The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar is a sports honour of the Republic of India. The name of the award in Hindi translates to National Sports Promotion Award. It is awarded annually by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. The award recognizes the "involvement of corporates, voluntary organizations, and sports control boards, in the promotion and development of sports in the country" over the previous three years. The award was started in 2009 and the guidelines were revised in 2015. Since the revision, entities in four categories are awarded: Identification and nurturing of budding and young talent, Encouragement to sports through corporate social responsibility, Employment of sportspersons and sports welfare measures, and Sports for development. , the award comprises "a citation and a trophy in each of the categories".
, a total of 55 awards have been bestowed on 42 different organizations and individuals. The award is presented annually with the other five National Sports Awards and national adventure award at the Presidential Palace presented by the President of India, usually on 29 August of a year. Five organizations have won the award more than once. Services Sports Control Board won the award in 2010 in two categories, and once in 2012 and 2013, for a total of four awards. Tata Steel won the award in 2009 in two categories and again once in 2010 for a total of three awards. Two awards have been won by Railways Sports Promotion Board in 2009 and 2012, Petroleum Sports Promotion Board in 2011 and 2013, and Oil and Natural Gas Corporation in 2014 and 2020. Awards in two categories—establishment and management of sports academies of excellence, and financial support for sports excellence—were discontinued as a result of the 2015 award scheme revision. In the year 2021 this awarde was given to the Manav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI), an Organisation for their contribution in the Identification and nurturing of the sports talent of over the past 25 years around the various parts of India.
List of recipients + List of Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar recipients, showing the year, category, and entity Year Category Entity2009Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Railways Sports Promotion BoardEstablishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Tata SteelIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent2010Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Services Sports Control BoardEstablishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Khel Evam Yuva Kalyan VibhagFinancial Support for Sports Excellence Tata SteelIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Services Sports Control Board2011Establishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Narayana RamachandranFinancial Support for Sports Excellence Petroleum Sports Promotion Board2012Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Air India Sports Promotion BoardEstablishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Services Sports Control BoardFinancial Support for Sports Excellence Railways Sports Promotion BoardIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Steel Authority of India2013Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Petroleum Sports Promotion BoardEstablishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Gopichand Badminton AcademyFinancial Support for Sports Excellence Services Sports Control BoardIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent U. K. Mishra2014Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Oil and Natural Gas CorporationEstablishment and Management of Sports Academies of Excellence Guru Hanuman AkharaIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent JSW Steel LtdSports for Development Magic Bus India Foundation2015Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Haryana PoliceEncouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Coal IndiaIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Directorate General of Military TrainingSports for Development Sports Coaching Foundation2016Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Reserve Bank of IndiaEncouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility India Infrastructure Finance Company LtdIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Dadar Parsee Zorostrian Cricket Club Hockey Citizen Group STAIRS Usha School Of AthleticsSports for Development Subroto Mukerjee Sports Education Society2017Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development CorporationIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Kendriya Vidyalaya SangathanSports for Development Reliance Foundation The Golf Foundation2018Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility JSW SportsIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Rashtriya Ispat NigamSports for Development Isha Outreach2019Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Gagan Narang Sports Promotion Foundation GoSports FoundationSports for Development Rayalaseema Development Trust2020Employment of Sportspersons and Sports Welfare Measures Air Force Sports Control BoardEncouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Oil and Natural Gas CorporationIdentification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent Army Sports Institute Lakshya InstituteSports for Development International Institute of Sports Management2021Identification and nurturing of the sports talent over the past 25 years Manav Rachna Educational Institutions(MREI)Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Oil and Natural Gas Corporation2022Identification and Nurturing of Budding and Young Talent TransStadia Enterprises Private Limited Encouragement to Sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Kalinga Institute of Industrial TechnologySports for Development Ladakh Ski & Snowboard Association2023Identification and nurturing of budding / young talent Jain University, BengaluruEncouragement to sports through Corporate Social Responsibility Odisha Mining Corporation2024Sports for Development Physical Education Foundation of India
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