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Government slashes 2021-22 sports budget by Rs 230 crore
In the Union budget presented in Parliament on Monday, the Central government allocated 
2,596.14 crore to sports budget for the next financial year 2021-22, less by 230.78 crore -- or, 8.16 per cent -- allocated in the previous fiscal.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been allocated 660.41 crore, which is an increase from the 500 crore that was allocated in the last budget.
The Sports Ministry's flagship Khelo India, on the other hand, has had its allocation slashed to 657.71 crore from Rs 890.42 crore allocated in the 2020-21 budget.
Assistance to the National Sports Federations, however, has been increased by 35 crore. This year's budget is 280 crore while last years was 245 crore.
The year 2021 is an Olympic year due to the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Olympics was initially scheduled to be held from July 24 to August 9 last year but was postponed in March, 2020 to July 23 to August 8 this year.
The budget allocated for renovation and maintenance of 2010 Commonwealth Games stadia has been reduced by 66 crore to Rs 30 crore for the next financial year.
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