Lok Sabha Question No. 3882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-08
Subject: Conference of Ministers and Secretaries
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: T. RADHAKRISHNAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3882 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2016

Conference of Ministers and Secretaries

## 3882. SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

SHRI S.R. VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recently convened a Conference of Ministers and Secretaries of the State/UTs in-charge of Youth Affairs and Sports in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c) the details of key issues discussed therein along with the outcome therefor;
- (d) the  details  of  funds  released  to  National  Sports  Federations (NSFs) during the last three years and the current year, NSF-wise; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to ensure proper utilization of the funds and transparency in their functioning/administration; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to cut down the said budgetary  allocation  to  NSFs  in  view  of  the  dismal  performance  of Indian players in the Olympics-2016 and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Madam.

(b) A conference of Ministers and Secretaries of States/UTs in-charge of Youth Affairs and Sports was held on 15th November, 2016 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.  The Conference was also attended by various stakeholders in the field  of  youth  affairs  and  sports,  in  addition  to  Central/State  Government officials.  The  main  objective  of  the  conference  was  to  discuss  issues concerning youth affairs as well as sports.

- (c) The details of key issues discussed in the conference:

## Matters of Sports: -

- (i) Adoption of atleast one choice based sport by each state
- (ii) Insufficient funds under Khelo India
- (iii) Skill up-gradation of Coaches
- (iv) Calendar of Sports
- (v) Haryana model of sports nurseries and Gujarat model of Khel Mahakumbh
- (vi) Setting up of sports science/medicine centre
- (vii) Need to integrate sports with education
- (viii) Setting up sports academies under Khelo India.

## Matters of Youth Affairs: -

- (i) Mapping of Youth Hostels
- (ii) Intensification of NYKS activities and better coordination with states
- (iii) Coordination between youth organizations
- (iv) Efforts to enhance youth's competencies
- (v) State-wise calendar of youth activities.
- (d) A statement showing amount released to various organizations during the last three years and the current year is enclosed as Annexure.

(e) To ensure proper utilisation of funds by NSFs, they are required to submit their accounts, duly audited by the Chartered Accounts in the panel of Comptroller & Auditor General of India, to seek further grant. No further grant is released to NSF unless the audited accounts and Utilization Certificate of previous grants are received.  Accounts of the NSFs receiving grant of more than Rs.1.00 crore in a year are subject to audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India.

To  ensure  that  the  NSFs  adhere  to  the  principles  of  good  governance, Government has issued guidelines including age and tenure limits in respect of Office  Bearers  of  the  NSFs,  fair  and  transparent  elections,  prevention  of  age frauds and sexual harassment of sportspersons, observance of RTI, etc.    These guidelines are part of the National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 and aimed at ensuring transparency and good governance in NSFs. Govt.  insists  on observance of these guidelines by the NSFs to receive recognition and become eligible  to  receive  financial  as  well  as  other  forms  of  assistance  from  the Government of India. In case of violation of the guidelines, appropriate action is taken  by  the  Government.  The  Government  has  already  notified  NSFs  getting Government grant of Rs. 10.00 lakh or more as Public Authority under the RTI Act. The  government  also  monitors  the  performance  of  NSFs  through  the  ACTC programme which they implement in association with Sports Authority of India.

(f) There is no such proposal.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (d)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.3882  FOR  08.12.2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI  T.  RADHAKRISHNAN,  SHRI  SUDHEER GUPTA,  SHRI  GAJANAN  KIRTIKAR,  SHRI  BIDYUT  BARAN  MAHATO,  DR.  SUNIL  BALIRAM GAIKWAD,  SHRI  S.R.  VIJAYAKUMAR  and  SHRIMATI  RANJANBEN  BHATT  REGARDING CONFERENCE OF MINISTERS AND SECRETARIES.

