Lok Sabha Question No. 2983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-04
Subject: Foreign Training for Players
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: HARI NARAYAN RAJBHAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2983 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04-01-2018

'Foreign Training for Players'

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  AND  SPORTS  be  pleased  to

## †2983. SHRI HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR: state:

- (a)  details  of  the  policy  of  the  Government  for  the  selection  of sportsmen for training in foreign countries;
- (b)  the  category-wise  number  of  youth  sports  delegations  sent  to foreign countries to understand  climatic conditions of foreign countries and to adjust accordingly during last five years;
- (c) the details of the fund allocated and spent in this regard during the last five years, category-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  on  any  exchange programme with foreign countries to enhance the quality of sports in India;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (COL. RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE)

- (a): The  selection  of  sportspersons  for  their  customized  training abroad at Training Centres/Institutes is decided on a case to case basis keeping in view the past performance and future potential of such sportspersons; while taking decisions, the schedule of major international competitions is also factored.  All such proposals are considered  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  the  National  Sports Development Fund.  Sportspersons recommended by Target Olympic

Podium Identification Committee for training within the country and abroad  are  also  considered  by  the  Executive  Committee  of  NSDF. The Sports Authority of India (SAI), which is the apex advisory body in  sports  related  matters,  and  the  concerned  National  Sports Federations are also consulted before selection of such sportspersons.

(b)&(c): During  the  last  five  years,  financial  assistance  to  85 sportspersons  has  been  given  out  of  NSDF  Funds  for  training abroad.    Details  of  funding  to  these  sportspersons  for  training  in India  and  abroad  are  given  in  Annexure.    Major  portion  of  the assistance  is  for  training  abroad,  however,  separate  accounts  are not maintained for training expenses abroad. Financial assistance to two National Sports Federations (NSFs) has also been given from NSDF Funds for organizing training camps/practice abroad during the period, details of which are given in Annexure.

(d) & (e): Yes,  Government  and  Sports  Authority  of  India  have entered into Memorandum of Understanding with several countries and Universities which provide international standard training facilities,  coach  development programmes etc. Knowledge sharing and  Exchange  programme  in  the  field  of  Physical  Education  and Sports  Sciences  etc.  are  undertaken  with  those  countries  and universities to improve quality of sports.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (C) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2983 FOR ANSWER  ON  04-01-2018  REGARDING  'FOREIGN  TRAINING  ON  PLAYERS'  ASKED  BY  SHRI  HARINARAYAN RAJBHAR, MP (LS).

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|                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               | Amount of Assistance (Rupees in Lacs)                                                               |
| S.No.                                                                                               | Name of the Sportsperson                                                                            | Discipline                                                                                          | 2012-13                                                                                             | 2013-14                                                                                             | 2014-15                                                                                             | 2015-16                                                                                             | 2016-17                                                                                             | 2017-18                                                                                             | Total                                                                                               |
| 1                                                                                                   | Om Prakash Singh Karhana                                                                            | Athletics                                                                                           | 19.18                                                                                               | 0.30                                                                                                | 15.48                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     | 34.96                                                                                               |
| 2                                                                                                   | Krishna Poonia                                                                                      | Athletics                                                                                           | 42.52                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 21.91                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 20.35                                                                                               | 1.87                                                                                                | 86.65                                                                                               |
| 3                                                                                                   | VikasGowda                                                                                          | Athletics                                                                                           | 28.80                                                                                               | 11.80                                                                                               | 46.08                                                                                               | 57.87                                                                                               | 35.33                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 179.88                                                                                              |
| 4                                                                                                   | MayookhaJo hny                                                                                      | Athletics                                                                                           | 16.67                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     | 16.67                                                                                               |
| 5                                                                                                   | PreejaSreedh aran                                                                                   | Athletics                                                                                           | 12.52                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 1.12                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 0.10                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 13.74                                                                                               |
| 6                                                                                                   | KavitaRaut                                                                                          | Athletics                                                                                           | 12.52                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 1.12                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 0.10                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 13.74                                                                                               |
| 7                                                                                                   | O.P. Jaisha                                                                                         | Athletics                                                                                           | 12.52                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 1.12                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 0.10                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 13.74                                                                                               |
| 8                                                                                                   | Sudha Singh                                                                                         | Athletics                                                                                           | 12.52                                                                                               |                                                                                                     | 1.12                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 0.10                                                                                                |                                                                                                     | 13.74                                                                                               |
| 9                                                                                                   | Arjun                                                                                               | Athletics                                                                                           |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     | 13.97                                                                                               |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     |                                                                                                     | 13.97                                                                                               |

