Lok Sabha Question No. 429 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Target Olympic Podium Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.429

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17-11-2016

Target Olympic Podium Scheme

429.  SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

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

- (a) the extent to which the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme has been  successful  in  achieving  its  objectives  with  regard  to  recently concluded Olympic Games 2016;
- (b)  the  details  of  funds  allocated  and  utilized  for  different  sports categories under TOP Scheme for Olympic Games 2016;
- (c)  whether the Government proposes to restructure TOP Scheme for better utilization of resources to achieve the desired results and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the Government  proposes  to  enhance  the  financial assistance and improve the training of sportspersons for the upcoming sporting events and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the total number of delegates and sportspersons from the country who attended the Olympic Games 2016?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The  Target  Olympic  Podium (TOP)  Scheme  had  given focused  attention  to  the  athletes  with  medal  potential  for  their preparation  for  Rio  Olympics  2016.  This  helped  the  athletes  to concentrate on their training. The TOP Scheme had given a new thrust and direction in getting our athletes better prepared through financial and other support.  Also, India could send its largest ever contingent to Olympics.  Details of fund  released  from  the  National Sports

Development Fund (NSDF) to the athletes, selected under TOP Scheme for Rio Olympics 2016, are given at Annexure. (c) & (d): TOP  Scheme  has  been  reviewed  by  the  Department  in consultation with sportspersons and it has been decided to enhance performance monitoring and emphasize on greater role of coaches in formation and implementation of training programmes. Any enhancement in financial assistance depends on requirement. (e): The Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  issued  sanction  for  124 athletes (including 4 P-Category sportspersons) and 85 support persons for participation in Rio Olympics 2016 at cost to Government basis.

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## ANNEXURE

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  &  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  UnStarred Question No.429 for answer on 17-11-2016 by Shri Shri A.P. Jithender Reddy and other regarding Target Olympic Podium Scheme.

| Total S.N.   | S.N.   | Athletes in TOP scheme                  | Total fund release to athletes under TOP Scheme   |
|--------------|--------|-----------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|              |        | Athletics                               |                                                   |
| 1            | 1      | Vikas Gowda - Men's Discus Throw        | 9606835                                           |
| 2            | 2      | Inderjeet Singh - Men's Shot Put        | 3339877                                           |
| 3            | 3      | Tintu Luka - 4x400m Women Relay         | 726671                                            |
| 4            | 4      | Manish Rawat - 20km Racewalking         | 314101                                            |
| 5            | 5      | Sandeep Kumar - 20km Racewalking        | 666900                                            |
| 6            | 6      | Gurmeet Singh - 20km Racewalking        | 456301                                            |
| 7            | 7      | Ms Sapna-Racewalking                    | 691012                                            |
| 8            | 8      | Ms Manpreet Kaur-Throws-Shotput         | 807776                                            |
| 9            | 9      | Nitendra Rawat-Marathon                 | 602100                                            |
| 10           | 10     | O P Jaisha-Marathon                     | 300000                                            |
| 11           | 11     | Ms Sudha Singh-Marathon                 | 300000                                            |
| 12           | 12     | Ms Lalita Babar-3000m-steeplechase      | 300000                                            |
| 13           | 13     | Ms Kavita Raut-Marathon                 | 538500                                            |
| 14           | 14     | Khushbir Kaur - 20km Racewalking        | 300000                                            |
| 15           | 15     | K. Ganapathy - 20km Racewalking         | 681001                                            |
| 16           | 16     | Gopi T (Marathon)                       | 609300                                            |
| 17           | 17     | Kheta Ram (Marathon )                   | 609300                                            |
| 18           | 18     | Seema Antil -Women's Discus Throw       | 4714803                                           |
| 19           | 19     | Dutee Chand 100 mtrs women              | 577800                                            |
| 20           | 20     | Sarvani Nanda 200 mtrs women            | 1796019                                           |
| 21           | 21     | Mohd. Anas- 400 Mtrs Men                | 582420                                            |
| 22           | 22     | Ankit Singh - Long Jump                 | 300000                                            |
| 23           | 23     | Nirmala Sheoran 400 Mtrs.               | 300000                                            |
| 24           | 24     | Debashree Majumdar - 4x400m Women Relay | 1653818                                           |
| 25           | 25     | M.R. Poovamma - 4x400m Women Relay      | 1653818                                           |
| 26           | 26     | Anilda Thomas - 4x400m Women Relay      | 1653818                                           |
| 27           | 27     | Ashwini Akkunji - 4x400m Women Relay    | 1653818                                           |
| 28           | 28     | Renjith Maheshwari Triple jump          | 551200                                            |
| 29           | 29     | Dharambir Singh 200 Mtrs men            | 300000                                            |
| 30           | 30     | Jinson Johnson 800 mtrs men             | 426180                                            |

