Lok Sabha Question No. 2158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-08
Subject: Preparation for Olympics and Asian Games
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .

## 2158 TO BE ANSWERD ON 08.03.2018

## Preparation for Olympics and Asian Games

2158. DR. P.K. BIJU:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  effective  measures  and  made preparations  to  train  young  athletes  and  sportspersons  of  the  country  to compete in the forthcoming Olympics and Asian Games;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total amount spent thereon during each of the last three years and the current year and the amount to be spent in the next two years;
- (c) the complete list of athletes and sportspersons getting financial support and foreign training facilities, event-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has provided adequate support and facilitation to States for better sports infrastructure facilities to match with the international standards; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE ( INDEPENDENT CHARGE ) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [COL . RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD . )]

(a) & (b): Madam, preparation of Indian sportspersons/teams for Asian/Commonwealth/Olympic  Games  is an on-going process. Government  is providing full assistance to the identified sportspersons/teams for intensive coaching through national coaching camps organized by the Sports Authority of India besides providing Foreign Exposures / Competitions.  National Coaching Camps for the elite sportspersons/teams preparing for International Competitions including

Asian/Commonwealth  Games  are  organized  at  various  Centres,  under  Indian  and foreign coaches, where infrastructure, services and facilities at par with international standards  are  available.    Department  has  held  consultations  with  various  stake holders including eminent sportspersons, coaches and National Sports Federations (NSFs) etc., in an effort to improve India's performance in all future competitions including Asian/Commonwealth/Olympic Games.  It has been decided, among others, to enhance performance monitoring, emphasize on greater role of coaches in devising training  programmes  of  medal  prospects  and  strengthen  sports  science  set-up. Also, under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme, Elite Athletes Identification Committee has been reconstituted for identification of elite athletes who would be provided funds under the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF). Total financial assistance given for training, participation in international events etc. during the last three years and current year under the Scheme of Financial Assistance to NSFs is as under:

(Rs. in crores)

| (i)   | 2014-15 -               |   130.21 |
|-------|-------------------------|----------|
| (ii)  | 2015-16 -               |   165.36 |
| (iii) | 2016-17 -               |   223.41 |
| (iv)  | 2017-18 (provisional) - |   162.08 |

For  the  Financial  Years  2018-19  &  2019-20,  Expenditure  Finance  Committee  has recommended  a  budget  ceiling  of  Rs.  446.80  crores  and  Rs.  482.50  crores respectively under this Scheme.

(c) List of sportspersons to whom financial assistance has been given from the NSDF during the last three years is given in the Annexure.

(d) & (e): 'Sports' is a State subject. It is the primary responsibility of the State Governments  to  develop  sports  including  development  and  creation  of  sports infrastructure of international standards. However, Central Government also provides financial  assistance  under  its  scheme  of  'Khelo  India'  to  States/UTs  to  develop critical sports infrastructure and other infrastructure, where there are gaps, including for sports science and sports equipment on the basis of viable proposals from them.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED IN PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2158  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  08-03-2018  REGARDING  PREPARATIONS  FOR OLYMPICS AND ASIAN GAMES ASKED BY DR. P.K. BIJU

