Lok Sabha Question No. 4024 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-10
Subject: Performance of Sportspersons
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4024 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2017

## Performance of Sportspersons

4024. SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that certain States/districts in the country produce a good number of sportspersons in specific sports disciplines;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give more emphasis and provide better facilities to such States/districts to further enhance the performance in such disciplines; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) & (b):  As 'Sports' is a State subject, promotion of sports in the respective  State/UTs  is  the  primary  responsibility  of  concerned State/UT Government.   However, Government of India through Sports Authority of India (SAI) is implementing  the following Sports Promotional Schemes to scout and nurture sports talent to compete at National and International level competitions:
-  National Sports Talent Contest Scheme (NSTC)
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- Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC)
- 
- 
- SAI Training Centre (STC)
- Special Area Games (SAG)
-  Extension Centre of STC/SAG
-  Centre of Excellence (CoE)
-  National Sports Academies (NSA)

Presently, 13684 talented sports persons (9653 boys and 4031 girls)  identified  under  SAI  Schemes  are  being  trained  in  27  sports disciplines throughout the country.

As  a  matter  of  fact,  SAI  sets  up  its  sports  centres  in  the respective  states  based  on  the  proposals  received  from  State Government.  Such  proposals  are  examined  through  an  expert committee who invariably visits the location and prepare a technical feasibility report based on the availability of sports infrastructure and the prominent sports person produced from the area during the last 3-5 years in the given sports discipline. Therefore, SAI establishes its training centres primarily on the basis of sports talent the region has produced in the past. As for example, Athletics is one of the sports discipline in SAI centres established in the State of Kerala, Wrestling &  Boxing  in  Haryana,  Contact  Sports  in  the  North-Eastern  States, Archery in tribal belts of Jharkhand, Orissa and North-Eastern States and so on.

(c) & (d):   Government of India is implementing a new Scheme called 'Khelo India -National Programme for Development of Sports' as a Central Sector Scheme from the financial year 2016-17. This Scheme, inter-alia,  provides  for  creation  of  sports  infrastructure  facilities, namely, Synthetic Athletic Track, Synthetic Hockey Field, Synthetic Turf Football Ground, Multipurpose hall, Swimming pool, etc.

The  Scheme  is  demand  driven.  As  and  when  proposals  for development of sports infrastructure are received from States / UTs, if  complete  in  all  respects  and  technically  feasible,  funds  are sanctioned subject to availability of funds.

Apart from the existing 289 Sports centres established by SAI in 27  sports  discipline  across  the  country,  SAI  is  giving  special preference to establish its fresh training centre only in rural, tribal coastal  and  inaccessible  hilly  areas.  Recently,  the  following  SAI centres had been established to exploit the sports potential for such region:

- 1.
- SAG centre at Kargil, J & K
- 2.
- SAG centre, Lakhswadeep UT
3. STC, Hazaribagh
- 4.
- STC, Yanam UT

Further, the sports infrastructure of existing extension centre of  SAG  Port  Blair  at  Car  Nicobar  which  was  damaged  in  2003  in

Tsunami, has been upgraded by the UT of Andaman & Nicobar.

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