Lok Sabha Question No. 1841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Jobs Under the Sports Quota
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Kotagiri Sridhar, Gautam Gambhir, Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1841

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.09.2020

Jobs Under the Sports Quota

1841. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR:

DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  recently  introduced  20  new disciplines for Central Government jobs under the sports quota;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government is working on any proposal to  encourage  various  State  Governments  to  add  these  disciplines for sports quota in State Government jobs;
- (d) whether the Government has introduced Mallakhamb, tug of war and roll ball as disciplines,  if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether  there  is  any  officially  recognized  association  or tournaments at the Government level to select such sportspersons and  if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI KIREN RIJIJU]

(a) &(b)   Yes, Sir.    The details of  the newly introduced/included 20 sports disciplines for Central Government jobs under sports quota are attached at Annexure-I. (c) The recruitment of meritorious sportspersons under sports quota  is  done  as  per  the  guidelines  issued  by  the  Department  of Personnel & Training from time to time and it is applicable to only Central  Government  Ministries/Departments.  'Sports'  being  State subject, these instructions are not binding for State Governments. (d) The  Department  of  Personnel  &  Training  in  consultation with  the  Department of Sports, vide its OM dated 01 st   September, 2020  has  included  Mallakhamb,  Tug  of  War  and  Roll  Ball  for appointment  of  meritorious  sportspersons  under  sports  quota  in newly introduced 20 sports disciplines. National Sports Federations are annually recognized by the Department of Sports based on their performance and compliance of  instructions  enumerated  in  the  National  Sports  Development Code 2011. Various sports tournaments/competitions are organized

(e) by these Federations for selection of meritorious sportspersons.

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Details  of  the  newly  included  20  sports  disciplines  for  Central  Government  jobs  under Sports Quota

|   Sl. No. | Name of Sports disciplines                                                         |
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|         1 | Baseball                                                                           |
|         2 | Body-Building                                                                      |
|         3 | Cycling Polo                                                                       |
|         4 | Deaf Sports                                                                        |
|         5 | Fencing                                                                            |
|         6 | Kudo                                                                               |
|         7 | Mallakhamb                                                                         |
|         8 | Motor Sports                                                                       |
|         9 | Net Ball                                                                           |
|        10 | Para Sports (for sports discipline included in para-Olympics and Para Asian Games) |
|        11 | Pencak Silat                                                                       |
|        12 | Shooting Ball                                                                      |
|        13 | Roll Ball                                                                          |
|        14 | Rugby                                                                              |
|        15 | Sepak Takraw                                                                       |
|        16 | Soft Tennis                                                                        |
|        17 | Tenpin Bowling                                                                     |
|        18 | Triathlon                                                                          |
|        19 | Tug-of-war                                                                         |
|        20 | Wushu                                                                              |

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