Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
Empowering Differently-abled Athletes: Atal Bihari Vajpayee Training Centre for Disability Sports Inaugurated
Posted On: 01 OCT 2023 3:49PM by PIB Delhi
The Atal Bihari Vajpayee Training Centre for Disability Sports – Gwalior (formerly Centre for Disability Sports) is an Autonomous body established by the Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan), Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Govt. of India.
The Centre is registered as a society under the M.P Societies Registration Act, 1973 dated: 22.09.2021, with authorities being the Governing Body and executive committee supervising the activities of the Centre.
The Centre functions with the following Aims and Objectives:
- To establish a state-of-the-art international level Centre of Excellence for sports for para sportspersons (PwDs) with fully accessibility as per norms.
- To create specialized sports infrastructure so that the para sports persons can undergo rigorous and specialized training in the Centre.
- To provide training facilities for Divyang sportspersons at par with the latest such facilities available elsewhere in the world.
- To ensure participation of Divyangjan in sports activities in greater numbers and enable them to effectively compete in international events.
- To help build confidence and develop a sense of belonging in Divyangjan to facilitate their integration in Society.
The cabinet has approved a budget of 151.16 cores, at an area of 34 acres, for setup of the Centre. The CPWD was engaged to execute the project (Construction and other works as detailed in the cabinet sanction and as listed below) as per the revised cost estimates submitted amounting to Rs. 150.67 crores (within the cabinet sanction) and DEPwD vide order no. F.No.28(1)/2013-DD-I (Pt.), dated 10.01.2020 has accorded A/A & E/S for the cost estimates submitted by the executing department (CPWD).
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