## Statement indicating the central funding to NSFs

|   S. No | Name of the Federation                            |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (October, 2016) |   Total |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|---------|
|       1 | Athletics Federation of India, New Delhi          |   1014.37 |     83.55 |   1831.44 |                   1289.97 | 4219.33 |
|       2 | Archery Association of India, New Delhi           |   1000.57 |    448.59 |   1105    |                    699    | 3253.16 |
|       3 | All India Chess Federation, Chennai               |    232.08 |    107.95 |    195    |                    214    |  749.03 |
|       4 | National Rifle Association of India, New Delhi    |   1960.68 |   1039.63 |   2212    |                   1223    | 6435.31 |
|       5 | All India Tennis Association, New Delhi           |    228.74 |     48.52 |     47    |                     61    |  385.26 |
|       6 | Judo Federation of India                          |    250.22 |    114.66 |    275    |                     66    |  705.88 |
|       7 | Rowing Federation of India, Secunderabad          |    361.52 |     40.69 |    308.98 |                    129    |  840.19 |
|       8 | Table Tennis Federation of India, New Delhi       |    331.31 |    122.02 |    296    |                    260    | 1009.33 |
|       9 | Swimming Federation of India, Ahmadabad           |    167.54 |      7.22 |    177.25 |                    187    |  539.01 |
|      10 | Squash Racket Federation of India, Chennai        |    177.5  |    101.56 |    170    |                     32    |  481.06 |
|      11 | Indian Amateur Boxing Federation, New Delhi       |   1145.49 |     99.36 |   1215    |                    419    | 2878.85 |
|      12 | Hockey India                                      |   1268.19 |    520.33 |   2038.26 |                   1389.76 | 5216.54 |
|      13 | Indian Weightlifting Federation, New Delhi        |    530.22 |     83.47 |    765    |                    443    | 1821.69 |
|      14 | Badminton Association of India                    |   1106.35 |    511.59 |   1380    |                    961    | 3958.94 |
|      15 | Equestrian Federation of India, New Delhi         |     27.46 |     12.43 |     16    |                     25.13 |   81.02 |
|      16 | All India Football Federation                     |    394.7  |    131.63 |    154.3  |                    315    |  995.63 |
|      17 | Indian Golf Union, New Delhi                      |    106.46 |     37.29 |     37    |                     39.5  |  220.25 |
|      18 | Wrestling Federation of India, I.G. Stadium Delhi |   1429.12 |    532.31 |   1510    |                   1316    | 4787.43 |
|      19 | Yachting Association of India, New Delhi          |    142.75 |    116.91 |    161.98 |                     12.37 |  434.01 |
|      20 | Indian Amateur Kabaddi Federation, Jaipur         |     74    |     18    |    113    |                     90    |  295    |
|      21 | Volleyball Federation of India, Chennai           |    310.65 |    125.92 |    309.83 |                    164    |  910.4  |
|      22 | Gymnastics Federation of India,                   |    119.26 |     66.1  |    210    |                    160    |  555.36 |

(Rs. in lakh)

