Lok Sabha Question No. 1951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Training for Softball
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Virendra  Kumar

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1951 TO BE ANSWERD ON 22.09.2020

## Training for Softball

## †1951. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the names of places where Softball is played in India including
- the efforts being made to make this sport popular;
- (b) the number of training centres in India where training of Softball is given at present, State-wise; and
- (c)  whether  any  scheme  has  been  implemented  or  is  proposed  in future to propagate the Softball sport and make it more popular in the  training  centres  managed  by  the  Sports  Authority  of  India  in Tikamgarh as well as for its quality training?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI KIREN RIJIJU]

(a) to (c) Softball is played throughout the country. The Government is assisting the Softball Association of India under the Scheme  of  Assistance  to  National  Sports  Federations  to  promote and develop Softball sports in the country. Admissible assistance is provided as per norms of the Scheme. As informed by the Softball Association  of  India,  there  are  24  training  centres  in  India,  the

State-wise list of which is given at Annexure.

Sports Authority of India has good infrastructure facilities available at its Centre at Tikamgarh, Madhya  Pradesh for training of sportspersons for discipline of Softball.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (c)  OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1951 FOR REPLY ON 22.09.2020 ASKED BY DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR REGARDING 'TRAINING FOR SOFTBALL'

State-wise list of training centers in India for Softball

|   S. No. | State / Union Territory   | Number of training centres   |
|----------|---------------------------|------------------------------|
|        1 | Andhra Pradesh            | 1                            |
|        2 | Bihar                     | 1                            |
|        3 | Chandigarh                | 1                            |
|        4 | Chhattisgarh 1            |                              |
|        5 | Delhi                     | 1                            |
|        6 | Goa                       | 1                            |
|        7 | Gujarat                   | 1                            |
|        8 | Haryana                   | 1                            |
|        9 | Himachal Pradesh          | 1                            |
|       10 | Jammu & Kashmir           | 1                            |
|       11 | Karnataka                 | 1                            |
|       12 | Kerala                    | 1                            |
|       13 | Madhya Pradesh            | 2                            |
|       14 | Maharashtra               | 2                            |
|       15 | Manipur                   | 1                            |
|       16 | Orissa                    | 1                            |
|       17 | Punjab                    | 1                            |
|       18 | Rajasthan                 | 3                            |
|       19 | Uttar Pradesh             | 1                            |
|       20 | Telangana                 | 1                            |