| S.No         | Name of the Sportsperson   | Discipline   |
|--------------|----------------------------|--------------|
| 1            | Om Prakash Singh Karhana   | Athletics    |
| 2            | Krishna Poonia             | Athletics    |
| 3            | VikasGowda                 | Athletics    |
| 4            | PreejaSreedharan           | Athletics    |
| 5            | KavitaRaut                 | Athletics    |
| 6            | O.P. Jaisha                | Athletics    |
| 7            | Sudha Singh                | Athletics    |
| 8            | Arjun                      | Athletics    |
| 9            | SeemaPunia                 | Athletics    |
| 10           | Inderjeet Singh            | Athletics    |
| 11           | Arpindersingh              | Athletics    |
| 12           | M R Poovamma               | Athletics    |
| 13           | AshwiniAkkunji             | Athletics    |
| 14           | Mandeepkaur                | Athletics    |
| 15           | Sini Jose                  | Athletics    |
| 16           | PriyankaPanwar             | Athletics    |
| 17           | JaunaMurmu                 | Athletics    |
| 18           | DebashreeMajumdar          | Athletics    |
| 19           | Anilda Thomas              | Athletics    |
| 20           | Anju Thomas                | Athletics    |
| 21           | ChhaviSharawat             | Athletics    |
| 22           | Gopi T                     | Athletics    |
| 23           | Sapana                     | Athletics    |
| 24           | Sandeep Kumar              | Athletics    |
| 25           | NitendraRawat              | Athletics    |
| 26           | Kheta Ram                  | Athletics    |
| 27           | Khushbir Kaur              | Athletics    |
| 28           | Lalita Babar               | Athletics    |
| 29           | Manpreet Kaur              | Athletics    |
| 30 Ganapathi | Krishnan                   | Athletics    |
| 31           | Manish Rawat               | Athletics    |
| 32           | Tintu Luka                 | Athletics    |
| 33           | Arpita M                   | Athletics    |
| 34           | Gurmeet Singh              | Athletics    |
| 35           | Sandeep Singh Maan         | Athletics    |
| 36           | Navjeet Kaur Dhillion      | Athletic     |
| 37           | K T Irfan                  | Athletics    |

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|   38 | Swapna Barman    | Athletics   |
|------|------------------|-------------|
|   39 | TejaswinShanker  | Athletics   |
|   40 | G. Laxmanan      | Athletics   |
|   41 | Neeraj Chopra    | Athletics   |
|   42 | TejenderToor     | Athletics   |
|   43 | P U Chitra       | Athletics   |
|   44 | PoornimaHembram  | Athletics   |
|   45 | SanjivaniJadhav  | Athletics   |
|   46 | V. Neena         | Athletics   |
|   47 | Mohammad Anas    | Athletics   |
|   48 | Arokia Rajiv     | Athletics   |
|   49 | Amoj Jacob       | Athletics   |
|   50 | Muhammad Kunhu   | Athletics   |
|   51 | Mohan Kumar      | Athletics   |
|   52 | Sachin Roby      | Athletics   |
|   53 | Jithu Baby       | Athletics   |
|   54 | Annu Rani        | Athletics   |
|   55 | Ajay Kumar Saroj | Athletics   |
|   56 | Lili Das         | Athletics   |
|   57 | Nayana James     | Athletics   |
|   58 | Jisna Mathew     | Athletics   |
|   59 | Vijay Kumari     | Athletics   |
|   60 | Anu R            | Athletics   |
|   61 | Jinson Johnson   | Athletics   |
|   62 | Atanu Das        | Archery     |
|   63 | JayantaTalukdar  | Archery     |
|   64 | MangalChampia    | Archery     |
|   65 | DeepikaKumari    | Archery     |
|   66 | L Bombayla Devi  | Archery     |
|   67 | RimilBuruily     | Archery     |
|   68 | Laxmi Rani Majhi | Archery     |
|   69 | Sanjay Boro      | Archery     |
|   70 | AtulVerma        | Archery     |
|   71 | RanjitNaik       | Archery     |
|   72 | Dola Banerjee    | Archery     |
|   73 | MadhuVedwan      | Archery     |
|   74 | Ishita           | Archery     |
|   75 | PriyankaThakran  | Archery     |
|   76 | Viswash          | Archery     |
|   77 | BinodSwansi      | Archery     |
|   78 | SnehalDivakar    | Archery     |
|   79 | Sachin Gupta     | Archery     |
|   80 | TarundeepRai     | Archery     |
|   81 | Monika Saren     | Archery     |
|   82 | Amanjeet Singh   | Archery     |
|   83 | AbhishekVerma    | Archery     |
|   84 | C Srither        | Archery     |

