Lok Sabha Question No. 1388 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Sports Promotion
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1388 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9/3/2017

## Sports Promotion

## 1388.   SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of an urgent need to give importance to various sports disciplines along with cricket;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  and promote various games and sports including Kabbadi and Badminton on the lines of Cricket in the country?

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

(a) to (c) Madam,  promotion  and  development  of  various  disciplines  of sports in the country is the responsibility of the National Sports Federations (NSFs).  The Ministry only supplements their efforts to encourage and promote various sports disciplines by providing financial assistance under the Scheme of  'Assistance  to  National  Sports  Federations'  in  accordance  with  the prescribed norms for organizing National/International Championships in India, participation of national team/players in the International tournaments abroad, organizing  coaching  camps  for  national  athletes,  engagement  of  foreign coaches, equipment sport etc. During the recent past, Govt. has taken several steps  to  encourage  promotion  of  various  sports  including  Kabaddi  and Badminton.  The steps taken, inter-alia, include enhancement of amount under various components of the Scheme  of Assistance to National Sports Federations,  addition  of  new  components  for  scientific  support  to    the athletes,  review and  revision of the category  of sports disciplines for enhanced  financial  assistance,  creation  of  a  separate  category  of  Regional Sports  Federation  for  promoting  indigenous  sports,  provision  of  financial assistance to traditional sports events and tournaments etc.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1388  FOR  9/3/2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL REGARING SPSORTS PROMOTION.

Rs. In Lakhs

|   S. No | Name of the Federation                 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (December 2016) |
|---------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
|       1 | Athletics Federation of India          |   1014.37 |     83.55 |   1831.44 |                   1920.76 |
|       2 | Archery                                |   1000.57 |    448.59 |   1105    |                    730    |
|       3 | All India Chess Federation             |    232.08 |    107.95 |    195    |                    214    |
|       4 | National Rifle Association of India    |   1960.68 |   1039.63 |   2212    |                   1550    |
|       5 | Tennis                                 |    228.74 |     48.52 |     47    |                     97    |
|       6 | Judo Federation of India               |    250.22 |    114.66 |    275    |                     66.34 |
|       7 | Rowing Federation of India             |    361.52 |     40.69 |    308.98 |                    195    |
|       8 | Table Tennis Federation of India       |    331.31 |    122.02 |    296    |                    377    |
|       9 | Swimming Federation of India           |    167.54 |      7.22 |    177.25 |                    198    |
|      10 | Squash Racket Federation of India      |    177.5  |    101.56 |    170    |                     95    |
|      11 | Boxing                                 |   1145.49 |     99.36 |   1215    |                    800    |
|      12 | Hockey India                           |   1268.19 |    520.33 |   2038.26 |                   2282    |
|      13 | Indian Weightlifting Federation        |    530.22 |     83.47 |    765    |                    580    |
|      14 | Badminton Association of India         |   1106.35 |    511.59 |   1380    |                   1729    |
|      15 | Equestrian Federation of India         |     27.46 |     12.43 |     16    |                     25.13 |
|      16 | All India Football Federation          |    394.7  |    131.63 |    154.3  |                    350    |
|      17 | Indian Golf Union                      |    106.46 |     37.29 |     37    |                     88    |
|      18 | Wrestling Federation of India          |   1429.12 |    532.31 |   1510    |                   1410    |
|      19 | Yachting Association of India          |    142.75 |    116.91 |    161.98 |                     48.67 |
|      20 | Indian Amateur Kabaddi Federation      |     74    |     18    |    113    |                     90    |
|      21 | Volleyball Federation of India         |    310.65 |    125.92 |    309.83 |                    270    |
|      22 | Gymnastics Federation of India         |    119.26 |     66.1  |    210    |                    450    |
|      23 | Amateur Handball Federation            |    146.18 |     24.95 |     14.61 |                      0    |
|      24 | Basketball Federation of India         |    227.62 |     52.63 |      9.83 |                     36.62 |
|      25 | Fencing Association of India           |      0    |      0    |      0    |                     72    |
|      26 | Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association |    182.27 |     59.94 |    132.67 |                    201    |
|      27 | All India Sports Council of the Deaf   |     87.49 |      3.02 |     65.64 |                     60.26 |

