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Who is the current Sports Minister of India 2022

(A) राज्‍यवर्धन सिंह राठौड़
(B) अनुराग ठाकुर
(C) किरण रिजिजू
(D) रविशंकर प्रसाद

Explanation : भारत का वर्तमान खेल मंत्री अनुराग ठाकुर है। प्रधानमंत्री मोदी के कैबिनेट विस्तार (Modi govt cabinet expansion) में पूर्व बीसीसीआई अध्यक्ष अनुराग ठाकुर (Anurag Thakur Sports Minister) को 7 जुलाई 2021 को नया खेल मंत्री बनाया गया है। अनुराग ठाकुर को सूचना एवं प्रसारण मंत्रालय की कमान भी सौंपी गई है। बता दें अनुराग ठाकुर इससे पहले वित्त राज्य मंत्री थे। पूर्व खेल मंत्री किरेन रीजीजू को अब कानून और न्याय मंत्रालय सौंपा गया है। 47 के अनुराग ठाकुर हिमाचल प्रदेश की हमीरपुर लोकसभा सीट का प्रतिनिधित्व करते हैं। वह चौथी बार संसद पहुंचे हैं। ठाकुर मई 2016 से फरवरी 2017 के बीच बीसीसीआई अध्यक्ष रहे। इससे पहले वह बोर्ड के सचिव और हिमाचल प्रदेश क्रिकेट संघ (एचपीसीए) के अध्यक्ष भी थे। उनके भाई अरुण धूमल अभी बीसीसीआई के कोषाध्यक्ष हैं। अनुराग ठाकुर एक उद्यमी होने के साथ ही राजनीति में आये और 2019 में बीजेपी ने उन्हें ओडिशा से राज्यसभा भेजा। बता दे कि मणिशंकर अय्यर (2006-2008) के बाद ठाकुर पहले कैबिनेट मंत्री हैं जिन्हें खेल मंत्रालय की जिम्मेदारी सौंपी गयी है।....अगला सवाल पढ़े

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India has a significant history in the field of sports. Then may it be the country’s dominance in Olympics hockey, the 1983 Cricket World Cup triumph, or the 2018 Mary Kom’s record 6th World Championships gold medal – India has seen defining sports moments. However, as much as it is the athletes’ efforts, the government’s decisions and policies also play an important role in the creation of such memories. We may know the names of athletes who brought us glory but can we recall the names of the Sports Ministers of India during that duration? The Sports Minister of India is the cabinet member who is appointed as the head of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Here are the top 12 Sports Ministers of India:

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12Sports Ministers Of India: Mamata Banerjee (1991 to 1993)

credits: Indian.com

Mamata Banerjee was elected to the Lok Sabha from Kolkata in 1991. This dates back to the era of the onset of privatization and liberalization of the Indian Economy. Didi, as she is popularly referred to in West Bengal, was then an integral part of the Indian National Congress. She got a chance in the Union Cabinet as well. Banerjee became the Minister of State in Human Resources Development, Youth Affairs (Sports Ministers), and the Women and Child Development Department under the reign of PM Narasimha Rao. Also, she was the Sports Minister in the Narasimha Rao government. The only major sports event held in this era was the 1992 Summer Olympics in Spain. India put up one of the worst performances in the history of Indian Sports. In the 5 sports that India took part in, athletes could not grab any medal.

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11Sports Ministers Of India: Uma Bharti (7 November 2000 to 25 August 2002)

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Uma Bharti is one of the most impactful and controversial leaders in the history of the Indian Government. She was the firebrand Hindutva mascot leader of the BJP since the very beginning of her political career in 1984. Before becoming the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh for a short term in 2003, she served as the Union Cabinet Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Sports Ministers). This dates back to the time when she switched her seat to the Bhopal constituency. She served her term under the BJP government led by the then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee. In the 2002 commonwealth games, team India produced a great performance, ranking 4th and bagging what was then the highest number of medals in Indian history (69).  

10Sports Ministers Of India: Sunil Dutt (2004 to 2005)

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Sunil Dutt, the famous Bollywood actor was a member of parliament for 5 terms from the Mumbai North-West constituency. He also received the Padma Shree from the Government of India in 1968 for his inspirational contributions to the Indian film industry. He joined the Indian National Congress to enter politics and serve his nation. Dutt died on 25 May 2005 in the middle of his tenure as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Sports Ministers) in the Union Government of Dr. Manmohan Singh. India did not participate in any major sports events in this period.

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9 Sports Ministers Of India: Mani Shankar Aiyar (2005 to 2008)

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Mani Shankar Aiyar succeeded Sunil Dutt as the Sports Minister of India after his sudden demise. He has been one of the most controversial politicians in Indian politics. India lost its bid for hosting the Asian Games 2014 back in 2007 allegedly because of the irresponsible remarks of Aiyar. He publicly opined that hosting such games in a ‘poor’ country like India does not benefit its citizens.

India was about to host the Commonwealth Games in 2010 so most of the infrastructure would have been ready beforehand. So hosting the Asian Games would have been more than beneficial for the Indian Sports Economy. Aiyar lost the Lok Sabha seat in the 2009 elections. Although he was later nominated to the Rajya Sabha because of his social service and literary accomplishments.

8Sports Ministers Of India: MS Gill (May 2009 to January 2011)

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M.S. Gill began as the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Sports Ministers), as a replacement for Mani Shankar Aiyar. He was re-inducted to the same position after the Indian National Congress’ victory in the 2009 election. He was dropped from the union cabinet after the cabinet reshuffle in 2011. A former IAS officer, he is the first one to be trained in mountaineering. He was trained by none other than the first man to climb Mount Everest, Tenzing Norgay.