|    |    | Golf                                             |          |
|----|----|--------------------------------------------------|----------|
| 31 | 1  | SSP Chawrasia                                    | 397163   |
| 32 | 2  | Aditi Ashok                                      | 294021   |
|    |    | Archery                                          |          |
| 33 | 1  | Atanu Das - Men Archery                          | 1740843  |
| 34 | 2  | Deepika Kumari - Women Archery                   | 1740843  |
| 35 | 3  | L Bombayla Devi- Women Archery                   | 1726742  |
| 36 | 4  | Laxmi Rani Majhi - Women Archery                 | 1726742  |
|    |    | Boxing                                           |          |
| 37 | 1  | Shiva Thapa - Men's 56 kg                        | 4355842  |
| 38 | 2  | Vikas Krishan - Men's 75 kg                      | 2937569  |
| 39 | 3  | Manoj Kumar - Men 64 Kg                          | 1936825  |
|    |    | Shooting                                         |          |
| 40 | 1  | Abhinav Bindra - Men's 10m Air Rifle             | 16978806 |
| 41 | 2  | GaganNarang - Men's 50m Rifle Prone              | 4701707  |
| 42 | 3  | Ayonika Paul - Women's 10m Air Rifle             | 5815413  |
| 43 | 4  | Apurvi Chandela - Women's 10m Air Rifle          | 3561769  |
| 44 | 5  | Heena Sidhu - Women's 10m Air Pistol             | 10090565 |
| 45 | 6  | Jitu Rai - Men's 10m Air Pistol, 50m Free Pistol | 3250833  |
| 46 | 7  | P.N. Prakash - Men's 10m Air Pistol              | 5618577  |
| 47 | 8  | Manavjit Sandhu - Men's Trap                     | 11608425 |
| 48 | 9  | Chain Singh - Men's Rifle                        | 5530485  |
| 49 | 10 | Gurpreet Singh - 10m Air Pistol                  | 4002441  |
| 50 | 11 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan                                | 8882523  |
| 51 | 12 | Kynan Chenai - Men's Trap                        | 6083246  |
|    |    | Wrestling                                        |          |
| 52 | 1  | YogeshwarDutt - Men's 66kg                       | 3816663  |
| 53 | 2  | Narsingh Yadav - Men's 74kg                      | 3885841  |
| 54 | 3  | Hardeep Singh Men`s 90 KG Greeco Roman           | 2840690  |
| 55 | 4  | Sandeep Tomar                                    | 2491004  |
| 56 | 5  | Vinesh Phogat - Women's 48kg                     | 2396250  |
| 57 | 6  | Sakshi Malick                                    | 1586590  |
| 58 | 7  | Babita Kumari - Women's 53kg                     | 2035715  |
| 59 | 8  | Ravinder Khatri                                  | 2495198  |
|    |    | Gymnastics                                       |          |
| 60 | 1  | Deepa Karmakar - Vault                           | 1313033  |
|    |    | Table Tennis                                     |          |
| 61 | 1  | Sarath Kamal                                     | 2726200  |
| 62 | 2  | Soumyajit Gosh                                   | 2896850  |
| 63 | 3  | Ms. Manika Batra                                 | 2705780  |

