PIB News Update: Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju ha informed that The Government has included 21 new sports disciplines including ‘Mallakhamb’ and ‘Sepak Takraw’ in the list of sports disciplines which qualify for recruitment of meritorious sports persons to any post in Group ‘C’ in Ministries/Department of Government of India. The details of newly included sports disciplines are as under:
| Sl. No. | Name of Sports Disciplines | Sl. No. | Name of Sports Disciplines |
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Baseball |
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Body-Building |
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Cycle Polo |
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Deaf Sports |
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Fencing |
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Kudo |
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Mallakhamb |
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Motor Sports |
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Net Ball |
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Para Sports (for sports discipline included in para-Olympics and Para Asian Games) |
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Pencak Silat |
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Shooting Ball |
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Roll Ball |
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Rugby |
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Sepak Takraw |
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Soft Tennis |
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Tenpin Bowling |
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Triathlon |
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Tug-of-war |
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Wushu |
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Tennis Ball Cricket |
