May 2005<ref>{{cite web|url=http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=476|title=Current Lok Sabha Members Biographical Sketch|publisher=Web.archive.org|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071112065955/http://164.100.24.208/ls/lsmember/biodata.asp?mpsno=476|archive-date=12 November 2007|access-date=2013-07-12}}</ref>
|rowspan=7|[[Indian National Congress]]<br><small>([[United Progressive Alliance]])</small>
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Indian National Congress/meta/color}}" rowspan=7|
|rowspan=7|[[Manmohan Singh]]
|-
|-
|6
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Manmohan Singh]]  
| [[File:Ajay Maken (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Manmohansingh04052007.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Ajay Maken]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1964)<br>MP for [[New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency|New Delhi]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|25 May 2005
| 19 January<br>2011
|18 November 2005
| 28 October<br>2012
| '''{{ayd|2011|1|19|2012|10|28}}'''
|-
|-
|7
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
|[[Oscar Fernandes]] <br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Maharaja Jitendra Singh Naruka of Alwar.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Shri Oscar Fernandes assumes the charge of the Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Statistics and Programme Implementation in New Delhi on May 24, 2004.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1971)|Jitendra Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Alwar Lok Sabha constituency|Alwar]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|18 November 2005
| 28 October<br>2012
|29 January 2006
| 26 May<br>2014
| '''{{ayd|2012|10|28|2014|4|26}}'''
|-
|-
|8
! colspan="10" |Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports
|[[Mani Shankar Aiyar]]
|[[File:Mani Shankar Aiyar addressing the Valedictory Session of the 2-day Seminar on the findings of the Nationwide Survey on Elected Women Representatives in Village Panchayats, in New Delhi on March 03, 2009.jpg|100px]]
|29 January 2006
|6 April 2008
|-
|-
|9
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[M. S. Gill]] <br>''(As MoS, Independent Charge <br> till 22 May 2009)''
| [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, Dr. M.S. Gill.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|6 April 2008
| 27 May<br>2014
|18 January 2011
| 9 November<br/>2014
| '''{{ayd|2014|5|27|2014|11|9}}'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|10
! colspan="10" |Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
|[[Ajay Maken]] <br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
|[[File:Ajay Maken at NDTV Sports event.jpg|100px]]
|19 January 2011
|28 October 2012
|-
|-
|11
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Jitendra Singh (Congress politician)|Jitendra Singh (INC)]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Sarbananda Sonowal with PM Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Jitendra Singh addressing the media persons after his visit from Lausanne, Switzerland, in New Delhi on May 16, 2013.jpg |100px]]
| '''[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1962)<br>MP for [[Lakhimpur Lok Sabha constituency|Lakhimpur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|29 October 2012
| 9 November<br/>2014
|25 May 2014
| 23 May<br>2016
| '''{{ayd|2014|11|9|2016|5|23}}'''
| rowspan="7"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="4"| [[First Modi ministry|Modi I]]
| rowspan="8" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="8"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
|-
|12
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Sarbananda Sonowal]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Jitendra Singh Rana.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Chief Minister of Assam Sarbananda Sonowal.jpg|100px]]
| [[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|'''Jitendra Singh''']]<br>{{small|(born 1956)<br>MP for [[Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency|Udhampur]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|26 May 2014
| 23 May<br>2016
|23 May 2016
| 5 July<br>2016
|rowspan=6|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]<br><small>([[National Democratic Alliance (India)|National Democratic Alliance]])</small>
| '''{{ayd|2016|5|23|2016|7|5}}'''
|width="4px" bgcolor="{{Bharatiya Janata Party/meta/color}}" rowspan=6|
|rowspan=6|[[Narendra Modi]]
|-
|-
|13
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Jitendra Singh (politician, born 1956)|Jitendra Singh]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Jitendra Singh addressing a press conference on key initiatives taken by the Government and progress achieved during the last three years, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Rajasthan]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|23 May 2016
| 5 July<br>2016
|5 July 2016
| 3 September<br>2017
| '''{{ayd|2016|7|5|2017|9|3}}'''
|-
|-
|14
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[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]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (IC), Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Shri Vijay Goel addressing at the inauguration the Tribal Youth Exchange Programme by NYKS, in New Delhi.jpg|100px]]
| {{small|Colonel}}<br>'''[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]'''<br>{{post-nominals|country=IND|AVSM}}<br>{{small|(born 1970)<br>MP for [[Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha constituency|Jaipur Rural]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|5 July 2016
| 3 September<br>2017
|3 September 2017
| 30 May<br>2019
| '''{{ayd|2017|9|3|2019|5|30}}'''
|-
|-
|15
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore]]<br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Kiren Rijiju with Modi (cropped).jpg|70px]]
|[[File:Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (cropped).jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Kiren Rijiju]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1971)<br>MP for [[Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency|Arunachal West]]}}<br>(MoS, I/C)
|3 September 2017
| 31 May<br>2019
|30 May 2019<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-sports-minister-vijay-goel/1/1039873.html|title=Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore first sportsperson to become sports minister|website=India Today|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180106101909/http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/rajyavardhan-singh-rathore-sports-minister-vijay-goel/1/1039873.html|archive-date=6 January 2018|access-date=15 September 2018}}</ref>
| 7 July<br>2021
| '''{{ayd|2019|5|31|2021|7|7}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
|-
|-
|16
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Kiren Rijiju]] <br>''(MoS, Independent Charge)''
| [[File:Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in March 2023.jpg|70px]]
|[[File:The Minister of State for Home Affairs, Shri Kiren Rijiju addressing the ‘India Disaster Response Summit’, in New Delhi on November 09, 2017.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Anurag Singh Thakur]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1974)<br>MP for [[Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha constituency|Hamirpur]]}}
|30 May 2019
| 7 July<br>2021
|7 July 2021
| 9 June<br/>2024
| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}'''
|-
|-
|17
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|[[Anurag Thakur]]  
| [[File:Mansukh Mandaviya Profile (4x5).png|70px]]
|[[File:Shri Anurag Singh Thakur in July 2021.jpg|100px]]
| '''[[Mansukh Mandaviya]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1972)<br>MP for [[Porbandar Lok Sabha constituency|Porbandar]]}}
|7 July 2021
| 10 June<br/>2024
|''Incumbent''
| Incumbent
| '''{{ayd|10 Jun 2024}}'''
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}
|}
{{notelist}}


