Lok Sabha Question No. 3179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-11
Subject: Adventure Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.07.2019

## Adventure Sports

† 3179.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  Adventure  sports  popular  in  the  world  at
- present;
- (b) whether any adventure sport is popular in India;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if not, whether there is any proposal to start adventure sports
- in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?
- (e) whether the Government proposes to develop any adventure sports in hilly region of Netarhat of the State of Jharkhand; and

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Adventure sports or extreme sports are activities undertaken
- through  the  medium  of  Land,  Water  and  Air  and  perceived  as involving a high degree of risk. These activities often involve speed, height, a high level of physical exertion and highly specialized gear. Details of adventure sports popular in the world are:
- (i)  Land  Based:  Mountaineering,  Trekking,  Rock  Climbing, Sport Climbing, Camping, Snow Skiing, Mountain Biking and Zipline.
- (ii)  Air  Based:  Paragliding,  Powered Hang gliding, Parasailing, Sky Diving/Parachuting and Hot Air Ballooning.
- (iii) Water Based: White Water: Rafting, Kayaking and Canoeing.  Still  water  (Pond/Lakes):  Canoeing,  Water/Jet  Skiing, Kayaking, Sailing and Rowing.

Sea/Oceans: Windsurfing, Sailing, Yachting, Scuba Diving and Deep Sea Diving.

- (b) Following adventure sports are popular in India
- (i)  Land  Based:  Mountaineering,  Trekking,  Rock  Climbing, Sport Climbing, Snow Skiing and Mountain Biking.
- (ii) Air Based: Paragliding, Parasailing and Sky Diving/Parachuting.
- (iii) Water based: White Water: Rafting, Kayaking and Canoeing.  Still  water  (Pond/Lakes):  Water/Jet  Skiing,  Kayaking, Sailing and Rowing.

Sea/Oceans: Windsurfing, Sailing and Scuba Diving.

- (c  &  d)  Details  of  locations  where  popular  adventure  sports  are conducted are as under:
- (i) Mountaineering: Himalayan States of Jammu and Kashmir,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand,  Sikkim,  West Bengal and Arunachal Pradesh
- (ii) Trekking:  All  the  Himalayan  States,  North  East  Region, Sahyadris and Western Ghats.
- (iii) Rock Climbing: All across the Country.
- (iv) Sport Climbing: More than 150 walls established across the country. Very popular among States of Maharashtra, Karnataka,  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  West  Bengal,  Sikkim, Manipur and Delhi.
- (v) Snow  Skiing:  Gulmarg  in  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Solang
- valley-  Manali  and  Narkanda  in  Himachal  Pradesh  and Auli in Uttarakhand.
- (vi) Paragliding: Bir Billing, Manali and Dharamshala in Himachal  Pradesh,  Pune  and  Nashik  in  Maharashtra, Vagamon in Kerala, Meghalaya and Arunachal Pradesh.
- (vii) White water Rafting and Kayaking: Rishikesh in Uttarakhand,  Manali  in  Himachal  Pradesh,  Zanskar  in Ladakh, Teesta river in West Bengal.
- (viii) Scuba Diving: Goa, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,
- Lakshadweep Island, Mangalore and Pondicherry.

The  Government  of  India,  in  order  to  promote  adventure activities  regularly  provides  financial  assistance  to  organizations such as Indian Mountaineering Foundation (IMF), National Adventure Foundation  (NAF), Sea  Explorer's Institute  under the National Programme for Youth and Adolescent Programme (NPYAD) Scheme to conduct adventure activities including training, awareness camps,  seminars,  workshops,  film/slide  shows,  exhibition  etc.  In addition  the  Himalayan  Mountaineering  Institute,  Darjeeling,  West Bengal  and  the  Jawahar  Institute  of  Mountaineering  and  Winter Sports,  Pahalgam,  Jammu  &  Kashmir  are  the  other  national  level institutions  which  receive  regular  share  grants  under  the  scheme for  promotion  of  adventure.  The Indian  Mountaineering  Foundation (IMF) is recognized by the Government of India as the apex body to oversee mountaineering activities in the country and to control the expeditions in the mountain peaks within the geographical territory of the country in consultation with Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Home Affairs.

- (e & f) At present, no proposal for development of any adventure sports in hilly region of Netarhat of the State of Jharkhand has been received from the State Government of Jharkhand.

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