Lok Sabha Question No. 723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Regional Training Centres of SAI
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Rama Devi, Ajay Kumar Mandal, Sunil Kumar Pintu, Locket Chatterjee, Navneet Ravi Rana, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India Department of Sports

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 723 TO BE ANSWERD ON 07.02.2023

Regional Training Centres of SAI

†723. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  Regional  Training  Centres  of  Sports  Authority  of India (SAI) in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up more such centres in
- the coming years in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Bihar, Maharashtra,  Haryana  and  West  Bengal  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of the places identified for setting up new centres and the time by which the said centres are likely to be set up, State/UTwise particularly in Bihar, Maharashtra, Sonipat in Haryana and West Bengal;
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  National  Sports  Federations  to improve the facilities for athletes in the country; and
- (f) the details of the funds allocated and spent, federation and workwise during the last five years and the current year?

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

(a) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has established 10 Regional Centres  and  2  Institutional  Units  across  the  country.  The  details  of these centres are provided at Annexure-I. (b) to (d) Pursuant to an exercise conducted by SAI for restructuring its  Sports  Promotional  Schemes  taking  into  account  the  available infrastructure at training centre and financial constraints, focus has been  shifted  to  the  existing  centres  instead  of  establishing  new centres. (e) Under the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs),    the  recognized  NSFs  are  being  provided  with  financial assistance towards training of sportspersons/athletes  which includes all requisite facilities for their preparations. Further, financial assistance is also provided for their training abroad and participation in national as well as international competitions. The Annual Calendar for Training and Competition (ACTC) budget is approved every year for each recognized NSF. Funds  are  allocated  scheme-wise  not  Federation/work  wise. Accordingly,  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  spent  under  the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs and also federation-wise details of the expenditure incurred during the last 5 years and the current year are

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(f) provided at Annexure - II.

ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 723 FOR 07.02.2023 REGARDING 'REGIONAL TRAINING CENTRES OF SAI'.

| Sl.   |                                                                            | No. of   | Residential   | Residential   | Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   | Non-Residential   |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| No.   | Region                                                                     | Centres  | Boys          | Girls         | Total         | Boys              | Girls             | Total             |
| 1     | Regional Centre (RC) Bangalore                                             | 8        | 281           | 154           | 435           | 50                | 23                | 73                |
| 2     | Lakshmibai National College for Physical Education (LNCPE) Trivandrum (RC) | 10       |               |               |               |                   |                   |                   |
|       |                                                                            |          | 421           | 203           | 624           | 75                | 59                | 134               |
| 3     | RC Bhopal                                                                  | 5        | 127           | 89            | 216           | 52                | 47                | 99                |
| 4     | RC Lucknow                                                                 | 5        | 184           | 50            | 234           | 41                | 43                | 84                |
| 5     | RC Chandigarh                                                              | 6        | 143           | 76            | 219           | 56                | 37                | 93                |
| 6     | NSNIS Patiala                                                              | 1        | 25            | 24            | 49            | 32                | 27                | 59                |
| 7     | RC Sonepat                                                                 | 4        | 222           | 67            | 289           | 31                | 31                | 62                |
| 8     | RC Kolkata                                                                 | 15       | 292           | 207           | 499           | 98                | 31                | 129               |
| 9     | RC Gandhinagar                                                             | 3        | 114           | 0             | 114           | 62                | 46                | 108               |
| 10    | RC Mumbai                                                                  | 1        | 25            | 39            | 64            | 10                | 0                 | 10                |
| 11    | RC Imphal                                                                  | 4        | 228           | 143           | 371           | 5                 | 20                | 25                |
| 12    | RC Guwahati                                                                | 7        | 290           | 314           | 604           | 42                | 41                | 83                |
|       | TOTAL:                                                                     | 69       | 2352          | 1366          | 3718          | 554               | 405               | 959               |

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## ANNEXURE-II

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (f) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 723 FOR 07.02.2023 REGARDING 'REGIONAL TRAINING CENTRES OF SAI'.

