The government has included 21 new disciplines for Central Government Jobs under sports quota: Kiren Rijiju

New Delhi: 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
Baseball
Body-Building
Cycle Polo
Deaf Sports
Fencing
Kudo
Mallakhamb
Motor Sports
Net Ball
Para Sports (for sports discipline included in para-Olympics and Para Asian Games)
Pencak Silat
Shooting Ball
Roll Ball
Rugby
Sepak Takraw
Soft Tennis
Tenpin Bowling
Triathlon
Tug-of-war
Wushu
Tennis Ball Cricket    

This information was given by Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.