Indian government schemes for sports facilities in residential buildings/societies. Government will offer financial assistance to cooperative housing societies to develop sports facilities. Sports/fitness activities covered include football, badminton, cricket, volleyball, basketball. yoga and open gymnasiums.
The Maharashtra state government had prepared a policy in 2012 to promote sports in by providing financial assistance to government and private educational institutes, registered sports organisations and associations, sports clubs and local civic bodies for the development of sports facilities. The state government has decided to extend the facility of distributing sports equipment to registered cooperative housing societies as well.
The societies will get Rs 15,000 each for football, badminton and cricket equipment, and Rs 12,000 each for volleyball and basketball. For yoga, the societies will each get Rs 10,000, for open gymnasiums they will each get Rs 50,000, and for exercise cycles, they will each get Rs 5,000.
The state government scheme also enables financial assistance for the development of sports grounds, enclosed galleries and sports facilities in educational institutes, sports organisations and local civic bodies. The beneficiaries will have to bear 25 per cent of the total cost, while the state government will provide 75 per cent, says this report.
Beneficiaries, excluding the cooperative housing societies, will also get financial assistance for buying equipment for athletics, hockey, tennis, badminton, weightlifting, wrestling, volleyball, kho-kho, handball, swimming, gymnastics, kabbadi, basketball, table tennis, judo, karate, malakhamb, shooting, cricket, and gymnasiums.
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