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09/07/22 07:32 AM IST

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare for Sportspersons

In News 
  • Union Minister for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched revised schemes of Cash Awards, National Welfare and Pension to sportspersons, Web Portal for Schemes of Department of Sports (dbtyas-sports.gov.in) and National Sports Development Fund website (nsdf.yas.gov.in)  in New Delhi.
Features 
  • Earlier the proposals were received through Sports Federations/SAI, which used to take considerable time for submission of the proposals.
  • Sometimes it used to take more than 1-2 years to approve the proposal. 
  • To ensure timely submission and subsequent approval of cash award, applicant now needs to apply online for cash award scheme within six months from the last date of closing of the particular event.
  • To implement the above features in these schemes, the Department of Sports has developed web portal dbtyas-sports.gov.in to facilitate sportspersons in applying to seek benefits under the above schemes of Department of Sports.
About Portal 
  • The online portal will facilitate real time tracking of applications by the sportspersons and authentication through One Time Password (OTP) sent on their registered mobile number.
  • Physical submission of applications by the applicants to the Ministry would now be no longer required.
  • The portal has also been integrated with DBT-MIS which will enable transfer of funds to the sportspersons directly into their bank accounts to fulfil the objectives of DBT Mission of the Government of India.
  • The portal will not only help the Department in quick disposal of all applications in time bound manner but will also be used to generate different types of required reports and data management of the sportspersons.
  • The online portal would be further upgraded from time to time to suit the requirement of the sportspersons and the prevalent scenarios.
  • The department has also developed a dedicated interactive website nsdf.yas.gov.in for ‘National Sports Development Fund’ (NSDF).
  • This Fund is based on CSR contributions from Central & State Governments, PSUs, private companies, and individuals etc. for promotion and development of sports in the country.
  • This dedicated website will provide easy and transparent access not only to the sportspersons but also to the CSR contributors.
  • This website will help us in making NSDF a great success for the development of sports in the country.
Source- PIB 

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