Lok Sabha Question No. 130 (STARRED), answered on 2018-07-26
Subject: Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 130

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2018

Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund

## *130. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV :

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI :

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National  Welfare  Fund  for  Sportspersons  (PDUNWFS) in the country and if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (b) the number of sportspersons who have benefited from the Fund along with the quantum of funds provided to them during each of the last three years and the current year, State and sport-wise along  with  the  criteria/procedure  adopted  to  determine  the quantum of assistance to be granted to sportspersons from the Fund;
- (c) whether the Government has achieved the objectives of the Fund and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is aware of medal winning sportspersons  living  in  indigent  condition  and  suffering  from various diseases, if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by  the  Government  to  extend  financial  assistance  to  such sportspersons from the said Fund; and
- (e) whether any proposal for grant of assistance from the said Fund is  pending  with  the  Government  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the present status thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

## ANSWER YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

## (a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 130 FOR ANSWER ON 26.07.2018 REGARDING 'PANDIT DEENDAYAL UPADHYAY NATIONAL WELFARE FUND' BY SHRI SATAV RAJEEV AND SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT

(a) : National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons  was set up in March, 1982 with a view to assisting outstanding sportspersons of the past, living  in  indigent  circumstances,  who  had  brought  glory  to  the country  in  sports.  The  scheme  was  reviewed  and  revised  in  July 2009. Scheme of National Welfare Fund of Sportspersons has been reviewed again and was revised extensively in May 2016 to  include more  sportspersons  for  being  considered  for  financial  assistance from  the  Fund  and  was  renamed  as  'Pandit  Deendayal  Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons' on 22 nd  September, 2017. Accordingly,  the  amount  of  annual  income  for  being  eligible  for getting financial assistance from the Fund was raised from Rs. 2.00 lakh to Rs. 4.00 lakh.

## The objectives of the Fund is as follows :

- (i)  To provide suitable assistance to outstanding sportspersons now
- living in indigent circumstances;
- (ii)  To  provide  suitable  assistance  to  outstanding  sportspersons injured during the period of their training for competitions and also  during  the  competitions,  depending  on  the  nature  of  the injury;
- (iii)  To  provide  suitable  assistance  to  outstanding  sportspersons who bring glory to the country in international sports field and who are disabled as an after effect of their strenuous training or otherwise and to provide them assistance for medical treatment;
- (iv)  To  administer  and  apply  the  funds  of  the  Fund  to  promote  the welfare  of  the  sportspersons  generally  in  order  to  alleviate distress among them and their dependents in indigent circumstances;
- (v)  To  administer  and  apply  the  funds  of  the  Fund  for  active sportspersons individually or collectively as a group;
- (vi)  To  do  all  other  things  which  are  incidental  to  the  above objectives.

(b) : The year-wise details of the sportspersons who have been given financial assistance from the Fund along with the quantum of funds provided to them during each of the last three years and the current year,  State-wise  and  sport-wise  along  with  the  criteria  adopted  to determine the quantum of assistance to be granted to sportspersons from the Fund are given in the Annexure I.

(c) : Yes, madam, in view of reply given above.

(d) : Under the provisions of the scheme, there is already provision for providing a lump sum financial assistance upto Rs. 10.00 lakh for medical  treatment  of  such  sportspersons.  During  the  period  from 2015-16 to 2018-19 (till 23.07.2018), lump sum financial assistance has been given to 11 sportspersons for medical treatment.

(e) : Five proposals received from Ms. Himani Sardar (Badminton), Shri Manoj Kumar (Para-Athletics), Ms Dipti Rajput (Wrestling), Ms Manisha (Martial Arts) and Ms. Santosh (Powerlifting) requesting for financial assistance  from  the  scheme  are  at  present  under  examination stage.