== List of Ministers of State ==
==Ministers of State==
{| class="wikitable sortable mw-collapsible style=" ;"sortable mw-collapsible"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+Minister of State in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Portrait
! Name
! rowspan="2" style="width:16em" |Minister<br>{{small|(Birth-Death)<br>Constituency}}
! Portrait
! colspan="3" |Term of office
! colspan=2| Political party
! rowspan="2" style="width:8em" |Political party
! colspan="2" | Term
! rowspan="2" style="width:6em" | Ministry
! Years
! rowspan="2" colspan="2"| Prime Minister
|-align=center
|-
|[[Nisith Pramanik]]
! style="width:8em"| From
! style="width:8em"| To
! style="width:6em"| Period
|-
! colspan="10" |Minister of State for Sports
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"|
|  
|  
|[[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| '''[[Rajkumar Jaichandra Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1942)<br>Rajya Sabha MP for [[Manipur]]}}
|bgcolor=#FF9933|
| 31 December<br>1984
|7 July 2021
| 25 September<br>1985
|''Incumbent''
| '''{{ayd|1984|12|31|1985|9|25}}'''
|{{Age in years and days|2021|07|07}}
| [[Indian National Congress (I)]]
| [[Second Rajiv Gandhi ministry|Rajiv II]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress (I)}}"| 
| '''[[Rajiv Gandhi]]'''
|-
! colspan="10" |Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
|
| '''[[Thounaojam Chaoba Singh]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1937)<br>MP for [[Inner Manipur Lok Sabha constituency|Inner Manipur]]}}
| 13 October<br>1999
| 27 May<br>2000
| '''{{ayd|13 Oct 1999|27 May 2000}}'''
| rowspan="3"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| rowspan="3"| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| rowspan="3" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="3"| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Syed Shahnawaz Hussain (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Syed Shahnawaz Hussain]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1968)<br>MP for [[Kishanganj Lok Sabha constituency|Kishanganj]]}}
| 27 May<br>2000
| 30 September<br>2000
| '''{{ayd|27 May 2000|30 Sep 2000}}'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Pon Radhakrishnan.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Pon Radhakrishnan]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1952)<br>MP for [[Kanniyakumari Lok Sabha constituency|Kanniyakumari]]}}
| 30 September<br>2000
| 29 January<br>2003
| '''{{ayd|30 Sep 2000|29 Jan 2003}}'''
|-
! colspan="10" |
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Vijay Goel (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Vijay Goel (politician)|Vijay Goel]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1954)<br>MP for [[Chandni Chowk Lok Sabha constituency|Chandni Chowk]]}}
| 24 May<br>2003
| 22 May<br>2004
| '''{{ayd|24 May 2003|22 May 2004}}'''
| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Third Vajpayee ministry|Vajpayee III]]
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| '''[[Atal Bihari Vajpayee]]'''
|-
! colspan="10" |
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Arun Yadav assuming office as Minister of State for Agriculture.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Arun Subhashchandra Yadav]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1974)<br>MP for [[Khandwa Lok Sabha constituency|Khandwa]]}}
| 28 May<br>2009
| 14 June<br>2009
| '''{{ayd|2009|5|28|2009|6|14}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Indian National Congress]]
| rowspan="2"| [[Second Manmohan Singh ministry|Manmohan II]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| rowspan="2" style="width:9em"| '''[[Manmohan Singh]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Indian National Congress}}"|
| [[File:Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Pratik Prakashbapu Patil]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1973)<br>MP for [[Sangli Lok Sabha constituency|Sangli]]}}
| 14 June<br>2009
| 19 January<br>2011
| '''{{ayd|2009|6|14|2011|1|19}}'''
|-
! colspan="10" |
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Shri Nisith Pramanik Minister.jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Nisith Pramanik]]'''<br>{{small|(born 1986)<br>MP for [[Cooch Behar Lok Sabha constituency|Cooch Behar]]}}
| 7 July<br>2021
| 9 June<br/>2024
| '''{{ayd|2021|7|7|2024|6|9}}'''
| rowspan="2"| [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| [[Second Modi ministry|Modi II]]
| rowspan="2" bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| rowspan="2"| '''[[Narendra Modi]]'''
|-
| bgcolor="{{party color|Bharatiya Janata Party}}"|
| [[File:Raksha Nikhil Khadse assumed charge as the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports (cropped).jpg|70px]]
| '''[[Raksha Khadse]]'''<br/>{{small|(born 1987)<br/>MP for [[Raver Lok Sabha constituency|Raver]]}}
| 10 June<br/>2024
| Incumbent
| '''{{ayd|10 Jun 2024}}'''
| [[Third Modi ministry|Modi III]]
|-
|}
|}


