Sports Ministry Recognizes 'Yoga' as a Sports Discipline

The Sports Ministry  decided to recognize 'Yoga' as a sports discipline and place it in the 'Priority' category.The Ministry also decided to upgrade Fencing from 'Others' to 'General' category, based on the past performance in major international events. It has also been decided to place 'University Sports' in the 'Priority' category.

The Ministry today reviewed the categorization of various Sports disciplines and the revised categories of sports disciplines and the scale of financial assistance admissible to each category was conveyed to IOC and all recognized National Sports Federations on 23rd March, 2015.It was also conveyed that 'General' category of sports disciplines shall be retained. Criteria for inclusion in this category and financial assistance to be provided will be separately issued.

Financial assistance for this category will be as under: National Championships are to be funded, One international event in India in a year, can be funded and a Maximum of one foreign exposure each in Senior and Junior categories can also be funded during a year.