All India Council of Sports (AICS) constituted by Govt of India

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, has constituted All India Council of Sports (AICS) headed by Prof V.K. Malhotra as its President in the rank of Minister of State. Its members include eminent sports persons and coaches like Shri Sachin Tendulkar, Smt. P.T. Usha, Shri Limba Ram, Ms. N. Kunjarani Devi, Shri I.M. Vijayan, Shri P. Gopichand, Shri Baichung Bhutia and Shri Vishwanathan Anand. The salient aims & objectives of the Council are as follows:
1 popularising sports amongst youth as a way of life; 
2 increasing outreach of sports to rural and tribal areas, and areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), North East and Jammu & Kashmir;
3matters relating to promotion of inclusiveness in sports with special focus on women, differently-abled, tribals, etc.;
4 preventing drug abuse in sports, fraud of age and sexual harassment of women in sports;
5.early identification of sports talent and nurturing of the identified talent; and
6 Integration of sports in educational curriculum in schools, colleges and universities.
Some other schemes launched in 2015
1. Scheme of Human Resources Development in Sports
2. Scheme of Assistance for the creation of Urban Sports Infrastructure
3. Scheme for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar