Instituted in 2009, the objective of Puraskar is to encourage and promote involvement of corporate entity (Public/Private), non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in the promotion and development of sports in the country. 

 Any corporate entity, public or private and non-governmental organization (NGOs), which has played a visible role in anyone or more than one of the following areas of sports promotion and development will be eligible to be considered for Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar:  

1. Identification and nurturing of budding/young talent 

Organisations should have identified and nurtured at least 50 young and budding sportspersons each year during the last three years. 

2. Encouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility 

Entities that use Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives to fund sports towards the promotion and development of sports in the country. 

3. Employment of sports persons and sports welfare measures 

The organization should have recruited at least 50 sportspersons during last three years. 

4. Sports for Development 

An entity which has been working for promotion and development of sports at least for the last three years would be eligible to apply. 

The award will consist of a citation and a trophy. There will be no cash prize. 

The details of award criteria is explained with details in the following pdf document. 

https://dbtyas-sports.gov.in/assets/guidlines/rkpp.pdf

If you have latest status, additional information, experience or suggestions for this scheme then please add comments below with more information. 

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