| 64   | 4   | Ms. Mouma Das                                 | 2259870   |
|------|-----|-----------------------------------------------|-----------|
|      |     | Rowing                                        |           |
| 65   | 1   | Dattu Baban Bhokanal                          | 2613871   |
|      |     | Badminton                                     |           |
| 66   | 1   | Saina Nehwal - Women's singles                | 5957280   |
| 67   | 2   | P.V. Sindhu - Women's singles                 | 974588    |
| 68   | 3   | K. Srikanth - Men's singles                   | 1978397   |
| 69   | 4   | Ashwini Ponnappa - Women's Doubles            | 943744    |
| 70   | 5   | Jwala Gutta - Women's Doubles                 | 963177    |
| 71   | 6   | Manu Attri - Men's Doubles                    | 1500014   |
| 72   | 7   | B. Sumeeth Reddy - Men's Doubles              | 1495712   |
|      |     | Judo                                          |           |
| 73   | 1   | Avtar Singh 90 Kg                             | 1209475   |
|      |     | Tennis                                        |           |
| 74   | 1   | Rohan Bopanna - Men's Doubles & Mixed Doubles | 6000000   |
| 75   | 2   | Sania Mirza - Mixed Doubles & Womens Doubles  | 6014287   |
| 76   | 3   | Prarthana Thombare Tennis - Womens Doubles    | 2900000   |
| 77   | 4   | Leander Paes - Mens Doubles                   | 4367377   |
|      |     | Swimming                                      |           |
| 78   | 1   | Sajan Prakash 200 Mtr butterfly men           | 426663    |
| 79   | 2   | Shivani Kataria 200 Mtr fee style women       | 426663    |
|      |     | Hockey                                        |           |
|      |     | Men Hockey Team                               |           |
| 80   | 1   | PR Sreejesh (captain and GK)                  | 340723    |
| 81   | 2   | Harmanpreet Singh (defender)                  | 340723    |
| 82   | 3   | Rupinder Pal Singh (defender)                 | 325959    |
| 83   | 4   | Kothajit Singh (defender)                     | 340723    |
| 84   | 5   | Surendar Kumar (defender)                     | 340723    |
| 85   | 6   | Manpreet Singh (midfielder)                   | 340723    |
| 86   | 7   | Sardar Singh (midfielder)                     | 325959    |
| 87   | 8   | VR Raghunath (defender)                       | 340723    |
| 88   | 9   | SK Uthappa (midfielder)                       | 340723    |
| 89   | 10  | Danish Mujtaba (midfielder)                   | 340723    |
| 90   | 11  | Devender Walmiki (midfielder)                 | 340723    |
| 91   | 12  | SV Sunil (forward and vice-captain)           | 340723    |
| 92   | 13  | Akashdeep Singh (forward)                     | 340723    |
| 93   | 14  | Chinglensana Singh (midfielder)               | 340723    |
| 94   | 15  | Ramandeep Singh (forward)                     | 325959    |
| 95   | 16  | Nikkin Thimmaiah (forward).                   | 340723    |
| 96   | 17  | Vikas Dahiya On standby                       | 223690    |