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Ministry of Sports]]
* [[Ministry of Sports]]
* [[Sport in India]] - overview of Sports
* [[:Category:Sports governing bodies in India|Various national level sport governing bodies in India]]
* [[India at the Olympics]]
* [[Mera Yuva Bharat (My Bharat)]]
* [[National Sports Governance Act, 2025]]
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==References==
==References==
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For other uses, see Ministry of sports.

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India
Branch of Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Agency overview
JurisdictionGovernment of India
HeadquartersShastri Bhawan, New Delhi
Annual budget₹4,479.88 crore (US$630 million) (2026-27 est)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Pallavi Jain Govil, IAS, Youth Affairs Secretary
  • Hari Ranjan Rao, IAS, Sports Secretary
Parent departmentGovernment of India
Child agencies
Websiteyas.gov.in/en

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.[2][3]

History[edit | edit source]

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.[4]

Department of Youth Affairs[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

The United Nations defines "Youth" as 15–24 years[5] 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.[6] The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.[7]

Organisations[edit | edit source]

Programmes[edit | edit source]

  • Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram: Merge of schemes (National Youth Corps, Youth Hostels etc.)
  • National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Development (NPYAD): introduced 2008-09[10]
  • National Service Scheme (NSS)
  • National Youth Corps[11]
  • International Youth Exchange Program[11]
  • National Youth Festival[12]
  • Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS): a pilot project in 2010–11 to provide funding for infrastructure and improvements[13]
  • Panchayat Yuva Krida Aur Khel Abhiyan[14]
  • 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.[11]
  • Youth Hostels[11]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Department of Sports[edit | edit source]

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).[16]

Organisations[edit | edit source]

Awards[edit | edit source]

Cabinet Ministers[edit | edit source]

