Lok Sabha Question No. 1636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Establishment of NSA
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTHAFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1636

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

Establishment of NSA

1636. SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  proposing  to  establish  National  Sports Academy to inculcate and promote the sports talents of the youth of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether  any  branches  of the  academy  have  been  established in  the State of Telangana, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS {COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)}

- (a) & (b) The  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  is  implementing  a Scheme  called  'Khelo  India  -  National  Programme  for  Development  of Sports'  which,  inter-alia,  includes  a  vertical  of  'Support  to  National/ Regional/State Sports  Academies'  under  which  grants-in-aid  will be provided for establishment, operation and maintenance of sports academies  in  respect  of  identified  disciplines  to  various  entities  for facilitating  and  supplementing  Long  Term  Athlete  Development  (LTAD) programme (for 8 years).

In  addition,  the  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI),  an  autonomous organization under the aegis of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, is implementing the  National  Sports  Academy  (NSA)  Scheme  under  which sporting talents are scouted from all over India through organized sports events/selection  trials  and  nurtured  in  SAI  National  Sports  Academies. Similarly  SAI  Regional  Academies  take  care  of  the  young  talent  at Regional  level.  At  present  ten  (10)  SAI  National  Sports  Academies  and five  (5)  Regional  Sports  Academies are operational.  Details are given in Annexure - I. (c) Yes, Madam. At present SAI-Gopichand National Badminton Academy  at  Gachibowli,  Hyderabad  is  operational  in the State of Telangana.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1636  FOR  28.12.2017  ASKED  BY SHRI  GUTHA  SUKENDER REDDY, MP, REGARDING ESTABLISHMENT OF NSA

Annexure - I

## Details of Academies operational under the SAI National Sports Academy Scheme

## SAI National Sports Academies:-

1. SAI National Cycling Academy at Indira Gandhi Stadium, New Delhi.
2. SAI-Glenmark  National  Swimming  Academy  at  Dr  SPM  Swimming  Pool  Complex (SPMSPC), New Delhi.
3. SAI National Athletic Academy (Sprint) at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi
4. SAI National Athletics Academy (Sprints & Jumps) at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
5. SAI  Procam  National  Athletics  Academy  (Middle  &  long  Distance),  Bhopal,  Madhya Pradesh.
6. SAI National Boxing Academy at Rohtak, Haryana.
7. SAI National Golf Academy at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
8. SAI  Coal  India  National  Hockey  Academy,  at  Major  Dhyan  Chand  National  Stadium (MDCNS), New Delhi.
9. SAI National Cue Sports Academy at  Dr.  SPM  Swimming Pool Complex (SPMSPC), New Delhi
10. SAI Gopichand National Badminton Academy at Gachibowli, Hyderabad, Telangana.

## SAI Regional Sports Academies:-

1. SAI Regional Football Academies at New Delhi, Delhi.
2. SAI Regional Football Academies at Kolkata, West Bengal.
3. SAI Regional Football Academies at Imphal, Manipur.
4. SAI Regional Football Academies at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
5. SAI Odisha Regional Badminton Academy, at Bhubaneswar, Odisha.

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