Lok Sabha Question No. 2043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-22
Subject: Postponement of Olympics
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2043

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22-09-2020

## Postponement of Olympics

2043. SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government  is providing additional support for training, diet and preparation of athletes;
- (b) if so, the details of such schemes along with the total number and names of athletes availing the benefit and the overall benefit provided to each, sorted according to the sport they practice;
- (c)  whether the postponement of the Olympics to 2021 has led to an increase  in  the  expenditure  of  the  Target  Olympic  Podium  Scheme, considering the term increase of an extra year and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  extending  the  benefit  of  financial assistance to sports persons practising non-Olympic disciplines on its own or by way of tie-ups with various private or corporate initiatives and if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) to (c) Adequate  support  for  training  and  preparation  of  athletes including  diet  is  being  provided  to  athletes  and  teams  preparing  for participation in international sports events including Olympics, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games. The Government provides assistance to  sportspersons  preparing  for  major  international  events by  providing  funding  support  through  its  Scheme  of  Assistance  to National Sports Federations (NSFs).

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 and 2 teams are included in the TOPS whose details are in Annexure.  Private  and  public  entity  are  contributing  to  NSDF.  Since, Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) is an athlete centric continuous  programme,  therefore  has  no  ceiling  of  the  year  and accordingly, funding  is aligned  with  individual  athletes'  requirements and long term plan. (d)  Under  the  various  sports  promotional  schemes  of  SAI  and  Khelo India,  10248  and  2932  athletes,  have  been  selected  respectively  in various sports disciplines which includes non-Olympic disciplines too, are provided financial assistance.

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Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) to (c) of the Lok Sabha UnStarred Question  No.2043  for  answer  on  22.09.2020  regarding  Postponement  of Olympics  by  Shri  L.S.  Tejasvi  Surya  and  Shri  Prathap  Simha,  Hon'ble Members of Parliament.

## List of Athletes under Target Olympic Podium Scheme

|   SN | 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 | AyyaswamyDharun       | 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 | VineshPhogat          | F     | Wrestling     | Women's 53KG Freestyle                      |
|   14 | Pooja Dhanda          | F     | Wrestling     | Women's 57KG Freestyle                      |
|   15 | DivyaKakran           | 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 | MirabaiChanu          | F     | Weightlifting | Women's 49KG                                |
|   19 | Jeremy Lalrinnunga    | M     | Weightlifting | Men's 67KG                                  |
|   20 | Deepak Kumar          | M     | Shooting      | 10m Air Rifle Men                           |
|   21 | Divyansh Singh Panwar | M     | Shooting      | 10m Air Rifle Men                           |
|   22 | ApurviChandela        | F     | Shooting      | 10m Air Rifle Women                         |
|   23 | ElavenilValarivan     | 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 |

|   SN | Athlete Name            | M/F   | Sports         | Event                                   |
|------|-------------------------|-------|----------------|-----------------------------------------|
|   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 | RahiSarnobat            | 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 Kamal   | 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 | SainaNehwal             | F     | Badminton      | Women's Singles                         |
|   48 | SatwiksairajRankired dy | 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,               |

|   SN | Athlete Name        | M/F   | Sports          | Event                                                    |
|------|---------------------|-------|-----------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|   56 | Sumit               | M     | Para-Athletics  | 61-64) 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 Kathuniya    | M     | Para-Athletics  | Discus Throw F56                                         |
|   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 | AvaniLekhara        | 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- Badminton | SL4 - Singles                                            |
|   74 | SuhasYathiraj       | 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-Archery    | 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                                              |

|   SN | Athlete Name        | M/F   | Sports   | Event                                    |
|------|---------------------|-------|----------|------------------------------------------|
|   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 | KavinderBist        | 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 Borgohain   | F     | Boxing   | 69Kg                                     |
|   95 | Hockey Men's Team   | M     | Hockey   | Sr. Men's Team for specialized Support   |
|   96 | Hockey Women's Team | F     | Hockey   | Sr. Women's Team for specialized Support |

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