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Central government focuses on improving sports facilities in schools for differently-abled children

Central government focuses on improving sports facilities in schools for differently-abled children

| | 08 Aug 2017, 03:22 pm
New Delhi, Aug 8 (IBNS): A new scheme called “Khelo India – National Programme for Development of Sports” is being implemented by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday by Union minister of state Vijay Goel.

This is part of the Central Sector Scheme from the financial year 2016-17.

Goel said that the scheme includes a provision for sports and games for the disabled, which provides assistance to schools with differently-abled children to engage coaches, procure sport equipment, hold community coaching training camps, etc.

The Scheme for Promotion of Sports for Disabled is now being merged with the revamped Khelo India Scheme during the year 2017-18.

In a written reply he said, an amount of Rs.22.50 lakh was released to Special Olympic Bharat (SOB), the nodal agency for training for Community Coaches Training (CCT) during the financial year 2015-16 under the Scheme for Promotion of Sports for Disabled.

Department of Sports is setting up a ‘Centre of Excellence’, an international centre for differently-abled people at Gandhinagar, Gujarat.

In this regard, Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities has sanctioned Rs 20 crore, out of which Rs.10 crore has been released in this year, the minister said.

Moreover, Department of Sports through National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) has released Rs.1.12 crore in this regard for preliminary expenditure towards construction of compound wall etc, said Goel.

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