Mansukh Mandaviya, who previously served as the union health minister during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, has been appointed as India 's new sports minister , replacing Anurag Thakur ... Website Content Owned by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Government of India Designed, Developed and Hosted by National Informatics Centre ( NIC ) 04 Nov 2025 While India ’s preparations are almost done for the upcoming Olympic Games, it will be interesting to see how it is strengthened further under a new Sports Minister . WHO IS THE NEW SPORTS MINISTER MANSUKH MANDAVIYA? Mandaviya has been a cadre of the BJP, rising through the ranks of Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad, the student wing of the BJP. New Delhi: Mansukh Mandaviya, who served as the union health minister at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, was on Monday appointed as India 's new sports minister , replacing Anurag Thakur in Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's cabinet.
