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Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
15-December-2015 15:07 IST

Recognition of Sports Federation

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that grant of recognition to sports bodies as National Sports Federations (NSFs) is subject to fulfilment of the conditions prescribed under the guidelines for recognition to NSFs as incorporated in the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011. Receiving applications for recognition and taking decisions on them as per guidelines is a continuous process.

With a view to giving due importance to sports having regional spread, the Government has issued guidelines on 26-05-2015 for granting recognition to sports federations of indigenous sports disciplines as Regional Sports Federations (RSFs). Under this scheme, Government has so far granted recognition to Indian Kalarippayattu Federation and Sqay Federation of India as RSFs.

In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today the Minister said, to promote ancient, traditional and indigenous sports, Government has given recognition to various NSFs such as Indian Amateur Kabaddi Federation, Kho-Kho Federation of India, Tug-of-War Federation of India and Atya Patya Federation of India. The list of NSFs which have been given annual recognition for 2015 is at the annexure.

LIST OF RECOGNISED NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS FOR THE YEAR 2015

S.No.	Discipline	Name of the Federation
1	Soft Tennis	Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India
2	Athletics	Athletic Federation of India
3	Atya Patya	Atya Patya Federation of India
4	Badminton	Badminton Association of India
5	Ball Badminton	Ball Badminton Federation of India
6	Baseball	Amateur Baseball Federation of India
7	Billiards &	Billiards & Snookers Federation of India
	Snookers
8	Body Building	Indian Body Builders Federation
9	Bridge	Bridge Federation of India
10	Carrom	All India Carrom Federation
11	Chess	All India Chess Federation
12	Cycle Polo	Cycle Polo Federation of India
13	Cycling	Cycling Federation of India
14	Deaf Sport	All India Sports Council of the Deaf
15	Equestrian	Equestrian Federation of India
16	Fencing	Fencing Association of India
17	Football	All India Football Federation
18	Golf	Indian Golf Union
19	Handball	Handball Federation of India
20	Hockey	Hockey India
21	Judo	Judo Federation of India
22	Jump Rope	Jump Rope Federation of India
23	Kabaddi	Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India
24	Karate	Karate Association of India
25	Kayaking &	Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association
	Canoeing
26	Kho-Kho	Kho-Kho Federation of India
27	Motor Sports	The Federation of Motor Sports Clubs of
		India
28	Net Ball	Net Ball Federation of India
29	Polo	Indian Polo Association
31	Powerlifting	Indian Powerlifting Federation
31	Roll Ball	Roll Ball Federation of India
32	Roller Skating	Roller Skating Federation of India
33	Rowing	Rowing Federation of India
34	Rugby	Indian Rugby Football Union
35	School Games	School Games Federation of India
36	Sepaktakraw	Sepak Takraw Federation of India
37	Shooting	National Rifle Association of India
38	Shooting Ball	Shooting Ball Federation of India
39	Softball	Softball Association of India
40	Special Olympic	Special Olympics Bharat
	Bharat
41	Squash	Squash Racket Federation of India
42	Swimming	Swimming Federation of India
43	Table Tennis	Table Tennis Federation of India
44	Tenni-Koit	Tenni Koit Federation of India
45	Tennis-ball	Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India
	Cricket
46	Ten-Pin Bowling	Ten-Pin Bowling Federation of India
47	Tug of War	Tug-of-War Federation of India
48	Volleyball	Volleyball Federation of India
49	Weight-Lifting	Indian Weightlifting Federation
50	Winter Games	Winter Games Federation of India
51	Wushu	Wushu Association of India
52	Yachting	Yachting Association of India
53	Tennis	All India Tennis Association
54	Gymnastic	Gymnastics Federation of India
55	Wrestling	Wrestling Federation of India

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