Lok Sabha Question No. 823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Khelo India Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Subhas Sarkar

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## Khelo India Scheme

## 823. DR. SUBHAS SARKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop playfields in the villages of India under Khelo India Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of villages in India specially in West Bengal with a functional playfield, State-wise; and
- (d) the number of playfields developed since December, 2017?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI KIREN RIJIJU }

- (a)  to  (d)  Sports  being  a  State  subject,  the  primary  responsibility  of development  of  playfields  rests  with  the  concerned  State/Union  Territory Government. The Central Government supplements their efforts by bridging the critical gaps. However, under the Khelo India Scheme, this Ministry has sanctioned  179  sports  infrastructure  projects  including  playfields  in  rural areas,  for  development  of  sports  infrastructure  facilities  in  the  States  / Union Territories (UTs) of the country, including West Bengal. State/UT wise details  of  the  same  are  placed  at  Annexure  -  I.  Further,  this  Ministry  has introduced  geo-tagging  of  all  playfields  in  the  country  and  sharing  the information with the public, which is in progress. So far 3005 playfields have been geo-tagged across the country, which includes 94 in West Bengal.

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  823  TO  BE ANSWERED  ON  06.02.2020 REGARDING  'KHELO  INDIA  SCHEME'  ASKED  BY  DR.  SUBHAS  SARKAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

## ANNEXURE - I

## DETAILS OF 179 SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS SANCTIONED UNDER KHELO INDIA SCHEME

(Amount in Rs. crores)

| S. No   | Name of the State / UT   |   Number of projects sanctioned |   Sanctioned amount |   Funds released |
|---------|--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------|------------------|
| 1.      | Andhra Pradesh           |                               4 |               23.5  |             7.5  |
| 2.      | Arunachal Pradesh        |                              19 |              149    |            55    |
| 3.      | Assam                    |                               7 |               43.18 |            41    |
| 4.      | Chhattisgarh             |                               1 |                5.44 |             2.5  |
| 5.      | Gujarat                  |                               4 |               24.67 |            11    |
| 6.      | Haryana                  |                               4 |               47.42 |            29.29 |
| 7.      | Himachal Pradesh         |                               2 |               29.87 |            11.13 |
| 8.      | Jammu & Kashmir          |                               4 |               24.07 |             7    |
| 9.      | Jharkhand                |                               1 |                2.07 |             2.07 |
| 10.     | Karnataka                |                               8 |               69.27 |            35.28 |
| 11.     | Kerala                   |                               4 |               56.8  |            24.15 |
| 12.     | Madhya Pradesh           |                               7 |               55.46 |            23.99 |
| 13.     | Maharashtra              |                               9 |               95.91 |            48.43 |
| 14.     | Manipur                  |                               6 |               58.85 |            24.15 |
| 15.     | Mizoram                  |                               4 |               19.5  |            10    |
| 16.     | Nagaland                 |                               1 |                7    |             7    |
| 17.     | Odisha                   |                               4 |               28    |            12    |
| 18.     | Punjab                   |                               5 |               59.44 |            24.03 |
| 19.     | Rajasthan                |                              38 |               78.77 |            67.95 |
| 20.     | Sikkim                   |                               1 |                7.9  |             3    |
| 21.     | Tamil Nadu               |                               2 |               14    |             7    |
| 22.     | Telangana                |                               3 |               19.5  |             8.5  |
| 23.     | Tripura                  |                               1 |                5    |             2.5  |
| 24.     | Uttarakhand              |                               3 |               18.5  |            17.95 |
| 25.     | Uttar Pradesh            |                              25 |              165.8  |            67.03 |
| 26.     | West Bengal              |                               2 |               33.77 |            11.53 |
| 27.     | Puducherry               |                               2 |               12    |             5    |
| 28.     | Delhi                    |                               8 |              110.61 |            51.4  |
|         | Total                    |                             179 |             1265.3  |           617.38 |

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