Ministry of Sports (Vishwamitra)
खेल मंत्रालय | |
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Formed | 6 December 2015 |
Jurisdiction | Government of Vishwamitra |
Minister responsible |
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Deputy Minister responsible |
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Child agencies |
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The Ministry of Sports (Hindi: खेल मंत्रालय) is a ministry in the government of Vishwamitra which is responsible for maintaining and administering sports and youth related activities in the State. The ministry was formally established on 15 April 2007 as the "Ministry of Sports" and is one of the oldest continuing ministries of the government of Vishwamitra. In 2016, the ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs" and in 2022, it was renamed to its current name as the "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports". The ministry is responsible for facilitating sporting arenas and ventures to the citizens of the state and also for hosting various sporting events in the state.
It was under the aegis of the Ministry of Sports that the first National Games were organized and successfully held in July 2015. It was also through the ministry that the nation maintains and coordinates its membership of the Micronational Olympic Federation.
History
The Ministry of Sports was first created in 2007. In 2015, the ministry was reformed to as the "Ministry of Fun" but in December, the same year it was renamed back to its original name. In July 2016, the ministry was renamed as the "Ministry of Sports and Youth Affairs" and in 2022, it was renamed to its current name as the "Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports".
During the period between June 2020 and January 2021, the ministry became a department under the Ministry of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs and again between March and May 2022 when it was merged to form the Ministry of Education, Culture and Youth.
Departments
The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs has the following departments which were created by the Gazette Notification issued on 10 June 2022.
- Department of Youth Welfare
- Department of Sports
Ministers
Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports युवा मामले और खेल मंत्री | |
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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | |
Style | The Right Honourable |
Member of | |
Reports to | Prime Minister |
Nominator | Prime Minister |
Appointer | The Rashtradhyaksh on the recommendation of the Prime Minister |
Term length | At His Majesty's pleasure |
Formation | 15 April 2007; 17 years ago |
First holder | Varuna Sriraya |
The Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports is the head of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports who is responsible for the maintenance of the affairs of the ministry. Since the reforms of the ministry in June 2016, the minister of youth affairs and sports has been a minister of state with independent charge. The first minister was Varuna Sriraya while the current minister is Manggala Alif Prasetia who has been in office since 12 November 2022.
Cabinet Ministers
- Key
- MoS, I/C means Minister of State (Independent charge)
Portrait | Minister (Birth-Death) |
Term of office | Political party | Ministry | Prime Minister | |||
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From | To | Period | ||||||
Ministers of Sports (15 April 2007 – 21 May 2014) | ||||||||
File:Birthday Portrait of Rashtradhyaksh Varuna Sriraya (cropped).jpg | Varuna Sriraya (born 2002) |
15 April 2007 |
18 April 2008 |
1 year, 3 days | Independent | Arnisha | Arnisha Phatowali | |
File:Photo of Abhiraj Kar.jpg | Abhiraj Kar अभिराज कर (born 2006) |
18 April 2008 |
31 December 2009 |
1 year, 257 days | ||||
File:Tanishkaa Patranabish (2010-2018).jpg | Tanishkaa Patranabish तनिष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2004) |
1 January 2010 |
22 May 2012 |
4 years, 140 days | Varuna I | Varuna Sriraya | ||
22 May 2012 |
21 May 2014 |
Varuna II | ||||||
Ministers of Fun (21 May 2014 – 22 February 2015) | ||||||||
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
21 May 2014 |
22 February 2015 |
277 days | Independent | Klarissa I | Klarissa Sriraya | |
Varuna Sriraya (acting) | ||||||||
Ministers of Sports (22 February 2015 – 10 July 2016) | ||||||||
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Klarissa Sriraya (born 2005) |
22 February 2015 |
6 December 2015 |
287 days | Independent | Tanishkaa I | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
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Asmi Patranabis अस्मी पत्रनबिस (born 2007) |
6 December 2015 |
11 April 2016 |
127 days | Klarissa II | Klarissa Sriraya | ||
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Rajdeep Deka राजदीप डेका (born 2002) |
11 April 2016 |
10 July 2016 |
90 days | Secular Party | Varuna III | Varuna Sriraya | |
Ministers of Sports and Youth Affairs (10 July 2016 – 6 August 2017) | ||||||||
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Rajdeep Deka राजदीप डेका (born 2002) (MoS, I/C) |
10 July 2016 |
30 December 2016 |
173 days | Secular Party | Varuna III | Varuna Sriraya | |
File:Manoj Chetry.PNG | Manoj Chetry मनोज छेत्री (born 2005) (MoS, I/C) |
