Lok Sabha Question No. 2192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-15
Subject: Promotion of Swimming
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2022

## Promotion of Swimming

2192. SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

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

- a) the details of steps taken by the Government for promotion and development of swimming as a sport in the country;
- b) the details of allocation of funds vis-à-vis expenditure to make our country a sporting powerhouse in swimming; and
3. the other steps taken by the Government to create and modernize
- c) State-of-the-art infrastructure for swimming?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

(a) Swimming Federation of India (SFI) has been provided funds/grants by  Government  of  India  under  the  Scheme  of  Assistance  to  NSFs towards  conducting  National  Coaching  Camps,  Foreign  Exposures, National Championships, Purchase of Equipment, Salary of Coaches and Sports Staff etc. Sports Authority of India (SAI), which is an autonomous body under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, is the implementing  agency  for  the  sports  Promotional  Schemes  of  the Government across the country to identify talented sportspersons in the various  age  groups  and  nurture  them  through  National  Centres  of Excellence(NCOE), SAI Training Centre(STC), Extension Centre of STC and  National  Sports  Talent  Contest(NSTC)  to  excel  at  national  and international levels. The details are provided at Annexure-I

Further, in order to promote excellence and culture of sports in the country, Govt. of India launched Khelo India scheme. In the scheme, under Khelo India Talent Development (KITD) vertical total 20 sports disciplines including swimming are supported. For the development of swimming  sports  in  the  country, 133  talented  athletes have  been identified as Khelo India Athletes (KIAs). In order to facilitate training of KIAs, training academies are accredited under Khelo India and are being  provided  the  support  of  Rs.  5,00,000/-  per  KIA  per  annum  for meeting the expenses of training and consumables. The details of funds released to accredited academies under Khelo India Talent Development  (KITD)  vertical  of  Khelo  India  Scheme  are  provided  at Annexure-II

07 New  Khelo  India  Centres  (KICs)  have  been  designated  under  the State Level Khelo India Scheme in Swimming Discipline in three states (Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar  Pradesh)  wherein  the  KICs  are entitled for a grant of Rs.10 Lacs per Centre per Discipline. The list of Centres are at Annexure-III

03  KISCEs  in  03  States have  been  designated  as  Khelo  India  State Centre of Excellence under SLKIC Scheme where Swimming is one of the disciplines. The KISCEs are provided funds based on the viability gap analysis. These centers are given under:

|   S.N | State/UT   | Centre                                                 |
|-------|------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
|     1 | Goa        | SAG Sports Complex, Campal, Panaji                     |
|     2 | Karnataka  | Sh. Jaiprakash Narayan National Youth Centre Bangalore |
|     3 | Tripura    | Dasarath Dev State Sports Complex, Badharght, Agartala |

## b) Budget allocation and expenditure for Swimming Federation of India under the NSF Scheme is as under:

| Year                 | Budget allocation (In ₹Crore)   | Expenditure (In ₹)   |
|----------------------|---------------------------------|----------------------|
| 2018-2019            | 7.89                            | 49,45,186            |
| 2019-20 up Sep, 2020 | to 7.05                         | 87,37,192            |
| 2020-21              | 3.29                            | 19,01,472            |
| 2021-22              | 3.32                            | 89,28,370            |

- c) Under the vertical 'Utilization and Creation of Sports Infrastructure' of the Khelo India Scheme, 15 swimming pools projects amounting to Rs. 70.83 crore have been sanctioned across the country which cater to all categories of citizens. The details of the projects is provided at Annexure-IV

Annexure - I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2192 FOR  REPLY  ON  15.03.2022  ASKED BY SHRI  ARVIND  GANPAT  SAWANT  REGARDING  PROMOTION  OF SWIMMING

| S.No.   | State      | Scheme and Centre   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non- Residential   | Non- Residential   | Non- Residential   |
|---------|------------|---------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
|         |            |                     | Boys          | Girls         | Total         | Boys               | Girls              | Total              |
| 1       | Gujarat    | NCOE, Para Sports   | 2             | 2             | 4             | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 2       | Kerala     | STC, Trichur        | 19            | 0             | 19            | 3                  | 2                  | 5                  |
| 3       | Manipur    | STC, Imphal         | 0             | 0             | 0             | 0                  | 0                  | 0                  |
| 4       | Puducherry | STC, Yanam          | 11            | 0             | 11            | 5                  | 5                  | 10                 |
| 5       | Tripura    | STC, Agartala       | 0             | 0             | 0             | 1                  | 1                  | 2                  |

