Lok Sabha Question No. 1413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-07
Subject: Promoting Youth Sports in Bihar
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1413 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2021

## PROMOTING YOUTH SPORTS IN BIHAR

†1413. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

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

- (a) whether  Bihar  is  actively  participating  in  Youth  Affairs  and Sports activities;
- (b) if  so,  whether  any  concrete  steps  have  been  taken  by  the Government to promote Youth Affairs and Sports in the State of Bihar during the last three years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  amount  provided  to  the  State  Government  of  Bihar  for development of this area during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports promotes youth and sports through its various Schemes/Programmes in the country as a whole including the State of Bihar as per the following details:
- i) Department of Youth Affairs:

Department of Youth Affairs of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports  has  three  major  schemes  for  development  of  Youth  in  the country, namely 1. Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK) consisting  of  seven  sub-schemes  namely  (i)  Nehru  Yuva  Kendra Sangathan  (NYKS),    (ii)  National  Youth  Corps  (NYC),                    (iii) National Programme for Youth & Adolescent Development (NPYAD), (iv)International Cooperation (IC), (v) Youth Hostels (YH), (vi)

Assistance to Scouting & Guiding Organisations (S&G), (vii) National Young  Leaders  Programme  (NYLP).    2.  National  Service  Scheme (NSS)  and  3.  Rajiv  Gandhi  National  Institute  of  Youth  Development

(RGNIYD).

NYKS undertakes various Programmes and Activities across the country including the State of Bihar. The Programmes are organized by NYKS through its large network of Youth Clubs/ Mahila Mandal and Volunteers  at  Rural  and  District  level  in  the  State  of  Bihar  are  as under:

-  Training of Youth on Clean Village- Green Village
-  Training of Youth on Jal Jagran Abhiyan
-  Combating COVID-19: Mass Awakening and Action Campaign
-  Establishing Disaster Risk Reduction & Preparedness Teams
-  Youth  Led  Fit  India  Movement,  Youth  Wellness  and  Positive  Life Style
-  District Youth Convention
- 
- Declamation Contest on Patriotism & Nation Building

Besides above, NYKS also implements the National Youth Corps (NYC)  and  National  Young  Leaders  Programme  (NYLP)  Schemes  of the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  and  Sports,  in  the  State  of  Bihar  for promoting national integration, personality & life skills development, volunteerism, leadership development & awareness on local contemporary issues confronting youth.

Under National Service Scheme (NSS), the youth volunteers of NSS of Bihar participates in Pre-Republic Day Parade Camp (Pre R D Camp) organized in Patna/ Bihar and selected volunteers from the Pre R D Camp also participate in Republic Day Parade Camp held in New Delhi.  NSS  organization  also  organizes  various  other  programmes such  as  (i)  Organizing  Awareness  Camps  on  health,  family  welfare and  nutrition,  adult  literacy,  pre-school  education  (ii)  Cleanliness Drive,  (iii)  Tree  Plantation,  (iv)  Blood  Donation  Camps  in  different

States including Bihar.

## ii) Department of Sports:

Department  of  Sports, Ministry of Youth  Affairs  &  Sports provides financial assistance  for promotion  of sports activities through  National  Sports  Federations,  training  in  Sports  Authority  of India (SAI) Centres, support under Khelo India Scheme.

Sports Authority of India (SAI), implements various Sports Promotional  Schemes  namely:    (i)  National  Centres  of  Excellence (NCOE), (ii) SAI Training Centre (STC), (iii) Extension Centre of STC, (iv)  National  Sports  Talent  Contest  (NSTC)  across  the  country  to identify  talented  sportspersons  in  various  age  groups  and  nurture them to excel at national and international levels. The details of the activities  undertaken  for  promotion  of  Sports  in  the  State  of  Bihar during the last three years are given at Annexure.

The initiatives undertaken in the State of Bihar under the Khelo India Scheme:

Annual  Sports  Competitions:    In  Khelo  India  Games  athletes participate  from  all  the  States  including  Bihar.    The  numbers  of athletes  who  participated  in  Khelo  India  Games  from  the  state  of Bihar in each edition is as follows:

|   Khelo India School Game 2018 |   Khelo India Youth Game2019 |   Khelo India Youth Game 2020 |   Khelo India University Game2020 |   Total |
|--------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------|
|                             26 |                           61 |                            73 |                                18 |     178 |

Khelo  India  Athletes  identified  under  Talent  Search  &  Development vertical:

| State   |   Male |   Female |   Total |
|---------|--------|----------|---------|
| Bihar   |     10 |        3 |      13 |