|   85 | KhusbhuDhayal            | Archery   |
|------|--------------------------|-----------|
|   86 | DivyaDhayal              | Archery   |
|   87 | JyotiSurekha             | Archery   |
|   88 | Trisha Deb               | Archery   |
|   89 | Paonam Lily Chanu        | Archery   |
|   90 | Parveena                 | Archery   |
|   91 | AnkitaBhakat             | Archery   |
|   92 | Yashdev                  | Archery   |
|   93 | SainaNehwal              | Badminton |
|   94 | P V Sindhu               | Badminton |
|   95 | H.S.Prannoy              | Badminton |
|   96 | P.Kashyap                | Badminton |
|   97 | K.Srikanth               | Badminton |
|   98 | Guru Saidutt             | Badminton |
|   99 | B. Sumeeth Reddy         | Badminton |
|  100 | Manu Attri               | Badminton |
|  101 | AshwiniPonnappa          | Badminton |
|  102 | JwalaGutta               | Badminton |
|  103 | BhamidipatiSaiPrananeeth | Badminton |
|  104 | Ajay Jayaram             | Badminton |
|  105 | Sikki Reddy              | Badminton |
|  106 | Pranav Jerry Chopra      | Badminton |
|  107 | LakshyaSen               | Badminton |
|  108 | M C Mary Kom             | Boxing    |
|  109 | MandeepJangra            | Boxing    |
|  110 | VikasKrishan             | Boxing    |
|  111 | Pinki Rani Jangra        | Boxing    |
|  112 | Sarjubala Devi           | Boxing    |
|  113 | L Sarita Devi            | Boxing    |
|  114 | SumitSangwan             | Boxing    |
|  115 | Shiva Thapa              | Boxing    |
|  116 | L Devendro Singh         | Boxing    |
|  117 | Manoj Kumar              | Boxing    |
|  118 | Amit Kumar               | Boxing    |
|  119 | Shyam Kr. Kakara         | Boxing    |
|  120 | Sachin                   | Boxing    |
|  121 | Sonia Lather             | Boxing    |
|  122 | KavinderBisht            | Boxing    |
|  123 | Gaurav Bidhuri           | Boxing    |
|  124 | Satish Kumar             | Boxing    |
|  125 | Neeraj                   | Boxing    |
|  126 | Abhijeet Gupta           | Chess     |
|  127 | ParimarjanNegi           | Chess     |
|  128 | HarikaDronvalli          | Chess     |
|  129 | Aryan Chopra             | Chess     |
|  130 | Deborah Herald           | Cycling   |
|  131 | Aleena Reji              | Cycling   |

|   132 | Sanuraj P              | Cycling    |
|-------|------------------------|------------|
|   133 | Ranjit Singh           | Cycling    |
|   134 | Sahil Kumar            | Cycling    |
|   135 | Bhavani Devi           | Fencing    |
|   136 | Lt Col Rajesh Pattu    | Equestrian |
|   137 | Chiragh Kumar          | Golf       |
|   138 | Ashish Kumar           | Gymnastics |
|   139 | Rakesh Kumar Patra     | Gymnastics |
|   140 | DipaKarmarkar          | Gymnastics |
|   141 | Aruna Buddha Reddy     | Gymnastics |
|   142 | PranatiNayak           | Gymnastics |
|   143 | Avtar Singh            | Judo       |
|   144 | Kalpana Devi           | Judo       |
|   145 | Vijay Kumar Yadav      | Judo       |
|   146 | TulikaMaan             | Judo       |
|   147 | DattuBabanBhokanal     | Rowing     |
|   148 | AbhinavBindra          | Shooting   |
|   149 | GaganNarang            | Shooting   |
|   150 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu  | Shooting   |
|   151 | RonjanSodhi            | Shooting   |
|   152 | Sanjeev Rajput         | Shooting   |
|   153 | Zoravar Singh Sandhu   | Shooting   |
|   154 | ShagunChowdhary        | Shooting   |
|   155 | Heena Sidhu            | Shooting   |
|   156 | Ankur Mittal           | Shooting   |
|   157 | AnisaSayyed            | Shooting   |
|   158 | KynanChenai            | Shooting   |
|   159 | Shweta Singh           | Shooting   |
|   160 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan      | Shooting   |
|   161 | RahiSanobat            | Shooting   |
|   162 | MohdAshab              | Shooting   |
|   163 | P N Prakash            | Shooting   |
|   164 | Shreyasi Singh         | Shooting   |
|   165 | Chain Singh            | Shooting   |
|   166 | JituRai                | Shooting   |
|   167 | Gurpreet Singh         | Shooting   |
|   168 | ApurviChandela         | Shooting   |
|   169 | MalaikaGoel            | Shooting   |
|   170 | Ayonika Paul           | Shooting   |
|   171 | GauriSheron            | Shooting   |
|   172 | Sheeraz Sheikh         | Shooting   |
|   173 | Angad Veer Singh Bajwa | Shooting   |
|   174 | PoojaGhatkar           | Shooting   |
|   175 | MeghanaSajjanar        | Shooting   |
|   176 | Deepak Kumar           | Shooting   |
|   177 | Ravi Kumar             | Shooting   |
|   178 | Shapath Bhardwaj       | Shooting   |

