Lok Sabha Question No. 2224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-04
Subject: Promotion of Hockey
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2224 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.07.2019

## Promotion of Hockey

†2224. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  programmes  being  implemented  by  the  Government  to promote hockey in the country;
- (b) the locations in the country where hockey stadiums are being set up, State-wise;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  any  new  hockey stadiums incoming years;
- (d) if so, the details of the locations thereof; and
- (e)  whether  hockey  is  popular  at  Mahuadanr  in  Latehar  district  of Jharkhand and if so, the efforts being made by the Government to promote hockey there?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

## YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) Sir,  while the responsibility for promotion of sports, including hockey, rests with State/Union Territory Governments, the Central Government,  is  supplementing  their  efforts  by  providing  expert training and coaching facilities and assisting Hockey India (National Sports Federation for Hockey).

(b)  to  (d)  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  under  this  Ministry  has established  16  Hockey  Astroturfs  in  its  training  centres  and  this Ministry has sanctioned 10 Astroturfs for Hockey under Khelo India Scheme.  The list is at Annexure.

(e) According to 'Hockey India' hockey is popular in Latehar district of  Jharkhand. Training facilities have been made available at SAI Regional  Centre,  Kolkata  and  SAI  Training  Centres  at  Hazaribagh and Ranchi.

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ANNEXURE REFERED TO IN REPLY TO PART (b) to (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2224 FOR REPLY ON 04.07.2019 ASKED  BY  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH  REGARDING  PROMOTION  OF HOCKEY

## Details of Synthetic Hockey Surfaces at Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centres and its Units.

|   S. No | Name of the Centre & its Units                 | State               |
|---------|------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|       1 | Major Dhyan Chand National                     | Delhi               |
|       2 | SAI Netaji Subhas National Punjab              |                     |
|       3 | SAI Training Centre, Shillaroo Himachal        | Pradesh             |
|       4 | SAI Central Regional Centre, Madhya Pradesh    |                     |
|       5 | SAI Centre, Lucknow Uttar                      | Pradesh             |
|       6 | SAI Training Centre Bareilly,                  |                     |
|       7 | SAI Eastern West Bengal                        | Netaji Subhash      |
|       8 | SAI Special Area Games Sundergarh Orissa       | Centre              |
|       9 | SAI Northern Haryana                           | Centre, Sonepat,    |
|      10 | SAI Netaji Subhas Southern Centre, Bangalore,  | Karnataka           |
|      11 | SAI Netaji Subhas Western Centre, Gujarat      |                     |
|      12 | SAI Special Area Games Centre, Kokrajhar Assam |                     |
|      13 | NS North East Centre, Imphal Manipur           | SAI,                |
|      14 | Area Games Thenazwal Mizoram                   | SAI Special Centre, |
|      15 | SAI Training Centre, Kandivali Maharashtra     | ,                   |
|      16 | SAI Training Centre Aurangabad                 |                     |

## Details of laying of synthetic hockey  turf/astro turf/hockey field sanctioned to States under Khelo India scheme

|   S. No. | Project                                                                                                                                                          | State          |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Laying of Synthetic Hockey Surface at Sainik School, Bijapur                                                                                                     | Karnataka      |
|        2 | Laying of Synthetic Hockey Field at Kailash Prakash Stadium, Meerut                                                                                              | Uttar Pradesh  |
|        3 | Renovation / Upgradation including Laying of Synthetic Hockey Field in Maulana Md. Tayabullah Hockey Stadium, Betapara, Guhawati (Reimbursement of expenditure). | Assam          |
|        4 | Laying of Astro Turf Hockey Field at District Sports Authority Ground, Kakinada, East Godavari District.                                                         | Andhra Pradesh |
|        5 | Laying of Synthetic Hockey Turf at Jashpur                                                                                                                       | Chhattisgarh   |
|        6 | Laying of Synthetic Hockey Field at Maharana Pratap Khelo Gaon, Udaipur                                                                                          | Rajasthan      |
|        7 | Laying of Hockey Turf Ground at Devgadh Bariya District Dahod                                                                                                    | Gujarat        |
|        8 | Laying of synthetic Hockey Field, at Sports Stadium Roshnabad Salempur Haridwar                                                                                  | Uttarakhand    |
|        9 | Upgradation of Hockey Astroturf at Shivchhatrapti Kridapeeth Sports Complex, Pune                                                                                | Maharashtra    |
|       10 | Laying of astro turf hockey field at Railway Stadium, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh                                                                                    | Madhya Pradesh |