Lok Sabha Question No. 4229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-19
Subject: Government Sponsored Centres
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4229 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.03.2020

Government Sponsored Centres

4229. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

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

- (a)  the  list  of  Government-owned  or  Government-sponsored  centres, State-wise, facilitating the training of Indian athletes for 2020 Olympics and the number of athletes being trained  in each of these centres along with the list of sports covered for 2020 Olympics;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  extensive  or  special  training  being  provided  to athletes who are preparing for the 2020 Olympics;
- (c) the status of the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) scheme, the list of athletes and their sport covered in the scheme, the funds sanctioned and utilized as on date; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  other  proposal  for special training for athletes expected to take part in the Olympics and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) For training of Indian athletes prior to  their participation in  the Tokyo  Olympic  Games,  2020,  National  Coaching  Camps  in  9  (nine) disciplines  (Only  Olympic  Events)  have  been  organised  in  various

Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  and  Non-SAI  Centres  across  India  to prepare  the  teams  for  the  upcoming  International  Events/  Olympic Qualifiers/ Olympic Games at Tokyo. Details of said National Coaching Camps are in Annexure-I.

- (b) Preparation of Indian sportspersons and teams for international sports events including Olympics is an ongoing process. The Central Government  is  supporting  sportspersons  through  National  Sports Federations (NSFs) for their training, foreign exposures and competitions to enable them to obtain maximum quota for participation  in  Olympics  and  enhance  their  chances  of  winning medals. Under the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), customized training  and  allied  facilities  are  also  being  made  available  to  medal prospects and high achievers.
- (c) The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) is implementing Target  Olympic  Podium  (TOP)  Scheme  since  July  2014  under  overall ambit  of  National  Sports  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  with  the  aim  to identify, groom and prepare potential medal prospects for Olympic and Paralympic Games. Extensive or special training is being provided to the selected athletes as per their  requirements  under  selected coaches  /  training  institutes  in  India  and  abroad.  At  present,  94 athletes  are  included  in  the  TOPS  whose  details  are  in  Annexure-II. The details of financial assistance provided under TOPS for all sports disciplines from 2016 till February, 2020 are as under:
- (d) High  priority  category  has  been  created  to  put  focus  on  and incentivize  those  sports  disciplines  played  in  the  Olympics  in  which India has won medals in the last conducted Asian Games as well as Commonwealth Games or in which India has good chance of winning

|   SNo. | Financial Year               |   Sanctioned Expenditure (In Crore Rupees) |
|--------|------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|
|      1 | 2016-17                      |                                      20.31 |
|      2 | 2017-18                      |                                      10.68 |
|      3 | 2018-19                      |                                      15.94 |
|      4 | 2019-20 (till February 2020) |                                      10.32 |

medals in Olympics. Presently, nine sports disciplines viz., (i) Athletics,  (ii)  Badminton  (iii)  Hockey  (iv)  Shooting  (v)  Tennis  (vi) Weightlifting  (vii)  Wrestling,  (viii)  Archery  and  (ix)  Boxing  have  been categorised  as  'High  Priority'  under  the  Scheme  of  Assistance  to National Sports Federations (NSFs).

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## ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question  No.4229  for  answer  on  19.03.2020  regarding  Government Sponsored  Centres  by  Shri  L.S.  Tejasvi  Surya,  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament.

## DETAILS OF NATIONAL COACHING CAMPS

| SNo.   | Sports Discipline   | Coaching Camps                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|--------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1      | ATHLETICS           | 1. SAI Centre, Bengaluru - 06 athletes (Race walking) 2. SAI NIS , Patiala - 25 athletes (400m, 4 x 100m) 3. High altitude Training Centre Ooty (non- SAI Centre) - 05 athletes (steeplechase)                                                                                                                               |
| 2      | ARCHERY             | 1. Army Sports Institute, Pune (Non-SAI Centre) = 16 Archers (8 Recurve Men + 8 Recurve Women)                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        | BADMINTON           | 1. P Gopichand Badminton Academy, Gachibowli, Hyderabad & 2. Prakash - Dravid Centre for Excellence, Bangalore (Non-SAI Centres) Total - 75 shuttlers                                                                                                                                                                        |
|        | BOXING              | 1. SAI NSNIS, Patiala (SAI Centre) - 44 boxers                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
|        | HOCKEY              | 1. SAI Centre, Bengaluru - 25 Women Players 2. Kalinga Stadium, Bhubaneswar - 33 Men Players                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
|        | ROWING              | 1. Army Rowing Node, Pune (non-SAI centre) - 35 athletes 2. Army Rowing Node, Pune (non-SAI centre) - 3 para athletes 3. Army Rowing Node, Pune (non-SAI centre) - 10 athletes 4. Army Rowing Node, Pune (non-SAI centre) - 3 para athletes 5. Telengana Rowing Academy, Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad (non-SAI centre) - 14 |

|               | athletes 6. Telengana Rowing Academy, Hussain Sagar Lake, Hyderabad (non-SAI centre)- 16 athletes   |
|---------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| SHOOTING      | 1. Dr. KSSR New Delhi (SAI Centre) players- 17 shooters                                             |
| WEIGHTLIFTING | 1. SAI NS NIS Patiala (SAI Centre) -14 campers                                                      |
| WRESTLING     | 1. SAI Centre, Sonepat - 107 Campers 2. SAI Centre, Lucknow - 52 Women Campers                      |

## ANNEXURE-II

Annexure referred to in reply to part (c) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question  No.4229  for  answer  on  19.03.2020  regarding  Government Sponsored  Centres  by  Shri  L.S.  Tejasvi  Surya,  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament.