## (c) The amount provided to the State Govt. of Bihar for development of youth and sports:

## (i) Department of Youth Affairs:

The details of funds released by NYKS to its District level Nehru Yuva  Kendras  for  conducting  various  programmes  in  the  State  of Bihar is as under:

| (Rs. in lakh)                                 | (Rs. in lakh)   | (Rs. in lakh)   | (Rs. in lakh)   |
|-----------------------------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
| Scheme                                        | Year 2018-19    | Year 2019-20    | Year 2020-21    |
| Rashtriya Yuva Sashaktikaran Karyakram (RYSK) | 2218.00         | 2750.00         | 1995.00         |
| National Service Scheme (NSS)                 | Nil             | 237.98          | 129.55          |

## (ii) Department of Sports:

Under   'Utilization  and  Creation  of  Sports  Infrastructure'  of Khelo India Scheme, 11 sports infrastructure projects amounting to Rs.55.49  crore  have  been  sanctioned  in  the  state  of  Bihar  in  the Financial Year 2020-21 (18.12.2020) on the basis of projects received from the State Government.

SAI  releases  funds  to  its  Regional  Centres  instead  of  States. Accordingly,  the  funds  allocated  to  RC  Kolkata  (under  which  Bihar State Comes) for the development of sports under Block Grant is as under:

| Financial Year   |   Funds Allocated (In crore) |
|------------------|------------------------------|
| 2018-19          |                        48.7  |
| 2019-20          |                        67.8  |
| 2020-21          |                        56.36 |

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Annexure

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  THE  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1413  FOR  07.12.2021  RAISED  BY  SHRI  DULAL CHAND GOSWAMIREGARDING PROMOTING YOUTH SPORTS IN BIHAR.

The details of the activities undertaken for promotion of Sports in the State of Bihar during the last three years:

2019-2020

## ARMY BOYS SPORTS COMPANIES SCHEME (ABSC)

| Sl.   | State/Centres Name             | Discipline   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|--------------------------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   |                                |              | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1     | Bihar Regiment Centre, Danapur | Football     | 14            | 0             | 14            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 1     | Bihar Regiment Centre, Danapur | Hockey       | 74            | 0             | 74            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
|       |                                | TOTAL:       | 88            | 0             | 88            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |

## SAI TRAINING CENTERS (STC)

| 1   | Patna      | Taekwondo   |   8 |   0 |   8 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
|-----|------------|-------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|     |            | Wushu       |  14 |   0 |  14 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 2   | Kishanganj | Athletics   |   4 |   0 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|     |            | Taekwondo   |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   9 |   9 |
|     |            | Volleyball  |  19 |   0 |  19 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| 3   | Giddaur    | Athletics   |   5 |   0 |   5 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|     |            | Football    |   4 |   0 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|     |            | Volleyball  |   9 |   0 |   9 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|     |            | TOTAL:      |  63 |   0 |  63 |   0 |  12 |  12 |

## SUMMARY

| Sl. No   | Scheme(s)   | No. of Centres   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|----------|-------------|------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|          |             |                  | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1        | STC         | 03               | 63            | 0             | 63            | 0                 | 12                | 12                |
| 2        | ABSC        | 01               | 88            | 0             | 88            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
|          | TOTAL:      | 4                | 151           | 0             | 151           | 0                 | 12                | 12                |

2020-2021

## SAI TRAINING CENTERS (STC)

| Sl.   | Centre Name   | Discipline   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|---------------|--------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No    |               |              | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1     | Patna         | Taekwondo    | 10            | 0             | 10            | 0                 | 10                | 10                |
|       |               | Wushu        | 15            | 0             | 15            | 0                 | 02                | 02                |
| 2     | Kishanganj    | Volleyball   | 30            | 0             | 30            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3     | Giddaur       | Athletics    | 18            | 0             | 18            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
|       |               | TOTAL:       | 73            | 0             | 73            | 0                 | 12                | 12                |

## SUMMARY

| Sl.   | Scheme(s)   | No. of   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|-------------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   |             | Centres  | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1     | STC         | 03       | 73            | 0             | 73            | 0                 | 12                | 12                |
|       | TOTAL:      | 3        | 73            | 0             | 73            | 0                 | 12                | 12                |

2021-2022

SAI TRAINING CENTERS (STC)

| Sl.   | Centre     | Disciplines   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   |            |               | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1     | Patna      | Taekwondo     | 3             | 0             | 3             | 0                 | 1                 | 1                 |
|       |            | Wushu         | 8             | 0             | 8             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 2     | Kishanganj | Volleyball    | 12            | 0             | 12            | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
| 3     | Giddaur    | Athletics     | 3             | 0             | 3             | 0                 | 0                 | 0                 |
|       |            | G.TOTAL:      | 26            | 0             | 26            | 0                 | 1                 | 1                 |

SUMMARY

| Sl.   | Scheme(s)   | No. of   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|-------------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   |             | Centres  | Boy           | Girl          | Total         | Boy               | Girl              | Total             |
| 1     | STC         | 03       | 26            | 0             | 26            | 0                 | 1                 | 1                 |
|       | TOTAL:      | 3        | 26            | 0             | 26            | 0                 | 1                 | 1                 |

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