Lok Sabha Question No. 5395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-25
Subject: Awards/Incentives to Sportspersons
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh Aujla

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5395 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2019

Awards / Incentives to Sportspersons

5395. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA :

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  fulfilled  its  commitment  to  the sportspersons  by  giving  awards  and  incentives  as  per  policies  and announcements during the last two years and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Khelo India programme has been as successful as was envisaged and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along  with  the  details  of  men  and  women  participated  and  awarded under the 'Khelo India' youth games during the last three years; and
- (c) whether any player / players were not able to attend international sporting events abroad due to lack of air tickets or delay in confirmation of air tickets during last three years and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)  Yes Sir, the implementation of the Scheme of Special Awards to Medal Winners in International Sports Events is a continuous process.

Information  relating  to  disbursement  of  cash  award  to  athletes  and coaches in the last two years is at Annexure-I. Under Talent Search & Development vertical of Khelo India Scheme 2433 athletes are being supported with financial assistance @ Rs. 5 lakhs per annum. (b) Yes  Sir,  the  Khelo  India  Scheme  has  helped  in  creating  sports ecosystem with the twin objective of mass participation and promotion of excellence.  The salient outcomes of Khelo India Scheme is at Annexre-II. (c)   No sir, while there has been no incidence where players were not able to attend international sporting events abroad due to lack of air tickets or delay in confirmation of air tickets during last three years, India's  archery  athletes  could  not  take  part  in  Archery  World  Cup (Stage  1)  held  from  22-28  April  2019    at  Medellin  (Colombia)  due  to sudden  change  in  the  departure  time  of  KLM  flight  from  New  Delhi leading  to  non-availability  of  connecting  flight  from  Amsterdam  to enable athletes to reach the destination in time.

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Annexure-I

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (a)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 5395 to be answered on 25.07.2019 regarding 'Awards / incentives to sportspersons' asked by SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA

| Year    |   Number of sportspersons / coaches | Amount of cash award disbursed (in Rs.)   |
|---------|-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| 2017-18 |                                 489 | 11.60 crore                               |
| 2018-19 |                                 756 | 69.20 crore                               |

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Annexure-II

Annexure  referred  to  in  reply  to  part  (b)  of  Lok  Sabha  Unstarred Question No. 5395 to be answered on 25.07.2019 regarding 'Awards / incentives to sportspersons' asked by SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA

Details  of  participants  in  two  editions  of  Khelo  India  Games  are  as under :

|   S. No. | Name of the Annual Sports competition under Khelo India   | Number of participants                   |   Number of athletes from these Games included in Talent Search & Development Programme |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 | Khelo India School Games, New Delhi 2018                  | 3507 athletes (1814 Boys and 1693 Girls) |                                                                                     563 |
|        2 | Khelo India Youth Games, Pune 2019                        | 5925 athletes (3077 Boys and 2848 Girls) |                                                                                     512 |

99  Academies  have  been  accredited  for  the  training  of  Khelo  India athletes.

Khelo  India  Mobile  application  has  been  launched  on  27.02.2019  to enable  the  general  public  to  get  information  and  ease  of  access  to various  aspects,  be  it  the  basics  of  the  game  (How  to  Play),  to available playfields across India (Where to Play) or mapping the fitness parameters of the young school going population of the country.

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