New Delhi: The Central government has drafted in 21 new sports disciplines including ‘Mallakhamb’ and ‘Sepak Takraw’ in the list of sports disciplines which qualify for recruitment of meritorious sports persons t
o any post in Group ‘C’ in Ministries/Department of Government of India.
The sports disciplines that have been included are: Baseball, body-building, cycle polo, deaf sports, fencing, kudo, mallakhamb, motor sports, net ball, para sports (for sports discipline 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 and tennis ball cricket.
According to a PIB release, the information was shared by Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Rajya Sabha on Monday.