Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman's 2026-27 budget has little for sports. ADVERTISEMENTSunday's budget gave a thrust of ₹500 crore to the sports goods manufacturing sector — it's a first-time allocation — but how that will help sportspersons in general is the question. Sports minister Mansukh Mandaviya had chaired the 1st-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave in New Delhi on August 30. In the proposed budget for 2025-26, it was ₹1000 crore and then revised to ₹700 crore. The assistance to the NSFs for 2026-27 will be ₹425 crore as against ₹400 crore in the previous year.

Source: The Telegraph February 02, 2026 03:41 UTC