National Sports Day 2024

National Sports Day (NSD) is celebrated every year on 29 th August to commemorate India’s deep-rooted tradition of Sports. This is also a tribute to the Hockey legend Major Dhyan Chand. The day also celebrates the nation’s sporting icons, honouring their contribution and dedication toward s bringing laurels to the country at the international stage.

This year as part of celebration of NSD, all stakeholders may organize sporting events and engagement activities, both fun and competitive throughout the country. Further, stakeholders will be free to choose any day between 26 th August to 31 st August 2024.

Standard format of the event to be:

• Each organization to be divided into two, four or six teams depending on the number of participations maintaining gender equality.
• Medal tally for each team to be maintained. Highest points team will win Major Dhyan Chand Trophy.
• Organizations are at liberty to choose games for competition from any popular sports of the locality and availability of Infrastructure.
• Name of teams can be based on freedom fighters or prominent sportspersons of the country.

The list of suggested competitive and fun games is-

*Office will be at liberty to choose games for competition from any popular sports of the locality and availability of Infrastructure.

FIT India Fitness Pledge: In addition, all the organizations may organize a FIT India Fitness pledge event where all key stakeholders including their employees may take the FIT India Fitness pledge.

A dedicated portal for registering the events on this occasion developed through the Fit India Mission, accessible from its website and Fit India Mobile App.

Organizers to register their event on Fit India portal (https://fitindia.gov.in) or Fit India Mobile App and upload details of participation, pictures & videos of the event.

For more details kindly visit the following link:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1thgTxydnX0VfIjaLrS2DmaEle2LHHh_e?usp=sharing