Lok Sabha Question No. 2664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-01
Subject: Participation of Women in Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: HARI MANJHI, AJAY (TENI) MISRA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2664

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2016

Participation of Women in Sports

†2664. SHRI HARI MANJHI : SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI :

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the women from the country particularly from the North Eastern (NE) States have won laurels for the country in the field of sports;
- (b) if so, the details of the schemes being implemented by the Government for encouraging and giving training to the women  players  from  various  States  particularly  the  NE States in the field of various sports;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  action plan for identifying and nurturing the sporting talents from rural areas of various States particularly NE States; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a): Yes, Madam. Women sportspersons from North Eastern States have made the country proud by winning a number of  medals  in  international  sports  events  including  mega

Sports events such as Olympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games.

(b)  to  (d)  :  All  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  & Sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are equally applicable  to  women  sportspersons  from  various  states including  in  North  Eastern  (NE)  States.  Details  of  the schemes being implemented by the Government for encouraging  and  giving  training  to  the  sportspersons  is given in the Annexure.

Under  the  sports  promotional  schemes  of  SAI,  the talented  sports  persons  including  young  women  athletes from all over India including North East region are identified based  on  the scheme  selection  criteria by organizing  talent  scouting  programme  by  the  respective Regional Centres. The Regional centers of SAI in NE region are at Guwahati and Imphal.

The  majority  of  the  trainees  selected  from  North Eastern Region belong to the rural and backward areas of the  North  Eastern  States.    The  selected  trainees  are provided with the facilities in the form of expert coaches, sports equipment, boarding and lodging, sports kit, competition exposure, educational expenses, medical/ insurance and stipend as per the approved scheme norms.

Department of Sports has given financial assistance from  National  Sports  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  to  Mary Kom  Regional  Boxing  Foundation  for  Boxing  academy  at Manipur.    SAI  has  signed  an  agreement  with  the  said academy to promote boxing in the region.

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Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (b)  to  (d)  of  Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2664 for answer on 01.12.2016  regarding  'Participation  of  Women  in  Sports' asked by  SHRI  HARI  MANJHI,  MP  and  SHRI  AJAY  MISRA TENI, MP :

Details of the schemes being implemented by the Government  for  encouraging  and  giving  training  to  the sportspersons are as follows :-

- (i) Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs)  -  This  is  a  scheme  of  Department  of  Sports, inter-alia,  for  participation  in  international  events abroad, conducting national / international tournaments in India, training / coaching of national teams under Indian and foreign coaches, etc.
- (ii) Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  is  implementing  the following sports promotional  schemes  to  identify talented  sports  persons  in  the  age  groups  ranging from 8-25 years and nurture them to excel at national and international competitions  across the country:
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- National Sports Talent Contest Scheme (NSTC)
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- Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC)
- SAI Training Centre (STC)
-  Special Area Games (SAG)
-  Extension Centre of STC/SAG
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- Centre of Excellence (CoE)
-  National Sports Academies (NSA)

Details  of  the  said  schemes  are  given  on  the  website  of SAI i.e. www.sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in

SAI  has  established  10  Regional  Centres  including  02 Regional  Centres  in  the  North  East  States  viz  Guwahati and  Imphal  and  02  educational  institutions  to  implement the  above  sports  promotional  schemes  in  the  country through 273 SAI sports centres. Presently, 12512 talented sports persons are being trained under SAI Schemes in 27 sports disciplines throughout the country, 3690 sports persons are girl trainees of which 901 girl trainees are trained in the North Eastern States.

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