guwahati the union ministry of youth and sports on thursday sanctioned rs 931 crore to the state for development and maintenance of playgrounds in 666 village panchayats and 44 block panchayats under panchayat yuva krida aur khel abhiyan pykka in 2009 the ministry had sanctioned an amount of rs 481 crore to the state for the development and maintenance of playgrounds in 333 village panchayats and 22 block panchayats under the pykka which was introduced in 200809 playgrounds were developed and maintained in villages and block panchayats across the country in a phased manner competitions are conducted annually at block district state and national level in these playgrounds the scheme aims at creation of basic sports infrastructure in 250 lakh village panchayats and 6400 block panchayats in a phased manner over a period of 10 years it provides 100 per cent central assistance to states and union territories for holding annual rural sports competitions at block district state and national levels under the scheme each village panchayat and each block panchayat will be given a onetime seed capital grant of rs1 lakh and rs 5 lakh respectively in addition while village panchayats will be given an annual acquisition grant and annual operational grant at rs 10000 and rs 12000 per annum block panchayats will be given rs 20000 and 24000 respectively