Lok Sabha Question No. 2616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Training by Sports Authority of India
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2016

Training by Sports Authority of India

## †2616. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  services  of  NIS  trained  coaches  provided  under various schemes by the Sports Authority of India (SAI) have now been discontinued and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether these services are likely to be re-started and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  launch  any  scheme  to identify the young children from various parts of the country particularly tribal areas for various sports by providing intensive training and setting up of sports academies for the purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  provide  financial assistance  to  State  Governments  which  are  running  various  sports academies in their respective States; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS

## AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) & (b): No, Madam. Sports Authority of India (SAI) has deployed 940 regular  coaches  under  various  schemes,  in  addition  to  139  contract coaches. SAI is only withdrawing the coaches from the District State Coaching Centres and University Field stations in a phased manner, as per the decision of the Governing Body due to shortage of coaches. The

services of these coaches are being utilized effectively by posting them under various schemes of SAI.

- (c) Sports  being  a  state  subject,  the  responsibility  of  promotion  of sports in the respective states lies with the concerned State Governments.   However, in order to supplement the efforts of the State Governments,  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  is  implementing  the following Sports Promotional Schemes to promote sports in the Country:
-  National Sports Talent Contest Scheme (NSTC)
-  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,  12,512  talented  sports  persons  (8822  boys  and  3690 girls)  identified  under  SAI  Schemes  are  being  trained  in  27  sports disciplines across the country.

The  majority  of  the  sports  persons  selected  under  the  above schemes are identified from the tribal, rural and backward area of the country  and  provided  regular  training  under  residential  and  non residential basis.

The  Special  Area  Games  (SAG)  Scheme  of  SAI  is,  however, implemented to select sports talent mainly from the tribal, rural, coastal and  remote  backward  and  hilly  areas.    Currently,  there  are  19  SAG Centres with 1956 trainees (1090 boys and 866 girls) being  trained and provided expert sports coaches, required playing facilities, consumable and non-consumable sports equipment, expenses towards boarding and exposure,  educational  expenses, medical and insurance and stipend for day boarders as per the approved lodging, sports kit,  competition scheme norms.

To promote sports on single discipline basis and also to provide state-of-art  sports  infrastructure  and  other  allied  facilities,  Sports Authority of India has introduced SAI National Sports Academy (NSA) Scheme  to  identify  talented  sports  persons  in  the  respective  sports disciplines and train them to excel at National and International Level. SAI has so far established 07 Academies in the discipline of Athletics at

Thiruvananthapuram and Bhopal, Cycling at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi,  Swimming  at  Dr  Shyama  Prasad  Mukherjee  Swimming  Pool Complex (SPMSPC), New Delhi, Golf at Thiruvananthapuram, Boxing at Rohtak and Hockey at Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi. (d) & (e): Under 'Khelo India', a National Programme for Development of  Sports,  financial  assistance  is  granted  for  creation  of  sports infrastructure in the country including construction of stadia complex at  District  Headquarters.  The  Stadia  complex  may,  inter-alia  include sports academies and training centres including hostels for sportspersons.

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