Budget 2022: Sports budget increased by Rs 305.8 for financial year 2022-23

Following the success of the Indian athletes at the Tokyo Olympics, the Indian government on Tuesday allocated a sports budget of Rs 3062.60 crore for the financial year 2022-23. It sees an increase of Rs 305.8 crore from last year.

In the last financial year, the government had allocated Rs 2596.14 crore for sports, which was later revised to Rs 2757.02 crore.

India won 7 medals, including a historic track and field gold from Neeraj Chopra, at the Tokyo Olympics. The sporting activities have also resumed in a phased manner in the country and 2022 is an important season because of two global events -- the Birmingham



Commonwealth Games and Hangzhou Asian Games lined up.

Considering all of it, the government may have decided to spend more on sporting activities.

The government's flagship Khelo India programme witnessed an increase of Rs 316.29 crore in the 2021-22 budget, presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Tuesday.

The financial allocation towards the Khelo India program, which got Rs 657.71 crore in the last budget, was increased to Rs 974 crore.

The total encouragement and awards to sportspersons have seen a substantial increase from Rs 245 crore to Rs 357 crore.