## LIST OF ATHLETES UNDER TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME

|   S N | Athlete Name          | M/F   | Sports         | Event                    |
|-------|-----------------------|-------|----------------|--------------------------|
|     1 | Neeraj Chopra         | M     | Athletics      | Men's Javelin Throw      |
|     2 | Tejinder Toor         | M     | Athletics      | Men's Shotput            |
|     3 | Seema Punia           | F     | Athletics      | Women's Discus Throw     |
|     4 | Arpinder Singh        | M     | Athletics      | Men's Triple Jump        |
|     5 | Md. Anas              | M     | Athletics      | Men's 400m               |
|     6 | Hima Das              | F     | Athletics      | Women's 400m             |
|     7 | Ayyaswamy Dharun      | M     | Athletics      | Men's 400m Hurdles       |
|     8 | Jinson Johnson        | M     | Athletics      | Men's 800m & 1500m       |
|     9 | Sreeshankar Murali    | M     | Athletics      | Men's Long Jump          |
|    10 | Avinash Sable         | M     | Athletics      | Men's 3000m Steeplechase |
|    11 | Bajrang Punia         | M     | Wrestling      | Men's 65KG Freestyle     |
|    12 | Deepak Punia          | M     | Wrestling      | Men's 86KG Freestyle     |
|    13 | Vinesh Phogat         | F     | Wrestling      | Women's 53KG Freestyle   |
|    14 | Pooja Dhanda          | F     | Wrestling      | Women's 57KG Freestyle   |
|    15 | Divya Kakran          | F     | Wrestling      | Women's 68KG Freestyle   |
|    16 | Ravi Kumar            | M     | Wrestling      | Men's 57kg Freestyle     |
|    17 | Sajan                 | M     | Wrestling      | Men's 77KG Greco-Roman   |
|    18 | Mirabai Chanu         | F     | Weightliftin g | Women's 49KG             |
|    19 | Jeremy Lalrinnunga    | M     | Weightliftin g | Men's 67KG               |
|    20 | Deepak Kumar          | M     | Shooting       | 10m Air Rifle Men        |
|    21 | Divyansh Singh Panwar | M     | Shooting       | 10m Air Rifle Men        |
|    22 | Apurvi Chandela       | F     | Shooting       | 10m Air Rifle Women      |

|   23 | Elavenil Valarivan      | F   | Shooting     | 10m Air Rifle Women                               |
|------|-------------------------|-----|--------------|---------------------------------------------------|
|   24 | Mehuli Ghosh            | F   | Shooting     | 10m Air Rifle Women                               |
|   25 | Sanjeev Rajput          | M   | Shooting     | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men                         |
|   26 | Aishwary Pratap Tomar   | M   | Shooting     | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Men                         |
|   27 | Anjum Moudgil           | F   | Shooting     | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women & 10m Air Rifle Women |
|   28 | Tejaswini Sawant        | F   | Shooting     | 50m Rifle 3 Positions Women                       |
|   29 | Saurabh Chaudhary       | M   | Shooting     | 10m Air Pistol Men                                |
|   30 | Abhishek Verma          | M   | Shooting     | 10m Air Pistol Men                                |
|   31 | Manu Bhaker             | F   | Shooting     | 10m Air Pistol Women & 25m Pistol Women           |
|   32 | Yashaswini Singh Deswal | F   | Shooting     | 10m Air Pistol Women                              |
|   33 | Chinki Yadav            | F   | Shooting     | 25m Pistol Women                                  |
|   34 | Rahi Sarnobat           | F   | Shooting     | 25m Pistol Women                                  |
|   35 | Angad Veer Singh Bajwa  | M   | Shooting     | Skeet Men                                         |
|   36 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan       | M   | Shooting     | Skeet Men                                         |
|   37 | Rohan Bopanna           | M   | Tennis       | Men's Doubles                                     |
|   38 | Divij Sharan            | M   | Tennis       | Men's Doubles                                     |
|   39 | Manika Batra            | F   | Table Tennis | Women's Singles                                   |
|   40 | Achanta Sharath         | M   | Table Tennis | Men's Singles                                     |
|   41 | G. Sathiyan             | M   | Table Tennis | Men's Singles                                     |
|   42 | Kidambi Srikanth        | M   | Badminton    | Men's Singles                                     |
|   43 | Sameer Verma            | M   | Badminton    | Men's Singles                                     |
|   44 | H. S. Prannoy           | M   | Badminton    | Men's Singles                                     |
|   45 | Sai Praneeth            | M   | Badminton    | Men's Singles                                     |

