Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

For other uses, see Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Iran).
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India

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)
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.

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.

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.

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 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. The draft NYP 2012 plans to divide the age bracket of 16–30 years into three groups.

Organisations

Programmes

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

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).

Organisations

Netaji Subhash National institute of Sports (NSNIS)

Awards

List of ministers

Cabinet Ministers

  • Note:
    • MoS, I/C – Minister of State (Independent Charge)
    • † Died in office
Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death) 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
Ananth Kumar
(1959–2018)
MP for Bangalore South 		13 October
1999 		2 February
2000 		112 days Bharatiya Janata Party Vajpayee III Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa
(born 1936)
MP for Punjab (Rajya Sabha) 		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)
MP for Madhya Pradesh (Rajya Sabha) 		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 		1 year, 2 days Indian National Congress Manmohan I Manmohan Singh
Manmohan Singh
(born 1932)
MP for Assam (Rajya Sabha)
(Prime Minister) 		25 May
2005 		18 November
2005 		177 days
Oscar Fernandes
(1941–2021)
MP for Karnataka (Rajya Sabha)
(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)
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
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
Sarbananda Sonowal
(born 1962)
MP for Lakhimpur
(MoS, I/C) 		26 May
2014 		23 May
2016 		1 year, 363 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)
MP for Rajasthan (Rajya Sabha)
(MoS, I/C) 		5 July
2016 		3 September
2017 		1 year, 60 days
Colonel
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (Retd.)

(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 		Incumbent 2 years, 189 days

Ministers of State

Portrait Minister
(Birth-Death)
Constituency 		Term of office Political party Ministry Prime Minister
From To Period
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 		Incumbent 2 years, 189 days Bharatiya Janata Party Modi II Narendra Modi

See also