  • 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
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
(1944–1991)
MP for Amethi
(Prime Minister) 		31 December
1984 		25 September
1985 		268 days Rajiv II
Ministry disestablished during this interval[lower-alpha 1]
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
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
Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		13 October
1999 		2 February
2000 		112 days Vajpayee III
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(1936–2025)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab 		2 February
2000 		7 November
2000 		279 days Shiromani Akali Dal
Uma Bharti
(born 1959)
MP for Bhopal 		7 November
2000 		25 August
2002 		1 year, 291 days Bharatiya Janata Party
Vikram Verma
(born 1944)
Rajya Sabha MP for Madhya Pradesh 		26 August
2002 		22 May
2004 		1 year, 270 days
Sunil Dutt
(1929–2005)
MP for Mumbai North West 		23 May
2004 		25 May
2005
(died in office) 		1 year, 2 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
(1932–2024)
Rajya Sabha MP for Assam
(Prime Minister) 		25 May
2005 		18 November
2005 		177 days
Oscar Fernandes
(1941–2021)
Rajya Sabha MP for Karnataka
(MoS, I/C) 		18 November
2005 		29 January
2006 		72 days
Mani Shankar Aiyar
(born 1941)
MP for Mayiladuthurai 		29 January
2006 		6 April
2008 		2 years, 68 days
M. S. Gill
(1936–2023)
Rajya Sabha MP for Punjab
(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
Ajay Maken
(born 1964)
MP for New Delhi
(MoS, I/C) 		19 January
2011 		28 October
2012 		1 year, 283 days
Jitendra Singh
(born 1971)
MP for Alwar
(MoS, I/C) 		28 October
2012 		26 May
2014 		1 year, 180 days
Minister of Skill Development, Entrepreneurship, Youth Affairs and Sports
Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
MP for Lakhimpur
(MoS, I/C) 		27 May
2014 		9 November
2014 		166 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
MP for Lakhimpur
(MoS, I/C) 		9 November
2014 		23 May
2016 		1 year, 196 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi I Narendra Modi
Jitendra Singh
(born 1956)
MP for Udhampur
(MoS, I/C) 		23 May
2016 		5 July
2016 		43 days
Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
Rajya Sabha MP for Rajasthan
(MoS, I/C) 		5 July
2016 		3 September
2017 		1 year, 60 days
Colonel
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
AVSM
(born 1970)
MP for Jaipur Rural
(MoS, I/C) 		3 September
2017 		30 May
2019 		1 year, 269 days
Kiren Rijiju
(born 1971)
MP for Arunachal West
(MoS, I/C) 		31 May
2019 		7 July
2021 		2 years, 37 days Modi II
Anurag Singh Thakur
(born 1974)
MP for Hamirpur 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days
Mansukh Mandaviya
(born 1972)
MP for Porbandar 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 66 days Modi III
  1. ↑ The ministry's competences were transferred to the Ministry of Human Resource Development in September 1985.

Ministers of State[edit | edit source]

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Minister of State for Sports
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
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
Syed Shahnawaz Hussain
(born 1968)
MP for Kishanganj 		27 May
2000 		30 September
2000 		126 days
Pon Radhakrishnan
(born 1952)
MP for Kanniyakumari 		30 September
2000 		29 January
2003 		2 years, 121 days
Vijay Goel
(born 1954)
MP for Chandni Chowk 		24 May
2003 		22 May
2004 		364 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Arun Subhashchandra Yadav
(born 1974)
MP for Khandwa 		28 May
2009 		14 June
2009 		17 days Indian National Congress Manmohan II Manmohan Singh
Pratik Prakashbapu Patil
(born 1973)
MP for Sangli 		14 June
2009 		19 January
2011 		1 year, 219 days
Nisith Pramanik
(born 1986)
MP for Cooch Behar 		7 July
2021 		9 June
2024 		2 years, 338 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi
Raksha Khadse
(born 1987)
MP for Raver 		10 June
2024 		Incumbent 2 years, 66 days Modi III

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ "Union Budget 2020-21" (PDF). www.indiabudget.gov.in. 31 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur confers the National Youth Awards 2017-18 and 2018-19 to 22 awardees on International Youth Day today". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 12 August 2021. Archived from the original on 12 August 2021. Retrieved 12 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "2013 Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna and Arjuna Awards". Press Information Bureau, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports. 22 August 2013. Archived from the original on 8 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "Introduction". Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  5. ↑ "Youth". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 20 July 2013. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  6. ↑ Prasad Joshi (13 February 2013). "Draft National Youth Policy 2012 seeks a shift in youth age bracket". Indian Express. Retrieved 13 August 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
  7. ↑ "Draft policy redefines 16-30 age group as youth". Deccan Herald. 31 May 2012. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  8. ↑ "Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan". National Portal of India. Archived from the original on 13 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  9. ↑ "About RGNIYD". Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  10. ↑ "Grants to NGOs". Press Information Bureau, Government of India. 27 July 2010. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 "Promotion of Scouting & Guiding". Department of Youth Affairs, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  12. ↑ "About Department". Department of Youth Affairs. Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  13. ↑ "Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme". Government of India, Press Information Bureau. 21 August 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  14. ↑ "Objectives of PYKKA". Government of India, Press Information Bureau. 11 March 2013. Retrieved 26 June 2014.
  15. ↑ "Awards | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | GoI". yas.nic.in. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  16. ↑ "C&W: Cricket News". www.cricketandwicket.com. Archived from the original on 2 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  17. ↑ "Sports Authority of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". Archived from the original on 4 August 2010. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  18. ↑ "NADA: National Anti Doping Agency". Archived from the original on 14 August 2014. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
  19. ↑ "Awards | Full List of All Khel Ratna Award Winners | NFDB". nfdb.in. 2 January 2025. Retrieved 2 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "Sports Awards | Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | GoI". yas.nic.in. Retrieved 17 July 2020.

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