Anurag Thakur launches revised schemes for sportsperson

New Delhi, July 8 (UNI) Union Minister for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur launched revised schemes of cash awards, National Welfare and Pension to sportsperson, web portal for Schemes of Department of Sports and National Sports Development Fund website here on Friday.
Thakur said that Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has brought out several important amendments to scheme of cash award to medal winners in international sports events and their coaches, Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare for Sportspersons (PDUNWFS) and Pension to Meritorious Sportsperson Scheme of Department of Sports with a vision to make these schemes more user-friendly, easy to access and transparent.These revised schemes will provide more transparency and accountability to give benefit to sports persons in record time, the Minister explained.
“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,” Thakur said.
He further informed that verification process in all three schemes has been eased to a great extent to reduce the processing time. To ensure that the coach(es) get their cash award in a timely manner, required changes have been made in the scheme. Pension benefits have been extended to the athletes of Deaflympics also. “To implement the above features in these schemes, the Department of Sports has developed web portal dbtyas-sports.gov.in to facilitate sportsperson in applying to seek benefits under the above schemes of Department of Sports,” he added. The online portal will facilitate real time tracking of applications by the sportsperson and authentication through One Time Password (OTP) sent on their registered mobile number. Physical submission of applications by the applicants to the Ministry would no longer required. The portal has also been integrated with DBT-MIS which will enable transfer of funds to the sportsperson directly into their bank accounts to fulfill the objectives of DBT Mission of the Government of India.
Thakur highlighted that 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 and State Governments, PSUs, private companies, and individuals etc. for promotion and development of sports in the country.Individual, institution and corporate organizations can now directly contribute for players, sports facilities, and sports events through the portal. The NSDF corpus is used for Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme, Infrastructure development by eminent sportsperson and sports organizations etc. “This dedicated website will provide easy and transparent access not only to the sportsperson 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,” Thakur said.