Ministry of Youth Affairs and 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 budget3,397.32 crore (US$410 million) (2023-24 est)[1]
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Agency executives
  • Meeta Rajivlochan, IAS, Youth Affairs Secretary
  • Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS, Sports Secretary
Parent departmentGovernment of India
Child agencies
Websiteyas.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. 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]

  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.