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Annexure I

Annexure referred to in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  the  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question  No.  130  for  answer  on  26.07.2018 regarding  'Pandit Deendayal  Upadhyay  National  Welfare  Fund'  asked  by  Shri  Satav Rajeev and Shri Sumedhanand  Sarswati, Hon'ble Members  of Parliament

| Year     |   S. No. | Name of sportsperson/ organization         | Sport discipline   | State/UT to which beneficiary belongs   | Criteria for financial assistance   | Amount paid (in Rs.)   |
|----------|----------|--------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|
| 2015- 16 |        1 | Shri Kabyanil Taukdar                      | Rubic Cube         | Assam                                   | Ameliorating financial condition    | 3,00,000               |
|          |        2 | Ms Vibha Patil, Widow of Late Bandhu Patil | Hockey             | Maharashtra                             | Ameliorating financial condition    | 5,00,000               |
|          |        3 | Shri Dipankar Borah                        | Karate             | Assam                                   | Medical Treatment                   | 2,00,000               |
|          |        4 | Ms Khirada Saikia Kalita                   | Athlete            | Assam                                   | Ameliorating financial condition    | 2,00,000               |
| 2016- 17 |        5 | Shri Mohammad Shahid                       | Hockey             | Uttar Pradesh                           | Medical Treatment                   | 10,00,000              |
|          |        6 | Shri Bir Bahadur Singh                     | Football           | Telangana                               | Ameliorating financial condition    | 2,00,000               |
|          |        7 | Ms Preeti Beniwal                          | Boxing             | Haryana                                 | For Medical Treatment               | 85,000                 |
| 2017- 18 |        8 | Shri Mohammad Habib                        | Football           | Andhra Pradesh                          | Medical Treatment                   | 5,00,000               |
|          |        9 | Shri N. K. Mishra                          | Volleyball         | Rajasthan                               | Ameliorating financial condition    | 5,00,000               |
|          |       10 | Shri Kaur Singh                            | Boxer              | Punjab                                  | Ameliorating financial condition    | 5,00,000               |
|          |       11 | Family of Late                             | Football           | Delhi                                   | Financial                           | 5,00,000               |

|          |    | Ms Nitisha Negi                  |                |                | assistance to family             |          |
|----------|----|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------|----------------------------------|----------|
|          | 12 | Ms Gohela Boro                   | Archer         | Assam          | Medical Treatment                | 3,37,500 |
|          | 13 | Family of Late Master Praveen    | Hockey         | Haryana        | Financial assistance to family   | 2,00,000 |
| 2018- 19 | 14 | Shri N. Brij Kishore             | Gymnasti c     | Telangana      | Medical treatment                | 6,00,000 |
|          | 15 | Family of Late Shri Sumit Rabha, | Football       | Assam          | Medical treatment                | 5,00,000 |
|          | 16 | Ms Khaidem Kalambia Chanu        | Fencing        | Assam          | Medical treatment                | 5,00,000 |
|          | 17 | Shri Lakshmi Kanta Das           | Weightlift ing | West Bengal    | Medical treatment                | 2,00,000 |
|          | 18 | Shri Limba Ram                   | Archer         | Rajasthan      | Medical treatment                | 5,00,000 |
|          | 19 | Ms. Gohela Boro                  | Archer         | Assam          | Medical Treatment                | 5,00,000 |
|          | 20 | Shri Ashok Soren                 | Archery        | Madhya Pradesh | Ameliorating financial condition | 5,00,000 |

Further,  monthly  pension  has  also  been  given  from  the  Fund  of 'Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons' during the above period to the following sportspersons of yesteryears :

|   S. No. | Name of yesteryear sportsperson   | State/UT to which beneficiary belongs   | Monthly pension (in Rs.)   |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Shri V. Mookan                    | Tamil Nadu                              | 10,000                     |
|        2 | Smt. Bhagwan Devi                 | Delhi                                   | 10,000                     |
|        3 | Smt. Nilima Vasant Ponkhe         | Maharashtra                             | 8,000                      |
|        4 | Shri H.L.Prabhakar                | Karnataka                               | 8,000                      |
|        5 | Shri O.K.Sathyan                  | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |
|        6 | Shri V.Govardan                   | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |

|   7 | Shri N.Jayaraman        | Kerala      | 8,000   |
|-----|-------------------------|-------------|---------|
|   8 | Shri P.Ravindran        | Kerala      | 8,000   |
|   9 | Smt. Ritika Dhar        | West Bengal | 8,000   |
|  10 | Smt. Bani Ghosh         | West Bengal | 8,000   |
|  11 | Smt. Jaspreet           | Punjab      | 10,000  |
|  12 | Shri Samar Banerjee     | West Bengal | 8,000   |
|  13 | Shri Robin Hazra        | West Bengal | 8,000   |
|  14 | Shri Nikhil Kumar Nandi | West Bengal | 8,000   |

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