Sports gets Rs. 1,121 Crore, one-third of last year
Monday, 28 February 2011, 22:48 IST
By PTI
By PTI
New Delhi:The Youth Affairs and Sports Ministry has been allocated Rs. 1,121 crores in the annual budeget for 2011-12, which is nearly one-third of last year's Rs. 3,315.67 crores.
In his Budget presented in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated Rs. 1000 crores as plan outlay while Rs 121 crores will be non-plan.
Expectedly this year's budget allocation has seen a sharp reduction as the last two year's outlay was high due to Commonwealth Games.
Last year, the budget allocation was Rs. 3315.67 crores while in 2009-10, it was Rs. 3,670.13 crores.
Out of the total outlay, Rs 688.67 crores has been allocated for sports and games while Rs. 311.39 crores has been earmarked for Youth Welfare Scheme.
Other programmes, including Schemes for the Benefit of North Eastern Area and Sikkim, will get Rs. 106 crores. The remaining 14.
In his Budget presented in the Lok Sabha today, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee allocated Rs. 1000 crores as plan outlay while Rs 121 crores will be non-plan.
Expectedly this year's budget allocation has seen a sharp reduction as the last two year's outlay was high due to Commonwealth Games.
Last year, the budget allocation was Rs. 3315.67 crores while in 2009-10, it was Rs. 3,670.13 crores.
Out of the total outlay, Rs 688.67 crores has been allocated for sports and games while Rs. 311.39 crores has been earmarked for Youth Welfare Scheme.
Other programmes, including Schemes for the Benefit of North Eastern Area and Sikkim, will get Rs. 106 crores. The remaining 14.
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