Lok Sabha Question No. 4173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-18
Subject: Training Programmes for Players
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4173 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2019

Training Programmes for Players

## 4173. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether the Government conducts residential coaching programmes for all categories of sports for players from the age group of 10 years and above;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  initiatives  and selection criteria involved therein;
- (c) the procedure of training and study programmes laid down for the residential players;
- (d) the details of selection procedure and training facilities to district players  who  have  talent  and  qualified  in  different  sports  performance; and
- (e) the details of vacancies in SAI training centres and the proposal of the  Government  in  searching  talented  players  and  to  make  them experts, age-group and category-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Yes sir, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) through Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  has  been  running  the  following  sports promotional schemes under which the selected sportspersons in various age  groups,  from  8  years  onwards,  are  admitted  for  regular  training including both residential and non- residential in SAI Sports Centres to nurture them to excel at National and International competitions:

1. National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC) (61 Centres)
2. Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC) (26 Centres)
3. SAI Training Centre (STC) (59 Centres)
4. Special Area Games (SAG) (21 Centres)
5. Extension Centres of STC/SAG (90 Centres)
6. Centre of Excellence (COE) (16 Centres)
7. National Sports Academies (NSA)

The  selected  trainees  whose  residential  places  are  far  from  the centres are provided with the residential facilities under various sports promotional schemes over the other local trainees.

To  encourage  sports  among  the  youth  across  the  country,  the sportspersons admitted under above mentioned schemes on Residential & Non-Residential basis, are provided financial assistance in the form of discipline-wise expert coaches, indoor/outdoor playing facilities, sports competition exposure, stipend, insurance, boarding expenses, medical expenses and equipment (Consumable/ Non-consumable), sports kit, education expenses.

The trainees admitted under the various residential schemes of SAI are provided training and are allowed to attend the school nearby to the SAI training centres. SAI pays the education expenses to the admitted undergoing residential trainees to continue their education while training in their respective sports disciplines.

Accordingly,  SAI  has  established  10  Regional  Centres  and  02 Academic  Institutions  to  implement  the  various  Sports  Promotional Schemes across the country through its 273 sports centres.  Presently, 14236 talented sports persons including 8698 (residential trainees) are being trained in 27 sports disciplines.

(d)& (e) With an aim to attract talented sportspersons from all over the country, Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports through Sports Authority of India launched the National Talent Search Portal (NTSP) in 2017.  It has been so designed that any sports persons across the country can submit online application for admission in any of the SAI Training Centres (STC)/ Special Area Games (SAG)/ SAI Extension Centre by uploading his/ her profile on the inbuilt format of the portal. The received applications are scrutinised by the NTSP cell and eligible applicants are sent to the STC preferred by the applicants. The sportspersons across the country can submit  online application for admission  in any  of  the  STC/  SAG/

Extension Centre by uploading his/her profile on the inbuilt format of the portal. The portal is user friendly and easy to access. Identification,  selection  and  admission  of  the  talented  sports persons under various SAI sports promotional schemes is a continuous and  dynamic  process  involving  induction  of  new  talents  each  year, retention  of  earlier  talents  who  are  able  to  adhere  to  the  prescribed levels  of  performance  and  achieve  the  targets  set  for  the  year,  and weeding out those trainees who do not come up to expected levels. As such  the  built  in  processes  takes  care  of  absorbing  and  nurturing  the talented players as and when they are identified and admitted into the schemes.

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