|   10 | SeemaPunia          | Athletics   |       |      | 16.09   | 16.20   | 27.18   |      |   59.47 |
|------|---------------------|-------------|-------|------|---------|---------|---------|------|---------|
|   11 | Inderjeet Singh     | Athletics   |       |      |         | 29.17   |         |      |   29.17 |
|   12 | Arpindersing h      | Athletics   |       |      |         | 10.63   | 4.98    |      |   15.61 |
|   13 | B. Sumeeth Reddy    | Badminton   |       |      |         |         | 5.46    |      |    5.46 |
|   14 | Manu Attri          | Badminton   |       |      |         |         | 5.51    |      |    5.51 |
|   15 | M C Mary Kom        | Boxing      | 34.18 |      |         | 3.89    | 4.04    |      |   42.11 |
|   16 | MandeepJan gra      | Boxing      |       |      |         | 8.47    | 3.46    |      |   11.93 |
|   17 | VikasKrishan        | Boxing      |       |      |         | 4.76    | 3.08    |      |    7.84 |
|   18 | L Sarita Devi       | Boxing      |       |      |         | 5.67    |         |      |    5.67 |
|   19 | SumitSangwa n       | Boxing      |       |      |         | 0.44    | 2.02    |      |    2.46 |
|   20 | Shiva Thapa         | Boxing      |       |      |         | 9.28    | 1.70    |      |   10.98 |
|   21 | L Devendro Singh    | Boxing      |       |      |         | 6.46    | 1.70    |      |    8.16 |
|   22 | Abhijeet Gupta      | Chess       | 3.96  | 1.63 |         |         |         |      |    5.59 |
|   23 | ParimarjanNe gi     | Chess       | 7.47  | 8.00 | 2.56    |         |         |      |   18.03 |
|   24 | HarikaDronva lli    | Chess       |       |      | 8.53    | 6.32    | 11.09   | 3.17 |   29.11 |
|   25 | Lt Col Rajesh Pattu | Equestrian  | 12.15 | 9.67 | 11.29   |         |         |      |   33.11 |

|   26 | AbhinavBindr a        | Shooting   | 59.53   | 26.07   | 50.06   | 97.10   | 8.85   |      |   241.61 |
|------|-----------------------|------------|---------|---------|---------|---------|--------|------|----------|
|   27 | GaganNarang           | Shooting   |         |         |         |         | 10.32  |      |    10.32 |
|   28 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting   | 94.62   | 82.74   | 75.06   | 53.52   | 32.27  |      |   338.21 |
|   29 | RonjanSodhi           | Shooting   | 91.92   | 83.28   | 26.02   | 17.77   | 0.93   | 0.89 |   220.81 |
|   30 | Sanjeev Rajput        | Shooting   | 11.07   |         |         | 0.21    |        |      |    11.28 |
|   31 | ShagunChow dhary      | Shooting   | 48.66   | 37.91   | 11.51   | 5.62    |        | 0.02 |   103.72 |
|   32 | JoydeepKar markar     | Shooting   | 22.31   |         |         |         |        |      |    22.31 |
|   33 | HeenaSidhu            | Shooting   | 11.13   |         | 51.82   | 62.97   | 30.56  | 3.61 |   160.09 |
|   34 | Ankur Mittal          | Shooting   |         |         |         | 13.30   | 8.54   |      |    21.84 |
|   35 | KynanChenai           | Shooting   |         |         |         | 22.56   | 26.89  | 3.08 |    52.53 |
|   36 | Shweta Singh          | Shooting   |         |         |         | 15.65   |        |      |    15.65 |
|   37 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan     | Shooting   |         |         |         | 22.73   | 43.85  |      |    66.58 |
|   38 | RahiSanobat           | Shooting   |         |         |         | 2.77    | 5.69   |      |     8.46 |
|   39 | MohdAshab             | Shooting   |         |         |         | 22.45   |        |      |    22.45 |
|   40 | P N Prakash           | Shooting   |         |         |         | 11.00   |        |      |    11    |
|   41 | Shreyasi Singh        | Shooting   |         |         |         | 4.04    |        |      |     4.04 |
|   42 | Chain Singh           | Shooting   |         |         |         | 9.54    | 10.32  |      |    19.86 |

