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Sports Ministry Invites Applications For Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar Via Email

The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, Government of India, through Department of Sports on Monday has issued a notification inviting nominations/ applications for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar for the year 2020.

Invitation was made for the nominations/applications for the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar for 2020, in the following categories: –

  1. Identification and nurturing of budding/young talent.
  2. Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility.
  3. Employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures.
  4. Sports for Development.

As per the notification, the nominations of the eligible entities for the four categories of the awards for the year 2020 under the Scheme of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar were invited from all recognized National Sports Federations; Indian Olympic Association;Industry Chambers such as Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI), Associated Chamber of Commerce (ASSOCHAM) and Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), Non-Governmental Organization (NGOs) including sports bodies at state and national level, State Governments; the Sports Authority of India (SAl) and Sports Control/Promotion Boards of various Government Organizations such as the All India Police Sports Control Board, Army Sports Control Board, Railway Sports Promotion Board, Sen ices Sports Control Board, Indian Navy Sports Control Board and Air Force Sports Control Board, Ministries/Departments of the Government of India, etc. Also, any corporate entity, public or private, which has made contributions towards sports promotion and development, can also apply directly to the Government.

It was also informed that the Sports Departments of the State Governments and the Central Government mandated specifically for promotion and development sports will not be considered for the Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar, as the main objective of the Scheme of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar is to encourage and promote corporate involvement in promotion anddevelopment of sports in the country and recognizing the efforts of corporate entities inthe promotion and development of Sports.

“The nominations for the award must be e-mailed in the prescribed proforma to any of the following e-mails – spstomar@nic.in or vsingh.71cgov.in Last date for receipt of nomination; is 03rd June, 2020 (Wednesday) up to 11.59 P.M. Nominations received after last date will not be entertained. The Ministry will not be responsible for any delay.

Due to lockdown on account of outbreak of COVID-19, hard copies of nominations are not required to be sent. Scanned copies of the nominations duly signed by the applicant/ recommending authority may be sent at above mentioned email ids, before last date of submission. Newspaper clippings etc. need not be attached with application forms”, said the notification.

-India Legal Bureau

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