Lok Sabha Question No. 415 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-30
Subject: Incentives to Sportspersons
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 415 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.03.2017

## Incentives to Sportspersons

## *415. SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR :

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to offer gainful employment to the retired sportspersons and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  extend  the  pension scheme to the sportspersons who have represented the country at International events and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  number  of  schemes  /  rewards  announced  by  the Government along with the number of their recipients during the last three years and the current year, State/ UT-wise and sportwise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  415  FOR  ANSWER  ON 30.03.2017 REGARDING 'INCENTIVE TO SPORTSPERSONS' BY SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR, HON'BLE MP

(a) : Recruitment of meritorious sportspersons against vacancies reserved for sports quota is done in Central Government offices in  terms  of  extant  instructions  of  the  Ministry  of  Personnel, Public Grievances and Pension. In terms of existing instructions of the Government, upto 5% of direct recruit vacancies in Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D' are reserved for meritorious sportspersons in Central Government offices.

Further, Ministries / Department of Government of India can recruit meritorious sportspersons in any year in relaxation of the recruitment  procedure,  to  the  extent  that  these,  including  all other reservations under existing orders, do not exceed 50% of the  total  number  of  vacancies  proposed  to  be  filled  by  direct recruitment. Central Government organizations and Public Sector undertakings recruit meritorious sportspersons including medal winners in international sports events from time to time for  which  they  advertise  in  Employment  News  and  other newspapers.

Sports persons, who have represented India in Olympics / Paralympics, are also offered employment as coaches in Sports Authority  of  India  (SAI)  subject  to  his  application,  available vacancies and other applicable terms and conditions.

(b) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports provides pension to meritorious  sportspersons  after  they  retire  from  active  sports career  as  per  the  provisions  under  the  scheme  of  Pension  to Meritorious Sportspersons.

(c) The Department of Sports gives mainly seven awards to the sportspersons, coaches, entities promoting sports development in the country and universities with the best all round performance in sports during the year of award. The year-wise and  sports-wise  details  of  recipients  of  the  aforementioned awards  are  given  in  the  Annexure.  State  wise  data  is  not maintained.

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Annexure

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question  No.  415  to  be  answered  on  30.03.2017  regarding 'Incentives to Sportspersons' by SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR

- (A ) RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
- (B) ARJUNA AWARD
- (C) DHYAN CHAND AWARD
- (D) DRONACHARYA AWARD
- (E) RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR
- (F) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy
- (G)    Scheme  of  Special  Awards  to  Winners  in  International  sports events and their Coaches

| Year            |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of Awardees |      0 |      1 |      4 |

| Year            |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of Awardees |     15 |     16 |     15 |

| Year            |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of Awardees |      3 |      3 |      3 |

| Year            |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of Awardees |      5 |      5 |      6 |

| Year            |   2014 |   2015 |   2016 |
|-----------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of Awardees |      4 |      4 |      7 |

| Year            |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|-----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of Awardees |         3 |         3 |         1 |

| Year                                           |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| No. of sportspersons/ coaches given cash award |        70 |       289 |       605 |

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