|   179 | SangramDahya           | Shooting      |
|-------|------------------------|---------------|
|   180 | Omkar Singh            | Shooting      |
|   181 | Satyendra Singh        | Shooting      |
|   182 | Amanpreet Singh        | Shooting      |
|   183 | HarveenSarao           | Shooting      |
|   184 | Yasshaswini S. Deshwal | Shooting      |
|   185 | TejaswiniSawant        | Shooting      |
|   186 | AnjumMoudgil           | Shooting      |
|   187 | RajeshwariKumari       | Shooting      |
|   188 | Saurabh Chaudhary      | Shooting      |
|   189 | Gaayathri N.           | Shooting      |
|   190 | DipikaPallikal         | Squash        |
|   191 | Harinder Pal Singh     | Squash        |
|   192 | Kush Kumar             | Squash        |
|   193 | SauravGhosal           | Squash        |
|   194 | JoshnaChinappa         | Squash        |
|   195 | ManikaBatra            | Table Tennis  |
|   196 | Mouma Das              | Table Tennis  |
|   197 | Sharath Kamal          | Table Tennis  |
|   198 | Soumyajit Ghosh        | Table Tennis  |
|   199 | Harmeet Desai          | Table Tennis  |
|   200 | MadhurikaPatkar        | Table Tennis  |
|   201 | G. Sathiyan            | Table Tennis  |
|   202 | Leander Paes           | Tennis        |
|   203 | SaniaMirza             | Tennis        |
|   204 | Rohan Bopanna          | Tennis        |
|   205 | Yuki Bhambri           | Tennis        |
|   206 | Ankita Raina           | Tennis        |
|   207 | PranjalaYadlapalli     | Tennis        |
|   208 | SakethMyneni           | Tennis        |
|   209 | Karman Kaur Thandi     | Tennis        |
|   210 | Ram Kumar Ramanathan   | Tennis        |
|   211 | SumitNagal             | Tennis        |
|   212 | Sacchitt Sharma        | Tennis        |
|   213 | PrarthanaThombare      | Tennis        |
|   214 | SaikhomMirabaiChanu    | Weightlifting |
|   215 | Jeremy Lalrinnunga     | Weightlifting |
|   216 | S. Satish Kumar        | Weightlifting |
|   217 | Muthupandi Raja        | Weightlifting |
|   218 | Deepak Lather          | Weightlifting |
|   219 | RagalaVenkat Rahul     | Weightlifting |
|   220 | Vikas Thakur           | Weightlifting |
|   221 | Ajay Singh             | Weightlifting |
|   222 | JimjamgDeru            | Weightlifting |
|   223 | Pardeep Singh          | Weightlifting |
|   224 | KhumukchamSanjitaChanu | Weightlifting |
|   225 | PoonamYadav            | Weightlifting |

