📋 Tender Overview
Sports being a State subject the responsibility of development of sports including promotion of sports competitions for divyang persons rests with the State Union Territory Governments. Central Government supplements their efforts by bridging critical gaps. However the Union Government has started a Central Sector Scheme namely Khelo India Scheme in the year 2016-17 and revamped it further with twelve verticals in 2017-18. Funds are allocated by the Union Government Scheme-wise not StateUnion Territory-wise. Under one of the verticals of the Khelo India Scheme namely Promotion of sports among persons with disabilities funds to the tune of 13.73 crore have been released till date for promotion of sports among disabled sportspersons.
