The Ministry of Youth Affairs &
Sports has revised the Scheme of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, which was
introduced in 2009 to encourage and promote involvement of corporates, sports
promotion boards etc., in the promotion and development of sports in the
country. In the revised scheme, Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar will be given
in following four categories:
(i)
Identification
and nurturing of budding/young talent
(ii)
Encouragement
of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
(iii)
Employment
of sportspersons and sports welfare measures
(iv)
Sports
for Development.
In the revised Scheme, eligibility
criteria for all four categories have been prescribed. As ‘Training to promote
rural sports, nationally recognized sports, Paralympic sports and Olympic
sports’ have been included in the Schedule VII of the Companies Act 2013 and
the companies can now spend on promotion and development of sports from the
funds earmarked for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR), a specific category
for ‘Encouragement of sports through Corporate Social Responsibility’ has been
provided for in the revised Scheme.
As non-governmental organizations are
also doing a lot of work in promotion and development of sports, a separate
category ‘Sports for Development’ has been provided for exclusively for NGOs to
recognize their contributions.
Source: PIB
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