|   46 | P. V. Sindhu              | F   | Badminton       | Women's Singles                   |
|------|---------------------------|-----|-----------------|-----------------------------------|
|   47 | Saina Nehwal              | F   | Badminton       | Women's Singles                   |
|   48 | Satwiksair aj Rankiredd y | M   | Badminton       | Men's Doubles                     |
|   49 | Chirag Shetty             | M   | Badminton       | Men's Doubles                     |
|   50 | Ashwini Ponnappa          | F   | Badminton       | Women's Doubles                   |
|   51 | N. Sikki Reddy            | F   | Badminton       | Women's Doubles & Mixed Doubles   |
|   52 | Pranaav Jerry Chopra      | M   | Badminton       | Mixed Doubles                     |
|   53 | Varun Bhati               | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's High Jump T63 (42, 63)      |
|   54 | Sharad Kumar              | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's High Jump T63 (42, 63)      |
|   55 | Sandeep Chaudhary         | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Javelin F64 (42-44, 61- 64) |
|   56 | Sumit                     | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Javelin F64 (42-44, 61- 64) |
|   57 | Sundar Singh Gurjar       | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Javelin F46 (45-46)         |
|   58 | Rinku                     | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Javelin F46 (45-46)         |
|   59 | Amit Saroha               | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Club Throw F51              |
|   60 | Virender                  | M   | Para- Athletics | Men's Shot Put F57 (56-57)        |
|   61 | Jayanti Behera            | F   | Para- Athletics | Women's 400 m T47 (45-47)         |
|   62 | Nishad Kumar              | M   | Para- Athletics | High Jump T47                     |
|   63 | Ajeet Singh               | M   | Para- Athletics | Javelin Throw F46                 |
|   64 | Yogesh                    | M   | Para-           | Discus Throw F56                  |

|    | Kathuniya           |    | Athletics       |                                                          |
|----|---------------------|----|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
| 65 | Mariyappan T        | M  | Para- Athletics | High Jump T63                                            |
| 66 | Manish              | M  | Para- Shooting  | P1 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Men)                            |
| 67 | Deepender           | M  | Para- Shooting  | P1 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Men)                            |
| 68 | Singhraj            | M  | Para- Shooting  | P1 - 10m Air Pistol SH1 (Men), P4 - 50m Pistol SH1 (Mix) |
| 69 | Avani Lekhara       | F  | Para- Shooting  | R2 - 10m Air Rifle Standing SH1 (Women)                  |
| 70 | Manoj Sarkar        | M  | Para- Badminton | SL3 - Singles                                            |
| 71 | Pramod Bhagat       | M  | Para- Badminton | SL3 - Singles                                            |
| 72 | Sukant Kadam        | M  | Para- Badminton | SL4 - Singles                                            |
| 73 | Tarun               | M  | Para-           | SL4 - Singles                                            |
| 74 | Suhas Yathiraj      | M  | Para- Badminton | SL4 - Singles                                            |
| 75 | Nagar Krishna       | M  | Para- Badminton | SS6 - Singles                                            |
| 76 | Vivek Chikara       | M  | Para- Archery   | Men's Individual Recurve                                 |
| 77 | Harvinder Singh     | M  | Para-           | Men's Individual Recurve                                 |
| 78 | Rakesh Kumar        | M  | Para- Archery   | Men's Individual Compound                                |
| 79 | Shyam Sunder        | M  | Para- Archery   | Men's Individual Compound                                |
| 80 | Atanu Das           | M  | Archery         | Recurve Men                                              |
| 81 | Pravin Kumar Jadhav | M  | Archery         | Recurve Men                                              |
| 82 | Tarundeep Rai       | M  | Archery         | Recurve Men                                              |
| 83 | Deepika Kumari      | F  | Archery         | Recurve Women                                            |

| 84   | Bombayla Devi   | F   | Archery   | Recurve Women   |
|------|-----------------|-----|-----------|-----------------|
| 85   | Ankita Bhakat   | F   | Archery   | Recurve Women   |
| 86   | Amit Phangal    | M   | Boxing    | 52Kg            |
| 87   | Kavinder Bist   | M   | Boxing    | 57Kg            |
| 88   | Shiva Thapa     | M   | Boxing    | 63Kg            |
| 89   | Manish Kaushik  | M   | Boxing    | 63Kg            |
| 90   | Vikash Krishan  | M   | Boxing    | 75Kg            |
| 91   | Mary Kom        | F   | Boxing    | 51Kg            |
| 92   | Nikhat Zareen   | F   | Boxing    | 51Kg            |
| 93   | Sonia Chahal    | F   | Boxing    | 57Kg            |
| 94   | Lovlina         | F   | Boxing    | 69Kg            |
|      | Borgohain       |     |           |                 |

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