Bihar Affairs
Nitish Kumar asks officials to reserve minimum 33.3% seats for women in Bihar’s first sports university
Minimum 33.3% seats in the Bihars firstsports universitywould be reserved for girls.
Chief ministerNitish Kumar asked the art, culture and youth departments officials to make necessary statutory provisions in the rules of the proposed Sports university to reserve minimum 33.3% (one-third) seats for Women at the time of admission in the varsity.
Once started, the Bihar Sports University would be the first sports university in the state and the eighth such university in the country. The states likePunjab,Rajasthan,Gujarat,Madhya Pradesh, Assam and Nadu already have sports universities while Manipur has the countrys first central sports university, named as National Sports University.