30 December 2016 |
12 April 2017 |
103 days | Independent Party | Varuna IV | ||
File:Saikat-Seal.PNG | Saikat Seal सैकत सील (born 2006) (MoS, I/C) |
12 April 2017 |
5 July 2017 |
84 days | Freedom Party | Klarissa III | Klarissa Sriraya | |
File:Manoj Chetry.PNG | Manoj Chetry मनोज छेत्री (born 2005) (MoS, I/C) |
5 July 2017 |
6 August 2017 |
32 days | Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
Merged to form the Ministry of Human Resource Development (6 August – 7 September 2017) | ||||||||
File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg | Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) (MoS, I/C) |
8 September 2017 |
25 December 2017 |
108 days | Independent Party | Tanishkaa II | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
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Sampriti Paul संप्रीति पॉल (born 2004) |
25 December 2017 |
21 March 2018 |
86 days | Secular Party | Varuna V | Varuna Sriraya | |
File:Saikat-Seal.PNG | Saikat Seal सैकत सील (born 2006) |
21 March 2018 |
14 May 2018 | 344 days | Congress | Varuna VI | ||
14 May 2018 | 11 September 2018 |
Tanishkaa III | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||||
11 September 2018 |
12 October 2018 |
Varuna Sriraya | ||||||
12 October 2018 |
6 January 2019 |
Varuna VII | ||||||
7 January 2019 |
28 February 2019 |
Tanishkaa IV | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |||||
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Bhargab Jyoti Medhi भार्गब ज्योति मेधी (born 2001) |
28 February 2019 |
17 March 2019 |
95 days | ||||
17 March 2019 |
3 June 2019 |
Tanishkaa V | ||||||
File:Manoj Chetry.PNG | Manoj Chetry मनोज छेत्री (born 2005) |
3 June 2019 |
17 August 2019 |
75 days | ||||
File:Saikat-Seal.PNG | Saikat Seal सैकत सील (born 2006) |
17 August 2019 |
6 October 2019 |
50 days | ||||
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Nishwan Baidantic निस्वान बैदंतिक (born 2001) |
6 October 2019 |
15 October 2019 |
9 days | ||||
File:Jemina Hazarika.jpg | Jemina Hazarika जेमिना हज़ारिका (born 2006) (MoS, I/C) |
15 October 2019 |
16 November 2019 |
32 days | ||||
File:Saikat-Seal.PNG | Saikat Seal सैकत सील (born 2006) |
16 November 2019 |
26 November 2019 |
10 days | ||||
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Kushal Saha कुशल साहा (born 2007) (MoS, I/C) |
26 November 2019 |
3 March 2020 |
98 days | ||||
File:Portrait of Anoushkaa Patranabish in 2018.jpg | Anoushkaa Patranabish अनुष्का पत्रनबिश (born 2010) (Prime Minister) |
3 March 2020 |
22 March 2020 |
19 days | Congress | Anoushkaa I | Anoushkaa Patranabish | |
File:Anirban Phatowali new photo.jpg | Anirban Phatowali अनिर्बान फतोवाली (born 2009) |
22 March 2020 |
29 March 2020 |
7 days | Tanishkaa VI | Tanishkaa Patranabish | ||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2007) (MoS, I/C) |
29 March 2020 |
30 April 2020 |
32 days | ||||
Position vacant (1 May – 13 May 2020) | ||||||||
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Arpan Deka अर्पण डेका (born 2007) (MoS, I/C) |
13 May 2020 |
7 June 2020 |
35 days | Congress | Tanishkaa VII | Tanishkaa Patranabish | |
7 June 2020 |
17 June 2020 |
Anoushkaa II | Princess Anoushkaa | |||||
Merged to form the Ministry of Human Resource, Culture and Youth Affairs (17 June 2020 – 28 January 2021) | ||||||||
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Daniel Lee डेनियल ली (born 2006) (MoS, I/C) |
28 January 2021 |
1 March 2021 |
32 days | Congress | Ștefan I | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | |
Position vacant (1 March – 6 March 2021) | ||||||||
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Ezri Ambriz एज़्री अम्ब्रीज़ (born 2006) (MoS, I/C) |
6 March 2021 |
11 September 2021 |
189 days | Congress | Ștefan II | Ștefan Marius Snagoveanu | |
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Rory Leonard, 1st Count of Griffith रोरी लियोनार्ड (born 2007) |
11 September 2021 |
21 October 2021 |
10 days | Farhaz I | Farhaz Hazarika | ||
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Matthew Griffin, 1st Count of Essex मैथ्यू ग्रिफिन (born 2003) |
21 October 2021 |
22 November 2021 |
32 days | Independent | Phillip | Phillip Joseph Pillin | |
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W. Pranit Singh वा. प्रणीत सिंह (born 2001) (MoS, I/C) |
22 November 2021 |
9 February 2022 |
79 days | Congress | Farhaz II | Farhaz Hazarika | |
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Rey Jr. Mancio रे जूनियर मैन्सियो (born 2007) (MoS, I/C) |
9 February 2022 |
17 March 2022 |
36 days | ||||
Ministers of Education, Culture and Youth (17 March – 12 May 2022) | ||||||||
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Baron Matthew Tonna मैथ्यू टोना (born 2005) |
17 March 2022 |
12 May 2022 |
56 days | Congress | Hazarika II | Farhaz Hazarika | |
Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports (12 May – present) | ||||||||
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W. Pranit Singh, 1st Baron Singh वा. प्रणीत सिंह (born 2001) (MoS, I/C) |
12 May 2022 |
11 November 2022 |
183 days | Independent | Hazarika III | Farhaz Hazarika | |
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Tan Sri Datuk Sri Manggala Alif Prasetia, Baron Prasetia मंगला अलिफ़ प्रसेतिया (born 2007) |
12 November 2022 |
Incumbent | 1 year, 293 days | Congress | Hazarika IV |