Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the general budget in Parliament on Wednesday, February 1. A bumper increase was made in the sports budget. The Union Government has presented a budget of Rs 3397.32 crore for the Ministry of Youth and Sports Affairs, which is Rs 723.97 crore more than the last year’s budget.
In the last few years, Indian athletes have shone all over the world. Be it the Olympics or Commonwealth Games, India’s medal tally has increased. The expenditure made by the central government on sports and sportspersons has contributed significantly to this. In such a situation, there has been an increase in the sports budget this year as well. Last year also there was an increase of Rs 423.16 crore in the sports budget.
Sports ministry gets a 700cr-plus boost in Union Budget
Talking about the sports budget, there was a huge cut in it during Corona. The sports budget in the year 2020-21 was Rs 2826.92 crore. It was cut by Rs 606.73 crore in 2021-22 i.e. the sports budget in 2021-22 was Rs 2250.19 crore. Last year, the total sports budget was Rs 3062.60, which was revised to Rs 2673.35 crore. Now it has become Rs 3397.32 crore. That is, there has been an increase of Rs 723.97 crore.
India won a total of seven medals in the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Despite all the difficulties and restrictions due to Corona, the Indian players performed brilliantly. After this, the performance of Indian athletes in the Birmingham Commonwealth Games in 2022 was excellent. India won a total of 61 medals.
Sports activities have now resumed in the country in a phased manner, and 2023 is a very important season with global events in the form of the Hangzhou Asian Games. In such a situation, the increase in the sports budget by the government can help in improving sports facilities. This year India has to participate in many world championships apart from the Asian Games.
Here’s how the fans reacted:
people shud start supporting the table tennis, badminton, teams, they are really good performers in recent times, they just need us. Also we shud support footballers we never know if we can be the next morocco in the football wc.
— messistan.🇮🇳🇮🇱🇦🇷 (@cheeku_71) February 1, 2023
Kya fayda Bihar cricket association ko jitna fund milta h wo ministers hi aapas me baat lete h… cricketers se to squad me entry k liye bhi lakhi charge krte h ye log 🙃
— Anurag (@Anuragxpandit) February 1, 2023
But still we cannot win hockey matches even though they are paid well
— vijay jeeva ( ͡° ͜ʖ (@vijaykjeeva) February 2, 2023
Pakistani be like ….sala itne m toh apna pakistan pura jaynga .. pic.twitter.com/qs1VAkw6lh
— Chenoy Rahul (@ch_rahul09) February 1, 2023
— 🤞VISHAL🤞 (@visala_josi) February 1, 2023
Joth itny paisy hoty hi nahy hy
— Damn Bro ! (@RamosErwin3) February 1, 2023
Ye to pakistan k budget se b ziyada hy
— Bilal Zadran 🇦🇫🇨🇵 (@BilalZa007) February 1, 2023
Sab politician nipta denge koi mtlb nhi
— Abhishek.lens(🌸, 🌿) (💙,🧡)(L3, ❄️)🌊📘.bnb (@abhishe54074222) February 1, 2023