|    | Jodhpur                                                                      |             |            |            |        |         |
|----|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|------------|------------|--------|---------|
| 23 | Amateur Handball Federation,J&K                                              | 146.18      | 24.95      | 14.61 9.83 |   0    |  185.74 |
| 24 | Basketball Federation of India,N Delhi Fencing Association of India, Patiala | 227.62 0.00 | 52.63 0.00 |            |  36.22 |  326.3  |
| 25 |                                                                              |             |            | 0.00       |  67    |   67    |
| 26 | Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association, New Delhi                            | 182.27      | 59.94      | 132.67     | 116    |  490.88 |
| 27 | All India Sports Council of the Deaf, New Delhi                              | 87.49       | 3.02       | 65.64      |  60.26 |  216.41 |
| 28 | Paralympic Committee of India, Bangalore                                     | 143.40      | 197.72     | 720.08     | 259.52 | 1320.72 |
| 29 | Special Olympic Bharat, New Delhi                                            | 274.51      | 19.17      | 600.34     | 189.86 | 1083.88 |
| 30 | All India Carrom Federation                                                  | 30.57       | 5.83       | 0.00       |   0    |   36.4  |
| 31 | Amateur Baseball Federation of India, Delhi                                  | 11.75       | 2.25       | 0.00       |   0    |   14    |
| 32 | Atya Patya Federation of India, Nagpur.                                      | 14.00       | 1.25       | 0.50       |   0    |   15.75 |
| 33 | Cycle Polo Federation of India, New Delhi                                    | 27.52       | 2.85       | 0.75       |   0    |   31.12 |
| 34 | Indian Power lifting Federation                                              | 10.25       | 5.25       | 0.00       |   0    |   15.5  |
| 35 | Kho-kho Federation of India, Kolkata                                         | 3.00        | 7.75       | 0.00       |  30    |   40.75 |
| 36 | Sepak Takraw Federation of India, Nagpur.                                    | 64.60       | 10.53      | 104.00     |  92.48 |  271.61 |
| 37 | Shooting Ball Federation of India, New Delhi                                 | 14.22       | 0.00       | 0.00       |   0    |   14.22 |
| 38 | Softball Federation of India, Indore                                         | 15.00       | 0.00       | 0.00       |   0    |   15    |
| 39 | Taekwondo Federation of India, Bangalore                                     | 332.13      | 39.80      | 85.00      |  73.82 |  530.75 |
| 40 | Tenni-Koit Federation of India, Bangalore                                    | 15.70       | 3.00       | 0.50       |   0    |   19.2  |
| 41 | Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India, Gorakhpur.                          | 28.50       | 0.00       | 0.00       |   0    |   28.5  |
| 42 | Tug of War Federation of India, New Delhi                                    | 10.75       | 3.00       | 0.00       |   0    |   13.75 |
| 43 | Wushu Association of India, New Delhi                                        | 158.60      | 68.55      | 241.00     | 312    |  780.15 |
| 44 | Billiards & Snooker Federation of India, Kolkatta                            | 164.80      | 76.25      | 75.00      |  45.42 |  361.47 |
| 45 | Cycling Federation of India                                                  | 309.83      | 69.29      | 351.00     | 324    | 1054.12 |
| 46 | Amateur Soft Tennis Federation of India                                      | 17.50       | 0.50       | 0.00       |   0    |   18    |
| 47 | Bridge Federation of India                                                   | 5.22        | 0.00       | 16.00      |  22    |   43.22 |
| 48 | Ice Hockey (NSPO)                                                            | 0.50        | 2.00       | 0.00       |   0    |    2.5  |
| 49 | School Games Federation of India, Bhopal                                     | 61.52       | 17.20      | 55.00      | 175    |  308.72 |
| 50 | Indian Olympic Association, New Delhi                                        | 0.00        | 1830.87    | 32.20      |   0    | 1863.07 |

| 51.   | Sports Authority of India, J.N. Stadium, N. Delhi                     |   7307.68 |    0.00 |     0.00 |     0.00 | 7307.68   |
|-------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|---------|----------|----------|-----------|
| 52.   | Association of Indian Universities (NSPO)                             |    186.01 |  148.18 |     0    |     0    | 334.19    |
| 53.   | Bowling Federation of India                                           |      0    |   10.44 |     0    |     0    | 10.44     |
| 54.   | Ball Badminton Federation of India                                    |     13.25 |    1    |     0    |     0    | 14.25     |
| 55.   | Roll Ball Federation of India                                         |      4.51 |    0    |     0    |     0    | 4.51      |
| 56.   | Jump Rope Fed. of India                                               |      9.5  |    3    |     0    |     0    | 12.50     |
| 57.   | Winter Games Fed. of India                                            |      2.97 |    7.23 |     0    |     0    | 10.20     |
| 58.   | Subroto Mukherjee Educational Society                                 |      7.5  |    1.25 |     0    |    50    | 58.75     |
| 59.   | Jawaharlal Nehru Hockey Tournament Society                            |      8.87 |    2.25 |     0    |     0    | 11.12     |
| 60.   | South Asian Games                                                     |      0    |    0    |  6036.99 |     0    | 6036.99   |
| 61.   | U-17 FIFA World Cup-2017                                              |      0    |    0    |     0    |   408.99 | 408.99    |
| 62.   | Preparation of RIO Olympics, 2016                                     |      0    |    0    |     0    |  2233    | 2233.00   |
| 63.   | Brics U-17 Football Tournament                                        |      0    |    0    |     0    |    19.61 | 19.61     |
|       | Total:                                                                |  22276.9  | 7046.68 | 23069.2  | 14010.9  | 66403.64  |
|       | Funds released for National Coaching camps &salary of foreign coaches |   7822.06 | 7843.53 |  5652    |  1191.3  |           |

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