20 New Sports Disciplines for Central Government Jobs: Sports Quota

Government has recently introduced 20 new disciplines for Central Government jobs under sports quota. The sports disciplines are as follows;

• Baseball
• Body-Building
• Cycling Polo
• Deaf Sports
• Fencing
• Kudo
• Mallakhamb
• Motor Sports
• Net Ball
• Para Sports (For sports disciplines 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

Earlier Central Government jobs benefits were restricted to 43 Sports disciplines. Now with the addition of above mentioned 20 sports disciplines, it have been increased from 43 to 63 sports disciplines.

Hon’ble Sports Minister Sh Kiren Rijiju had tweeted for the same;