Bihar Sports University Bill, 2021 | 28 Jul 2021

On July 27, 2021, the Bihar Legislative Assembly unanimously passed the Bihar Sports University Bill, 2021.

The Bihar government's Art-Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs Minister Dr. Alok Ranjan Jha introduced this bill in the Legislative Assembly.
The Headquarters of the Sports University to be established will be in Rajgir (Nalanda). Apart from this, the Sports Academy being constructed in Rajgir will also come under this university.
With the passage of this bill, Bihar became the sixth state in the country, where a sports university is being established.
Before Bihar, such sports universities were established in Gujarat, Punjab, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan.
A minimum of one-third of the seats would be reserved for women in this university.

This will enable Bihar to develop into a 'Sporting Power' state.
The players of Bihar will get a better environment and basic sports infrastructure. It is noteworthy that due to lack of basic facilities related to sports, many talented players of Bihar used to play for other states.
With proper training, players of various sports of Bihar state will get better facilities for preparation of Olympics and other international games.
The reservation of seats will encourage more women towards sports and thus, their number would increase in the field of sports.