|   43 | JituRai            | Shooting   |       |      |      |       | 11.10   |      |   11.10 |
|------|--------------------|------------|-------|------|------|-------|---------|------|---------|
|   44 | Gurpreet Singh     | Shooting   |       |      |      |       | 4.12    |      |    4.12 |
|   45 | ApurviChand ela    | Shooting   |       |      |      |       | 10.46   |      |   10.46 |
|   46 | DipikaPallikal     | Squash     | 7.29  | 7.95 | 0.98 | 12.39 | 6.75    | 0.53 |   35.89 |
|   47 | Harinder Pal Singh | Squash     |       |      |      | 8.47  | 1.12    |      |    9.59 |
|   48 | Kush Kumar         | Squash     |       |      |      | 6.96  |         |      |    6.96 |
|   49 | SauravGhosa l      | Squash     |       |      |      | 9.27  |         | 5.71 |   14.98 |
|   50 | JoshnaChina ppa    | Squash     |       |      |      | 2.67  | 0.50    |      |    3.17 |
|   51 | Leander Paes       | Tennis     | 36.64 |      |      | 0.17  |         |      |   36.81 |
|   52 | Mahesh Bhupathi    | Tennis     | 25.17 |      |      |       |         |      |   25.17 |
|   53 | SaniaMirza         | Tennis     | 23.72 |      |      | 27.76 |         |      |   51.48 |
|   54 | Yuki Bhambri       | Tennis     | 12.03 |      |      |       |         |      |   12.03 |
|   55 | Sanam Singh        | Tennis     | 4.35  |      |      |       |         |      |    4.35 |
|   56 | J. Vishnuvardha n  | Tennis     | 9.77  |      |      |       |         |      |    9.77 |
|   57 | Karan Rastogi      | Tennis     | 6.74  |      |      |       |         |      |    6.74 |
|   58 | AnkitaRaina        | Tennis     |       |      |      |       | 9.00    |      |    9    |

|   59 | PranjalaYadl apalli       | Tennis                  |       |       | 9.00   |      |   9.00 |
|------|---------------------------|-------------------------|-------|-------|--------|------|--------|
|   60 | SakethMynen i             | Tennis                  |       |       | 32.40  | 3.60 |  36    |
|   61 | Karman KaurThandi         | Tennis                  |       |       | 5.50   |      |   5.5  |
|   62 | Ram Kumar Ramanathan      | Tennis                  |       |       | 26.07  |      |  26.07 |
|   63 | SumitNagal                | Tennis                  |       |       | 8.89   |      |   8.89 |
|   64 | SandeepSejw al            | Swimming                |       | 5.66  | 4.11   | 0.14 |   9.91 |
|   65 | K C Ganapathy             | Water Sports (Yachting) | 10.83 | 0.21  |        |      |  11.04 |
|   66 | VarshaGauta m             | Water Sports (Yachting) | 15.72 | 10.44 |        |      |  26.16 |
|   67 | AishwaryaNe dunchezhiya n | Water Sports (Yachting) | 5.27  | 10.44 |        |      |  15.71 |
|   68 | ParveenRana               | Wrestling               |       | 3.64  |        |      |   3.64 |
|   69 | Sushil Kumar              | Wrestling               |       | 9.32  | 20.36  |      |  29.68 |
|   70 | YogeshwarD utt            | Wrestling               |       | 4.74  | 7.19   |      |  11.93 |
|   71 | Bajrang                   | Wrestling               |       | 3.64  | 7.05   |      |  10.69 |
|   72 | Amit Kumar Dahiya         | Wrestling               |       | 0.24  | 7.05   |      |   7.29 |

|   73 | Rahul Aware          | Wrestling                   |       |       |       | 3.64   |       |       |   3.64 |
|------|----------------------|-----------------------------|-------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
|   74 | NarsinghYad av       | Wrestling                   |       |       |       | 8.39   | 11.51 |       |  19.9  |
|   75 | NishchayLut hra      | Winter Sports (Ice Skating) |       |       |       | 9.06   |       |       |   9.06 |
|   76 | Shiva Keshavan KP    | Winter Sports (Luge)        | 2.25  | 10.82 | 16.75 | 10.00  |       | 15.00 |  54.82 |
|   77 | Master Nikhil Pingle | Winter Sports (Ice Skating) |       |       |       |        |       | 8.34  |   8.34 |
|   78 | Karamjyoti           | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 16.40  | 12.55 |       |  28.95 |
|   79 | Sharad Kumar         | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 11.26  | 4.16  |       |  15.42 |
|   80 | Deepa Malik          | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 7.28   | 8.78  | 1.12  |  17.18 |
|   81 | Narender             | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 5.99   |       |       |   5.99 |
|   82 | H N Girisha          | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 3.56   | 4.20  |       |   7.76 |
|   83 | Farman Basha         | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 9.15   | 20.20 | 3.63  |  32.98 |
|   84 | SakinaKhatu n        | Para Sports                 |       |       |       | 9.14   | 8.49  | 1.06  |  18.69 |
|   85 | Naresh Kumar Sharma  | Para Sports (Shooting)      | 39.95 |       |       | 0.17   | 25.35 |       |  65.47 |

| 86   | Athletic                                                                 | Athletics   |        |        |   4.35 |   56.44 |        |       |   60.79 |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|---------|--------|-------|---------|
| 87   | The Indian Golf Union(For Practice of National Golf Team in South Koria) | Golf        |        |        |   7.5  |    2.5  |        |       |   10    |
|      |                                                                          |             | 722.16 | 280.17 | 416.26 |  789.39 | 570.43 | 51.77 | 2830.18 |