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Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
04 JUL 2019 2:48PM by PIB Delhi
Functioning of Sports Associations

Government of India deals only with the national level sports federations (NSFs) and grants recognition to them to become eligible to receive financial as well as other forms of assistance. A list of 56 NSFs recognised by the Government for different sports disciplines is given in the annexure.

Normally, elections are held by the NSFs at the intervals prescribed under the bye-laws of the concerned NSFs.  In order to ensure that NSFs function in a democratic manner, Government has prescribed model election guidelines to be followed by the NSFs for their elections which has been made an integral part of the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 (NSDCI). NSDCI, inter-alia, contains instructions on democratic and healthy management practices, age and tenure limits of office bearers, holding of elections as per model election guidelines devised by the Government, etc.

From the year 2010, the Government has introduced a system of annual recognition procedure for the NSFs, under which annual recognition is granted to those NSFs which comply with the provisions of NSDCI including holding of elections in time.

This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) forYouth Affairs and Sports Shri KirenRijiju in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

 

Annexure

 

LIST OF RECOGNISED NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS

S. No.

Name of National Sports Federations

1

All India Chess Federation

2

All India Football Federation

3

All India Sports Council of the Deaf

4

All India Tennis Association

5

Amateur Baseball Federation of India

6

Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India

7

Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India

8

Athletic Federation of India

9

AtyaPatya Federation of India

10

Badminton Association of India

11

Ball Badminton Federation of India

12

Basketball Federation of India

13.

Boxing Federation of India

14

Bridge Federation of India

15

Cycle Polo Association of India

16

Cycling Federation of India

17

Equestrian Federation of India

18

Fencing Association of India

19

Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of India

20

Handball Federation of India

21

Hockey India

22

Indian Body Builders Federation

23

Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association

24

Indian PencakSilat Federation

25

Indian Rugby Football Union

26

Judo Federation of India

27

Karate Association of India

28

Kho-Kho Federation of India

29

Kudo International Federation India

30

Mallakhamb Federation of India

31

Netball Federation of India

32

Paralympic Committee of India

33

Indian Polo Association

34

Roll Ball Federation of India

35

Roller Skating Federation of India

36

Rowing Federation of India

37

School Games Federation of India

38

Sepaktakraw Federation of India

39

Shootingball Federation of India

40

Softball Association of India

41

Special Olympic Bharat

42

Squash Racket Federation of India

43

Swimming Federation of India

44

Table Tennis Federation of India

45

Tennikoit Federation of India

46

Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India

47

Ten-Pin Bowling Federation of India

48

Billiards and Snooker Federation of India

49

National Rifle Association of India

50

Indian Triathlon Federation

51

Tug-of-War Federation of India

52

Volleyball Federation of India

53

Indian Weightlifting Federation,

54

Wrestling Federation of India

55

Wushu Association of India

56

Yachting Association of India

 

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