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He was the one to bring hockey back into the Priority Sports List. Gill did all he could to revive hockey interest in India. He declared all the sports federations as public offices, bringing them under the Right To Information (RTI) law. Also, the pension amount for sportspersons nearly tripled in his term as the sports minister of India. Gill even converted the pensioners’ list to a permanent one i.e no renewal every 5 years.

7Sports Ministers Of India: Ajay Maken (January 2011 to October 2012)

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Ajay Maken succeeded M.S. Gill as the sports minister of India after the 2010 Commonwealth games scam. Maken is one of the most accomplished Sports Ministers that India has ever had. On 22nd February 2011, he proposed the National Sports Development Bill (NSDB) in Lok Sabha. It aimed at instilling good governance of athletes in the decision-making process. He was the man behind the launch of OPEX-LONDON 2012 (Operation Excellence London Olympics 2012) on 3rd March 2011. Also, he decided to demerge the National Institute of Sports, Patiala (NIS) from the Sports Authority of India (SAI) on 20th July 2011.

On the 30th of August, 2011, he presented the draft of the National Sports Development Bill for approval before the cabinet. The bill had a provision bringing BCCI under the preview of RTI. But the bill never made it go through the approval and Maken had to redraft it although the bill had the approval of the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the then Home Minister P Chidambaram, and the then Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee.

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6 Jitendra Singh (October 2012 to May 2014)

Credits: India Today

Jitendra Singh was appointed as CWC Member and General Secretary AICC in September 2020. He succeeded Ajay Maken as the Sports Minister of India in a cabinet reshuffle in 2012. Before this position, he was the Minister of Home Affairs, Government of India since July of 2011. International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to lift a ban on the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) under his reign. Singh played his role in the development of Indian sports and athletes.

5 (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Sarbananda Sonowal (May 2014 to May 2016)

credits: India Today

Sarbananda Sonowal is an Indian politician from Assam who is the current Cabinet Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways, and Cabinet Minister of AYUSH in GOI. He was born on 31 October 1961 in the Dibrugarh district of Assam to Shri Jibeswar Sonowal and Dineshwari Sonowal. He started his political career after his Bachelor of English Honours from Dibrugarh University and his LLB from Guwahati University. Sonowal left AGP because he was dissatisfied with the senior leadership. On 8 Feb 2011, he joined BJP and went on to become the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports (Sports Ministers) in the 2014 BJP victory under PM Narendra Modi. He was one of the most influential Sports Ministers of India.

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4Vijay Goel (July 2016 to September 2017)

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Vijay Goel is an alumnus of the famous Shri Ram College of Commerce at Delhi University. He was a Member of Parliament Sadar and Chandni Chowk Constituency of Delhi for the 11th, 12th, and 13th Lok Sabha. Goel played an instrumental role in winning the 2010 Commonwealth Games bid. In 2014, he was elected to Rajya Sabha from Rajasthan. He was Sports Minister of India from 5 July 2016 to 3 September 2017. A dedicated portal to search for young, talented people in sports was launched in his tenure. The National Talent Search Portal now connects potential sportspersons to the Sports Authority of India (SAI) for better guidance and training. Later he became the minister of state for Parliamentary Affairs in 2017.

3Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore (September 2017 to May 2019)

credits: News18

Colonel Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore is the first Sportsperson to serve as the Sports Minister of India. The former Olympian won 25 international medals at various championships for Double Trap Shooting. This includes a Silver medal in Men’s Double Trap event at the 2004 Summer Olympics. Rathore also served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army before retiring as a colonel in 2013. The Sports Ministry of India took some massive steps forward and Indian Athletes have shown positive signs for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. It is evident from Rathore’s efforts and vision as announced ‘total funding’ to Indian Hockey in the run-up to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. He also tried to inculcate the importance of fitness among the younger generation. His challenge #HumFitTohIndiaFit went viral and received a lot of responses from the citizens.

2Sports Minister of India 2019: Kiren Rijiju (June 2019- July 2021)

credits: India Today

The former sports minister of India, Kiren Rijiju is an Indian politician from Arunachal Pradesh who serves as the Cabinet Minister of Law and Justice in the Government of India. Kiren Rijiju got elected in 2019 by the highest ever record margin of votes and became Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State for Ministry of Minority Affairs.

Rijiju is arguably the most iconic political leader from the State of Arunachal Pradesh in recent times. He has proven his ability to take harsh decisions toward the development of the 2017 Rohingya Refugee Crisis. He stated that “India has absorbed the maximum number of refugees in the world so nobody should give India any lessons on how to deal with refugees”.

Kiren Rijiju’s appointment as Sports Minister of India as a replacement to Rajyavardhan Singh came as a surprise to many. With the Tokyo Olympics around the corner, everyone expected the position would go to someone who has a sports background.

1Sports Minister of India: Anurag Thakur (July 2021- Present)

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Anurag Thakur took charge as the country’s 17th sports minister in July 2021. He is an Indian politician from the BJP and a Member of Parliament in the Lok Sabha from Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh. He was first elected to the Lok Sabha in May 2008.

Thakur also served as a Minister of State for Finance and Corporate Affairs. He was the president of the BCCI from May 2015 to February 2017 but left the position after the Supreme Court order on BCCI governance. Anurag’s father, Prem Kumar Dhumal was a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.

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Raghav Heda

Raghav is a sports enthusiast and a content writer at Kreedon. Being a former state-level cricketer and Captain of the Basketball team at IIT Patna, he understands the problems faced by a student-athlete in India. He is also a die-hard NBA fan and has been following the league and American Sports Media for long. Comparing the Indian sports economy to American Sports' was something that motivated him to work for the development of Indian Sports.

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