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Budget 2018: Sports budget hiked to Rs 2,196 crore; SAI's funding slashed by Rs

The budget allocation of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been reduced by more than Rs 66 crore, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday allocated Rs 2,196.35 crore to the ministry of youth affairs and sports for 2018-19 fiscal

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Arun Jaitley

The budget allocation of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has been reduced by more than Rs 66 crore, as Finance Minister Arun Jaitley yesterday allocated Rs 2,196.35 crore to the ministry of youth affairs and sports for 2018-19 fiscal. While the ministry got an increase of Rs 351 crore from the last financial year, SAI, the nodal agency for sports in the country, got Rs 429.56 crore.

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