| 28   | Paralympic Committee of India              |   143.40 |   197.72 |   720.08 | 259.52   |
|------|--------------------------------------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
| 29   | Special Olympic Bharat                     |   274.51 |    19.17 |   600.34 | 278.92   |
| 30   | All India Carrom Federation                |    30.57 |     5.83 |     0    |          |
| 31   | Amateur Baseball Federation of India       |    11.75 |     2.25 |     0    |          |
| 32   | AtyaPatya Federation of India              |    14    |     1.25 |     0.5  |          |
| 33   | Cycle Polo Federation of India             |    27.52 |     2.85 |     0.75 |          |
| 34   | Indian Power lifting Federation            |    10.25 |     5.25 |     0    |          |
| 35   | Kho-kho Federation of India                |     3    |     7.75 |     0    | 30.00    |
| 36   | SepakTakraw Federation of India            |    64.6  |    10.53 |   104    | 92.48    |
| 37   | Shooting Ball Federation of India          |    14.22 |     0    |     0    |          |
| 38   | Softball Federation of India               |    15    |     0    |     0    |          |
| 39   | Taekwondo Federation of India              |   332.13 |    39.8  |    85    | 73.82    |
| 40   | Tenni-Koit Federation of India, Bangalore  |    15.7  |     3    |     0.5  |          |
| 41   | Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India    |    28.5  |     0    |     0    |          |
| 42   | Tug of War Federation of India             |    10.75 |     3    |     0    |          |
| 43   | Wushu Association of India                 |   158.6  |    68.55 |   241    | 480.00   |
| 44   | Billiards & Snooker Federation of India    |   164.8  |    76.25 |    75    | 67.00    |
| 45   | Cycling Federation of India                |   309.83 |    69.29 |   351    | 450.00   |
| 46   | Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India    |    17.5  |     0.5  |     0    |          |
| 47   | Bridge Federation of India                 |     5.22 |     0    |    16    | 22.00    |
| 48   | Ice Hockey (NSPO)                          |     0.5  |     2    |     0    |          |
| 49   | School Games Federation of India           |    61.52 |    17.2  |    55    | 176.00   |
| 50   | Indian Olympic Association                 |     0    |  1830.87 |    32.2  |          |
| 51   | Sports Authority of India, J.N. Stadium    |  7307.68 |     0    |     0    |          |
| 52   | Association of Indian Universities (NSPO)  |   186.01 |   148.18 |     0    | 0.00     |
| 53   | Bowling Federation of India                |     0    |    10.44 |     0    |          |
| 54   | Ball Badminton Federation of India         |    13.25 |     1    |     0    |          |
| 55   | Roll Ball Federation of India              |     4.51 |     0    |     0    |          |
| 56   | Jump Rope Fed. of India                    |     9.5  |     3    |     0    |          |
| 57   | Winter Games Fed. of India                 |     2.97 |     7.23 |     0    |          |
| 58   | Subroto Mukherjee Educational Society      |     7.5  |     1.25 |     0    | 50.00    |
| 59   | Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society |     8.87 |     2.25 |     0    |          |
| 60   | South Asian Games                          |     0    |     0    |  6036.99 |          |
| 61   | U-17 FIFA World Cup-2017                   |     0    |     0    |     0    | 579.50   |
| 62   | Brics U-17 Football Tournament             |     0    |     0    |     0    | 1961.00  |
|      | Total                                      | 22276.9  |  7046.68 | 23069.2  | 18456.02 |

| Funds released for National Coaching camps &salary of foreign coaches   | 7822.06   | 7843.53   | 5652.00   |
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