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.
India’s best ever performance at an Olympic Games during Tokyo 2020 certainly appears to have played a part in the enhanced allocation. Coming to the present, the upcoming Asian Games and Commonwealth Games will get the largest share of the sports budget and the different sports federations will be spending it on preparations for the multi-sport mega events.
The allocation has gone to the National Youth Empowerment Program has been increased this year, from Rs 108 cr spent last year, to Rs 138 cr for the 2022-2023 fiscal. The Khelo India programme’s budget has also been increased, from Rs 879 cr to Rs 974 cr.
For the record, in the 2019-2020 fiscal, the government had allocated Rs 2826.92 cr for sports, which was later revised downwards to Rs 1800.15 cr because of the lack of sports activity caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
Notes on Demands for Grants, 2021-2022
Revenue Capital Total (In Rs Crores)
A. The Budget allocations, net of recoveries, are given below:
9. Assistance to Promotion of Sports Excellence
9.01 Assistance to National Sports Federations 280.00 280.00
9.02 Scheme of Human Resource Development in Sports 3.80 3.80
Total- Assistance to Promotion of Sports Excellence 283.80 283.80
10. Incentive to Sports Persons 53.00 53.00
11. National Sports Development Fund 25.00 25.00
12. National Welfare Fund for Sports Persons 2.00 2.00
Total-Encouragement and Awards to Sportspersons 363.80 363.80
Khelo India -National Programme for Development of Sports
13. Khelo India 657.71 657.71
14. Enhancement of Sports Facility at J&K 50.00 50.00
15. Commonwealth Games 30.00 30.00
Total – Khelo India 737.71 737.71
Total – Central Sector Schemes/Projects 1395.01 3.00 1398.01
Other Central Sector Expenditure
Autonomous Bodies
16. Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan 326.50 326.50
17. Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development 32.00 32.00
18. Sports Authority of India 660.41 660.41
19. Laxmi Bai National Institute of Physical Education 55.00 55.00
20. Other Autonomous Bodies 41.99 43.73 85.72
Total – Autonomous Bodies 1115.90 43.73 1159.63
Others
21. Contibution to World Anti-Doping Agency 2.50 2.50
22. Actual Recoveries
Total – Others 2.50 2.50
Total – Other Central Sector Expenditure 1118.40 43.73 1162.13
Grand Total 2549.41 46.73 2596.14
