Lok Sabha Question No. 735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Promotion of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †735

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## Promotion of Sports

## †735.     SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

- Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state: a) whether  any  scheme  is  being  implemented  by  the  Union Government for the promotion of sports and also to provide financial assistance to the sportspersons, if so, the details thereof during the last three years, State-wise; (b) whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  bring  any special scheme particularly for North-Eastern States as the people of those  areas  have  inclination  towards  sports  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; (c) whether any proposal has been received from the Government of Assam regarding promotion of sports, if so, the details thereof; (d) the schemes being implemented for BTC areas along with the  names  of  such  areas  where  the  Union  Government  proposes  to construct new stadiums; and the names of places where stadiums are being constructed during the last three years for promotion of sports and the funds being
- (e) spent on each stadium, State-wise?

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

- (a): Following schemes are being implemented by the Government for the promotion of sports and also to provide financial assistance to the sportspersons:
- (i)      Khelo  India;  (ii)  Assistance  to  National  Sports  Federations; (iii) Special Awards to Winners in International sports events and their Coaches; (iv) National Sports Awards; (v) Pension to Meritorious Sports Persons; (vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Sports Welfare Fund; (vii) National Sports Development Fund; and (viii) running sports training centres through Sports Authority of India. Details of these schemes are in  the  public  domain  on  the  websites  of  this  Ministry  and  Sports Authority of India. Financial Assistance to athletes is given in the form of training and participation in competition at Sports Authority of India facilities and through concerned National Sports Federations. Financial assistance  is  given  to  past  high  performers  who  are  in  indigent circumstances  directly  through  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT),  the details of which are given at Annexure-I.
- (b):  All schemes of the Department of Sports are equally applicable to all  parts  of  the  country  without  any  discrimination  to  specific  areas. There  is  no  proposal  to  bring  any  special  sports  scheme  for  North Eastern States. In the North-Eastern States, the Department of Sports is running National Sports University in Manipur (Imphal) and Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education in Assam (Guwahati).

(c):   Proposal for development of sports infrastructure in Guwahati has been received from the Government of Assam. In-principle approval for central assistance of Rs. 14.50 crore has been accorded.

(d):    Department of Sports does not run any scheme to construct new stadium.  However,  under  the  existing  BTC  areas  of  Assam,  SAI  has established a SAI Training Centre at Kokrajhar where 136 Boys & 150 Girls  were  trained  in  the  discipline  of  Archery,  Athletics,  Boxing, Football, Hockey, Judo, Kabbadi, Karate, Taekwondo & Wushu in 201819.

(e):   The Department of Sports does not have any scheme to construct stadium. During the last three years no new stadium was constructed by the Department of Sports.

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Details of Sportspersons who  have been given financial assistance from the fund of 'PanditDeendayaUpadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons' during each of the last three years are as follows:

| Year    | Name of sportsperson/ organization                          | Financial assistance for         | State/UT to which beneficiary belongs   | Amount paid   |
|---------|-------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|---------------|
| 2016-17 | Shri Mohd. Shahid, Former Hockey Player                     | Medical Treatment                | Uttar Pradesh                           | Rs. 10,00,000 |
| 2016-17 | Shri Bir Bahadur Singh, Former Footballer                   | Ameliorating financial condition | Telangana                               | Rs. 2,00,000  |
| 2016-17 | MsPreetiBeniwal                                             | For Medical Treatment            | Haryana                                 | Rs. 85,000    |
| 2017-18 | Shri Mohammad Habib, former footballer                      | Medical Treatment                | Andhra Pradesh                          | Rs. 5,00,000  |
|         | Shri N.K. Mishra, former volleyball player                  | Ameliorating financial condition | Rajasthan                               | Rs. 5,00,000  |
|         | Shri Kaur Singh, Former Boxer                               | Ameliorating financial condition | Punjab                                  | Rs. 5,00,000  |
|         | Family of Late MsNitishaNegi, footballer                    | Financial assistance to family   | Delhi                                   | Rs. 5,00,000  |
|         | MsGohelaBoro, Archer                                        | Medical Treatment                | Assam                                   | Rs. 3,37,500  |
|         | Family of Late Master Praveen, hockey trainee at STC Bhopal | Financial assistance to family   | Haryana                                 | Rs. 2,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | Shri N. Brij Kishore, Gymnastic coach                       | Medical treatment                | Telangana                               | Rs. 6,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | Family of Shri SumitRabha, football player from Assam       | Medical treatment                | Assam                                   | Rs. 5,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | MsKhaidemKalambia Chanu, Fencing                            | Medical treatment                | Assam                                   | Rs. 5,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | Shri Lakshmi Kanta Das                                      | Medical treatment                | West Bengal                             | Rs. 2,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | Shri Limba Ram, Former archer                               | Medical treatment                | Rajasthan                               | Rs. 5,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | MsGohelaBoro, Archer                                        | Medical treatment                | Assam                                   | Rs. 5,00,000  |
| 2018-19 | Shri Ashok Soren, Archer                                    | Ameliorating financial condition | Jharkhand                               | Rs. 5,00,000  |

| MsGarima Joshi, Athletics                 | Medical treatment                | Uttrakhand     | Rs. 5,00,000   |
|-------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Shri Prem Lal, Former Wrestler            | Medical treatment                | Delhi          | Rs. 5,00,000   |
| Shri Hakam Singh, Former Athlete          | Medical treatment                | Punjab         | Rs. 10,00,000  |
| MsVandanaSuryavans hi, Former Judo player | Ameliorating financial condition | Madhya Pradesh | Rs. 3,00,000   |
| Shri G. Lakshaman, Athletic player        | Ameliorating financial condition | Kerala         | Rs. 10,00,000  |

Further,  monthly  pension  has  also  been  given  from  the  Fund  of  'PanditDeendayalUpadhyay National  Welfare  Fund  for  Sportspersons'  during  the  last  five years to the  following sportspersons:

|   S. No. | Name of sportsperson      | State/UT to which beneficiary belongs   | Monthly pension (in Rs.)   |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------|
|        1 | Smt. Bhagwan Devi         | Delhi                                   | 10,000                     |
|        2 | Smt. Nilima Vasant Ponkhe | Maharashtra                             | 8,000                      |
|        3 | Shri H.L.Prabhakar        | Karnataka                               | 8,000                      |
|        4 | Shri O.K.Sathyan          | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |
|        5 | Shri V.Govardan           | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |
|        6 | Shri N.Jayaraman          | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |
|        7 | Shri P.Ravindran          | Kerala                                  | 8,000                      |
|        8 | Smt. RitikaDhar           | West Bengal                             | 8,000                      |
|        9 | Smt. Jaspreet Kaur        | Punjab                                  | 10,000                     |
|       10 | Shri Samar Banerjee       | West Bengal                             | 8,000                      |
|       11 | Shri Robin Hazra          | West Bengal                             | 8,000                      |
|       12 | Shri Nikhil Kumar Nandi   | West Bengal                             | 8,000                      |
|       13 | Shri E. Rama Krisha Rao   | Karnataka                               | 8,000                      |

State-wise details of the funds released to sportspersons are not maintainedin the Department of Sports  for  schemes  except  PanditDeendayaUpadhyay  National  Welfare  Fundscheme  for Sportspersons.

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