Member of Parliament and Cabinet minister with independent charge for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore has said that Sports Authority of India will be renamed. He also revealed that for now, it will be known as Sports India.

Talking to news agency ANI, he added that "It will be made leaner,some posts won't be retained after officers on them retire. Daily expenses of food for athletes are being raised, for which committee is also being formed."

The current NDA regime under the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP), is earning quite a name for changing "names" and scrapping of various governing bodies and important institutions that have existed for decades. The Planning Commission, which was an institution in the Government of India, which formulated India's Five-Year Plans, among other functions was dissolved after Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 and made the announcement in his first Independence Day address as the Prime Minister. The Planning Commission has been replaced by the Niti Aayog. The government recently announced its decision to scrap the UGC, the governing body for Higher Education in India, and replace it with Higher Education Commission of India (HECI).

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