| 97           | 18      | Pardeep Mor On standby                         | 207520   |
|--------------|---------|------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Women Hockey |         | Team                                           |          |
| 98           | 1       | Savita (GK)                                    | 335795   |
| 99           | 2       | Navjot Kaur (midfielder)                       | 335795   |
| 100          | 3       | Deep Grace Ekka (defender)                     | 335795   |
| 101          | 4       | Monika (midfielder)                            | 335795   |
| 102          | 5       | Anuradha Devi (forward)                        | 335795   |
| 103          | 6       | Poonam Rani (forward)                          | 335795   |
| 104          | 7       | Vandana Kataria (forward)                      | 335795   |
| 105          | 8       | Deepika (vice-captain and defender)            | 335795   |
| 106          | 9       | Namita Toppo (defender)                        | 335795   |
| 107          | 10      | Renuka Yadav (midfielder)                      | 328215   |
| 108          | 11      | Sunita Lakra (defender)                        | 335795   |
| 109          | 12      | Sushila Chanu (captain and defender)           | 328869   |
| 110          | 13      | Rani Rampal (forward)                          | 335795   |
| 111          | 14      | Preeti Dubey (forward)                         | 335795   |
| 112          | 15      | Lilima Minz (midfielder)                       | 335795   |
| 113          | 16      | Nikki Pradhan (forward)                        | 335795   |
| 114          | 17      | Rajani Etimarpu On standby                     | 214446   |
| 115          | 18      | H. Lalruat Feli On standby                     | 214446   |
|              | List of | Athletes taken out of TOP scheme as on 31.5.16 |          |
| 116          | 1       | Sanjeev Rajput - Men's 50m Rifle 3 Positions   | 21113    |
| 117          | 2       | Mohd Asab - Men's Double Trap                  | 2245406  |
| 118          | 4       | Rahi Sarnobat - Women's 25m Sports Pistol      | 815484   |
| 119          | 5       | Anisa Sayyed - Women's 25m Sports Pistol       | 572882   |
| 120          | 6       | Shweta Chaudhary - Women's 10m Air Pistol      | 1565834  |
| 121          | 7       | Mandeep Kaur - 4x400m Women Relay              | 564425   |
| 122          | 8       | Guru Saidutt - Men's Singles                   | 990380   |
| 123          | 10      | Sharath Gayakwad - Swimming                    | 100000   |
| 124          | 11      | Ankur Mittal - Men's Double Trap               | 2185407  |
| 125          | 12      | Tarundeep Rai - Men Archery                    | 122376   |
| 126          | 13      | Vishwash - Men Archery                         | 199991   |
| 127          | 14      | RanjitNaik - Men Archery                       | 222877   |
| 128          | 15      | Dola Banerjee - Women Archery                  | 176953   |
| 129          | 16      | P. Kashyap - Men's singles                     | 990380   |
| 130          | 17      | H.S. Prannoy - Men's Singles                   | 1149456  |
| 131          | 18      | Sarita Devi - Women's 60 kg                    | 1233066  |
| 132          | 19      | Pinki Jangra - Women's 51 kg                   | 836920   |
| 133          | 20      | Mangal Singh Champia - Men Archery             | 1128081  |
| 134          | 21      | JaynataTalukdar - Men Archery                  | 1142181  |
| 135          | 22      | Rahul Banerjee - Men                           | 596068   |

| 136   | 23   | RimilBuriuly - Women Archery                                                          |    789206 |
|-------|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|
| 137   | 24   | MC Mary Kom - Women's 51 kg                                                           |   1588813 |
| 138   | 25   | Sushil Kumar - Men's 74 kg                                                            |   2461887 |
| 139   | 26   | Bajrang - Men's 66kg                                                                  |    714416 |
| 140   | 27   | Amit Kumar - Men's 57kg                                                               |    665246 |
| 141   | 28   | Rahul Aware - Men's 57kg                                                              |    364731 |
| 142   | 29   | Geeta Phogat - Women's 58kg                                                           |    329660 |
| 143   | 30   | K.T. Irfan - 20km Racewalking                                                         |    563473 |
| 144   | 31   | Devender Singh - 20km Racewalking                                                     |    566900 |
| 145   | 32   | Baljinder Singh- Racewalking                                                          |    200000 |
| 146   | 33   | Chandan Singh-Racewalking                                                             |    200000 |
| 147   | 34   | Neeraj Rathi 20 Km Walk                                                               |    300000 |
| 148   | 35   | Arpinder Singh - Men's Triple Jump                                                    |   1781286 |
| 149   | 36   | Priyanka Pawar - 4x400m Women Relay                                                   |   1553818 |
| 150   | 37   | Jauna Murmu - 4x400m Women Relay                                                      |   1553818 |
| 151   | 38   | Sini Jose - 4x400m Women Relay                                                        |   1553818 |
| 152   | 39   | Mayookha Johny Triple Jumper                                                          |    200000 |
| 153   | 40   | L. Devendro Singh - Men's 49 kg                                                       |   1626476 |
| 154   | 41   | Mandeep Jangra - Men's 60 kg                                                          |   1596738 |
| 155   | 42   | Sumit Sangwan - Men's 81kg                                                            |    708289 |
| 156   |      | (Advance paid of IWLF for 7 members of SAU Paulo from 26.06.16 to 24.07.2016 for RIO) |   3339587 |
|       |      | Total                                                                                 | 262358714 |

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