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48 Eleventh Five Year Planinfrastructure facilities at LNIPE itself would bestrengthened, upgraded, and modernized. The recommendationof NCERT that Health and PhysicalEducation should be a core subject up to class X andan elective subject up to plus two levels should beimplemented.2.1.31 Considering the growing menace of doping,two separate autonomous entities, namely,National Anti-Doping Agency and National DopeTest Laboratory will be set up for ensuring qualitytesting of samples, etc. In view of 2.13% of Indianpopulation is physically or mentally challenged andthe impressive performance of Indian Elite Athleteswith Disability at the international level, a comprehensivescheme would be formulated to ensureplanned and systematic promotion of excellence inthis field.NE States2.1.32 The approved outlay Tenth Plan was Rs 192.50crore for NE States including Sikkim against whichthe expenditure is Rs 167.22 crore indicating a utilizationof about 87%. NE region has a tremendouspotential to excel in sports has been proved by theNational Games at Guwahati in Assam. There is needfor greater investment in improving games facilitiesin this region.THE PATH AHEAD2.1.33 Despite Youth Affairs and Sports being a Statesubject, it has not got adequate support from theState Governments. Only few State Governmentshave their own Youth and Sports Policies. It is necessarythat all States/UTs formulate State-specificYouth and Sports Policies and Action Plan for developmentof youth. State Sports Academies should beset up to select the best talent in sports. Perhaps,Sports could be brought in the concurrent list tosupplement the State efforts. However, Plan expenditureof States will have to step up to arrest the decliningtrends.2.1.34 The total projected Gross Budgetary Support(GBS) for the Eleventh Plan for the Ministry ofYouth Affairs and Sports is given in Appendix ofVolume III.2.2. ART AND CULTUREINTRODUCTION2.2.1 The Constitution of India stipulates that it shallbe the duty of every citizen to value and preserve therich heritage of our composite culture. The art andculture of India are a vast continuum, evolving incessantlysince time immemorial. Therefore, preservationand conservation of India’s rich cultural heritageand promotion of all forms of art and culture, bothtangible and intangible, including monuments andarchaeological sites, anthropology and ethnology,folk and tribal arts, literature and handicrafts, performingarts of music-dance-drama, and visual arts ofpaintings-sculpture-graphics assume considerableimportance. On a larger scale, cultural activities alsoaddress issues relating to national identity in conjunctionwith several other sectors such as education,tourism, textiles, external relations, etc.THRUST DURING PLAN PERIODS2.2.2 Since Independence the crux of all culture developmentplans has been the preservation of culturalheritage with emphasis on the thread of continuitybinding the dissimilarities into a synergistic whole. Themain focus in the early Five Year Plans, up to the SixthPlan, was on the establishment of cultural institutionsin the field of archaeology, anthropology and ethnography,archives, libraries, museums, and performingarts including academies. Since the Seventh Plan therewas also special emphasis on the pursuit of contemporarythe creativity.ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE PLAN PERIODSPerforming Arts2.2.3 The ongoing schemes under the performingarts spanning disparate fields of classical/traditionaland folk music/theatre and dance—showcased byorganizations like Sangeet Natak Akademi (SNA),National School of Drama, and Zonal Cultural Centres(ZCCs)—have played a crucial role in supportingand facilitating the performing arts traditions in thecountry. Several schemes continue to be implementedunder the performing and visual arts with a view tosupporting creative individuals and institutions in theirnew ventures/productions.