The Sports Ministry today decided to recognize 'Yoga' as a sports discipline and place it in the 'Priority' category. The Ministry also decided to upgrade Fencing from 'Others' to 'General' category, based on the past performance in major international events. It has also been decided to place 'University Sports' in the 'Priority' category.The Ministry today reviewed the categorization of various Sports disciplines and the revised categories of sports disciplines and the scale of financial assistance admissible to each category was conveyed to IOC and all recognized National Sports Federations on 23rd March, 2015.It was also conveyed that 'General' category of sports disciplines shall be retained. Criteria for inclusion in this category and financial assistance to be provided will be separately issued.It has now been decided by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports that sports disciplines included in the multi discipline mega events like Olympics, Asian Games, and Commonwealth Games which have obtained a ranking upto 8th in individual events and upto 10th in team events in Olympics,Asian Games, CWG and their respective Asian and World Championships shall be placed in 'General' category.