UP Sports Policy 2023: Complete Guide
What Is the Policy?
The Uttar Pradesh Sports Policy, 2023 is broader than a typical industrial incentive policy โ it spans athlete identification, training, welfare, education, employment, sports science, institutional development, and infrastructure. It is administered by the Sports Department, through the Directorate of Sports.
For private investors and businesses specifically, the relevant part of the policy is support for sports infrastructure development, academies, stadiums, and sports goods manufacturing.
Key Incentives for Private Investors
| What | Details |
|---|---|
| Land facilitation | For sports infrastructure, academy, and stadium projects |
| Capital support | For sports infrastructure development |
| PPP model | Enables private operation and maintenance of state sports infrastructure (stadiums) |
| Sports goods manufacturing | Covered as an industrial activity, with Meerut — the state's sports goods cluster — the principal beneficiary |
What Does It Offer Athletes?
Direct employment provisions in state services for medal winners, cash awards, education support, and welfare measures โ this side of the policy is aimed at individuals, not businesses.
Who Is This For?
- Developers of private sports academies, training infrastructure, and stadiums
- Sports goods manufacturers, particularly in and around Meerut
- Operators interested in the PPP model for existing state sports infrastructure
Is There a District Angle?
Private academies and sports infrastructure investment tends to serve the NCR catchment area; sports goods manufacturing itself is concentrated in Meerut rather than the NCR districts.
How to Apply
- Identify whether your project fits under infrastructure/academy development, sports goods manufacturing, or PPP stadium operation — each has a different track
- Approach the Sports Department / Directorate of Sports as the nodal point
- For sports goods manufacturing, also check overlap with UP's general MSME/industrial policies, since it's treated as an industrial activity
Frequently Asked Questions
Is sports goods manufacturing treated as a separate incentive track from general MSME manufacturing?
It's covered under this policy as an industrial activity, with Meerut as the principal beneficiary cluster โ worth checking against UP's general MSME/industrial incentive policies too, since manufacturing units can sometimes qualify under more than one.
Can a private company operate a state-owned stadium?
Yes โ the policy enables a PPP model for private operation and maintenance of state sports infrastructure, separate from new private academy/infrastructure development.
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