New Delhi, October 23, 2012: The Ministry of Youth Affairs and
Sports (MYAS) has sanctioned the release of balance amount of Rs. 0.96
crore to Government of Assam for the development and maintenance of playfields
in 333 village panchayats and 22 block panchayats for the state of Assam under
Panchayat Yuva Krida Abhiyan (PYKKA).
In September 2009, the MYAS had sanctioned an amount of Rs.
4.81 crore and out of this, Rs 3.85 crore was released earlier as first installment.
The balance amount has been sanctioned for release now after obtaining the
confirmation of utilization of said amount.
Under the PYKKA, which was introduced in
2008-09, playfields are developed and maintained in villages and
block panchayats across the country in a phased manner and
competitions are conducted annually at block, district, state and national
level.
The scheme aims at creation of basic sports infrastructure in 2.50 lakh
village panchayats and 6400 block panchayats in a phased manner over a period
of 10 years. The scheme also provide for 100 % central assistance to State/UTs
for holding annual rural sports competitions as block, district, state and
national levels as also financial support for conducting National Women
Championships and North East Games. 51,759 village panchayats and
1,538 block panchayats have been covered under the PYKKA Scheme,
during the last four years (2008-09 to 2011-12) for development and maintenance
of playfields.
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