Annexure - II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2192 FOR  REPLY  ON  15.03.2022  ASKED BY SHRI  ARVIND  GANPAT  SAWANT  REGARDING  PROMOTION  OF SWIMMING (In ₹)

| S. No   | Name of Academy                         | F.Y      | F.Y       | F.Y      |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|----------|-----------|----------|
| S. No   | Name of Academy                         | 2018-19  | 2019-20   | 2020-21  |
| 1       | Shishukunj Swimming Academy, Indore     | 2,40,671 | 4,86,666  | Nil      |
| 2       | Glenmark Aquatic Foundation, Mumbai     | Nil      | 13,78,321 | Nil      |
| 3       | Centre for Sports Excellence, Bengaluru | 6,54,724 | 21,77,455 | 8,62,500 |

Annexure - III ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2192 FOR  REPLY  ON  15.03.2022  ASKED BY SHRI  ARVIND  GANPAT  SAWANT  REGARDING  PROMOTION  OF SWIMMING

|   S.N | State/UT       | District     | Centre                                  |
|-------|----------------|--------------|-----------------------------------------|
|     1 | Karnataka      | Haveri       | District Stadium Municipal High School  |
|     2 | Karnataka      | Ramanagar    | District Stadium Station Road Ramanagar |
|     3 | Karnataka      | Vijayanagara | M.V District Stadium Bellary            |
|     4 | Karnataka      | Yadgiri      | District Stadium Chittapurroad          |
|     5 | Karnataka      | Chikballapur | M.V District Stadium                    |
|     6 | Madhya Pradesh | Mandla       | Police Line Swimming Centre Mandla, MP  |
|     7 | Uttar Pradesh  | Pilibhit     | Gandhi Stadium Pilibhit                 |

Annexure - IV

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 2192 FOR  REPLY  ON  15.03.2022  ASKED BY SHRI  ARVIND  GANPAT  SAWANT  REGARDING  PROMOTION  OF SWIMMING

(In ₹Crore)

|   S. No. | Name of tate/UT            | S Name of the project                                                                                                                           |   Amoun t sanct ioned t |   Amoun relea sed | % of work co mplete d   |
|----------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Andaman & Nicobar Isla nds | Construction of Swimming Pool at Mithila Village, Ran gat, North and Middle and Andaman                                                         |                     5   |              0    | Nil                     |
|        2 | Andhra Pradesh             | Construction of 50 mts sta ndard swimming pool with water purifier at Adilavi Na nnayya University, Rajama hendravaram, East Godavar i District |                     3.8 |              0    | Nil                     |
|        3 | Bihar                      | Construction of Swimming Pool at Saidpur Campus, Pa tna University, Patna.                                                                      |                     5   |              2.5  | 5%                      |
|        4 | Bihar                      | Construction of Swimming Pool at Bihar Agricultural University, Sabour Campus, Bhagalpur.                                                       |                     5   |              2.5  | 5%                      |
|        5 | Gujarat                    | Construction of Swimming Pool at Swarnim Gujarat Sp orts University, Valavav, V adodara.                                                        |                     5   |              4.25 | 40%                     |
|        6 | Karnataka                  | Construction of Indoor Swi mming Pool in Sri Jayaprak ash Narayana National You th Training Centre Vidyana gar, Bangalore.                      |                     5   |              0    | Nil                     |

|   7. | Madhya Pradesh   | Construction of Swimming pool at SAI central Regiona l Centre, Bhopal.                                                                   |   3.39 |   3.39 | 100%   |
|------|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
|    8 | Madhya Pradesh   | Construction of Swimming Pool at Indira Gandhi Nati onal tribal University (IGN TU).                                                     |   4.95 |   4.2  | 49%    |
|    9 | Maharashtra      | Construction of Swimming Pool at SAI Western Trainin g Center, Aurangabad.                                                               |   5    |   5    | 100%   |
|   10 | Manipur          | Construction of Swimming Pool with RCC Gallery, toile t, change room at Bishnupu r District HQs.                                         |   4.96 |   2.48 | 5%     |
|   11 | Odisha           | Construction of Swimming Pool at District Hqrs., Distri ct Boudh.                                                                        |   5    |   3.75 | 100%   |
|   12 | Puducherry       | Construction of Swimming Pool at Saradambal Nagar, Puducherry.                                                                           |   5    |   2    | 60%    |
|   13 | Tamil Nadu       | Construction of Swimming Pool at Tamil Nadu Physic al Education and Sports Un iversity, Melakottaiyur, C hennai, Kancherpuram Dis trict. |   5    |   0    | Nil    |
|   14 | Telangana        | Construction of swimming pool for women at Osmania University, Hyderabad.                                                                |   4.17 |   2.08 | 5%     |
|   15 | Tripura          | Construction of Swimming Pool at Regional College of Physical Education (RCPE), Panisagar, North Tripura.                                |   4.56 |   2.28 | 5%     |