Eligibility :

a. The Youth Club/Organization should be registered under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 or under the corresponding Act of the State.

b. The applicant Youth Club should have crossed three years from the date of its registration. The date of such calculation will be the date on which district Nehru Yuva Kendra invites application.

c. The Youth Club/Organization should not have a restricted/close membership on the basis of caste, race, religion or political affiliations and must have properly elected executive body according to its memorandum of association.

d. The applicant Youth Club/Organization should have some infrastructure, Play ground, equipments and past experience of organising and promoting sports programmes.

e. During a particular financial year, the Youth Club/Organization can either be considered and given grant under the Scheme of Rural Sports Club or Youth Development Center.

f. A Youth Club/Organization who has already received grants under Youth Development Center, will not be given grant under Rural Sports Club scheme for the first two financial years from the year of sanction for the establishment of Youth Development Centre.

g. A Youth Club/Organization once received the grant under Rural Sports Club Scheme will not be given grant again for a minimum period of five years.

h. The applicant Youth Club/Organization must have proper books of accounts with audited statements, minutes of the meetings, annual reports, etc.

i. The applicant Youth Club/Organization must have saving account in a Post Office or Nationalized Bank.