|   226 | Gurdeep Singh           | Weightlifting               |
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
|   227 | Sandeep Sejwal          | Swimming                    |
|   228 | Maana Patel             | Swimming                    |
|   229 | Sajan Prakash           | Swimming                    |
|   230 | SrihariNataraj          | Swimming                    |
|   231 | R. Neeland              | Water Sports (Sailing)      |
|   232 | K C Ganapathy           | Water Sports (Yachting)     |
|   233 | VarshaGautam            | Water Sports (Yachting)     |
|   234 | AishwaryaNedunchezhiyan | Water Sports (Yachting)     |
|   235 | ParveenRana             | Wrestling                   |
|   236 | Sushil Kumar            | Wrestling                   |
|   237 | YogeshwarDutt           | Wrestling                   |
|   238 | BajrangPunia            | Wrestling                   |
|   239 | Amit Kumar Dahiya       | Wrestling                   |
|   240 | Rahul Aware             | Wrestling                   |
|   241 | BabitaKumari            | Wrestling                   |
|   242 | VineshPhogat            | Wrestling                   |
|   243 | GeetaPhogat             | Wrestling                   |
|   244 | NarsinghYadav           | Wrestling                   |
|   245 | Hardeep                 | Wrestling                   |
|   246 | Sakshi Malik            | Wrestling                   |
|   247 | Sandeep Tomar           | Wrestling                   |
|   248 | SatywartKadian          | Wrestling                   |
|   249 | Sumit                   | Wrestling                   |
|   250 | Lalita                  | Wrestling                   |
|   251 | Sarita                  | Wrestling                   |
|   252 | GyanendarDahiya         | Wrestling                   |
|   253 | Harpreet Singh          | Wrestling                   |
|   254 | Uchit Sharma            | Wushu                       |
|   255 | Narendra Grewal         | Wushu                       |
|   256 | K Arunpama Devi         | Wushu                       |
|   257 | Budha Chandra Singh     | Wushu                       |
|   258 | Santosh Kumar           | Wushu                       |
|   259 | L SanatombiChanu        | Wushu                       |
|   260 | YumnamSanathoi Devi     | Wushu                       |
|   261 | Surya BhanuPartap Singh | Wushu                       |
|   262 | M Gyandash Singh        | Wushu                       |
|   263 | NishchayLuthra          | Winter Sports (Ice Skating) |
|   264 | Shiva Keshavan KP       | Winter Sports (Luge)        |
|   265 | Nikhil Pingle           | Winter Sports (Ice Skating) |
|   266 | Himanshu Thakur         | Winter Sports               |

|   267 | Anchal Thakur            | Winter Sports   |
|-------|--------------------------|-----------------|
|   268 | Jagdish                  | Winter Sports   |
|   269 | Karamjyoti               | Para Sports     |
|   270 | Sharad Kumar             | Para Sports     |
|   271 | Deepa Malik              | Para Sports     |
|   272 | Narender                 | Para Sports     |
|   273 | H N Girisha              | Para Sports     |
|   274 | Farman Basha             | Para Sports     |
|   275 | SakinaKhatun             | Para Sports     |
|   276 | Amit Kumar Saroha        | Para Sports     |
|   277 | Devendra                 | Para Sports     |
|   278 | MariappanThangavelu      | Para Sports     |
|   279 | S N Jadav                | Para Sports     |
|   280 | Virender Kumar (Dhankar) | Para Sports     |
|   281 | Varun Singh Bhati        | Para Sports     |
|   282 | Sundar Singh Gujar       | Para Sports     |
|   283 | Naresh Kumar Sharma      | Para Sports     |
|   284 | DevendraJhajharia        | Para Sports     |
|   285 | Ram Pal Chahar           | Para Sports     |
|   286 | RinkuHooda               | Para Sports     |
|   287 | Sandeep Choudhary        | Para Sports     |
|   288 | JayantiBehara            | Para Sports     |
|   289 | Rohit Kumar              | Para Sports     |
|   290 | AvaniLekhara             | Para Sports     |
|   291 | Pooja Agarwal            | Para Sports     |
|   292 | Rubina Francis           | Para Sports     |
|   293 | Sachin Chaudhary         | Para Sports     |
|   294 | AnkurDhama               | Para Sports     |
|   295 | Vinay Kumar Lal          | Para Sports     |
|   296 | Dharambir                | Para Sports     |
|   297 | Deepak Singh             | Para Sports     |