## FUND ALLOCATION/ACTUAL UNDER SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO NSFs

( In  ₹ crore)

|   S. No. | Financial Year   |   Funds Allocated | Actual                  |
|----------|------------------|-------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | 2017-18          |            302.18 | 277.68                  |
|        2 | 2018-19          |            245.13 | 243.63                  |
|        3 | 2019-20          |            300.85 | 300.85                  |
|        4 | 2020-21          |            132    | 128.62                  |
|        5 | 2021-22          |            181    | 112.07                  |
|        6 | 2022-23          |            280    | 234.50 (as on 3.2.2023) |

## EXPENDITURE INCURRED UNDER SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO NSFs (FEDERATION-WISE)

( In  ₹ crore)

|   S.No. | Name of Federation                      | 2017-18   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   | 2021-22   | 2022-23 (upto 31st Dec 22)   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
|       1 | All India Chess Federation              | 1.10      | 2.27      | 2.67      | 0.23      | 0.92      | 14.47                        |
|       2 | All India Carrom Federation             | -         | -         | 0.17      | -         | -         | -                            |
|       3 | Amateur Kabaddi Federation of india     | -         | 0.02      | 0.20      | -         | -         | 0.11                         |
|       4 | All India Football Federation           | 3.95      | 7.07      | 13.93     | 5.21      | 7.50      | 10.49                        |
|       5 | Atya Patya Federation of India          | 0.05      | 0.05      | 0.31      | 0.01      | -         | 0.18                         |
|       6 | Archery Association of India            | -         | 1.50      | 0.35      | 0.77      | 3.96      | 5.10                         |
|       7 | All India Sports Council of the Deaf    | 0.40      | 0.29      | 1.13      | 0.08      | 0.55      | 5.52                         |
|       8 | All India Tennis Association            | -         | 0.45      | 1.57      | 1.78      | 0.45      | 0.38                         |
|       9 | Athletic Fedration of India             | 0.61      | 4.46      | 8.43      | 1.11      | 5.12      | 7.07                         |
|      10 | Bowling Federation of India (Lawn Bowl) | 0.65      | 0.28      | -         | -         | -         | -                            |
|      11 | Baseball Federation of India            | 0.17      | 0.03      | 0.32      | -         | -         | -                            |

|   12 | Billiards &Snooker Federation of India    | -    | 0.66   | 1.16   | 0.27   | 0.24   | 0.94   |
|------|-------------------------------------------|------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|   13 | Basketball Fedration of India             | -    | 0.53   | 0.53   | 0.60   | 0.71   | 0.76   |
|   14 | Badminton Association of India            | 1.19 | 4.70   | 14.66  | 1.05   | 3.60   | 5.23   |
|   15 | Bridge Federation of India                | 0.08 | 0.49   | 1.19   | 0.30   | 0.39   | 1.51   |
|   16 | Ball Badminton Federation of India        | 0.17 | 0.14   | 0.32   | -      | 0.18   | -      |
|   17 | Boxing Fedration of India                 | 1.94 | 4.80   | 12.85  | 5.77   | 9.69   | 5.76   |
|   18 | Cerebral Palsy Sports Federation of India | -    | -      | -      | -      | -      | 0.37   |
|   19 | Cycle Polo Federation of India            | -    | 0.11   | 0.20   | 0.02   | -      | 0.04   |
|   20 | Cycling Fedration of India                | 0.27 | 1.71   | 1.68   | 0.78   | 3.33   | 3.04   |
|   21 | Equestrian Federation of India            | 0.08 | 0.20   | 2.46   | 0.62   | 0.46   | 0.22   |
|   22 | Fencing Association of India              | 0.44 | 1.41   | 1.41   | 0.49   | 1.93   | 5.01   |
|   23 | Gymnastics Federation of India            | -    | 0.12   | 0.06   | 0.21   | 0.32   | 0.93   |
|   24 | Handball Federatiuon of India             | 0.47 | 0.87   | 1.53   | 0.02   | 0.24   | 1.08   |
|   25 | Hockey India                              | 0.89 | 3.85   | 15.94  | 3.43   | 6.64   | 7.11   |
|   26 | Indian Olympic Association                | -    | 6.97   | -      | 2.59   | 3.01   | 1.82   |
|   27 | Indian Pencak Silat Federation            | -    | 0.30   | 0.50   | 0.01   | 0.18   | 0.04   |
|   28 | Indian Golf Union                         | 0.29 | 0.51   | 0.85   | 0.08   | 0.65   | 0.96   |
|   29 | Indian Kayaking& Canoeing Association     | 0.69 | 0.08   | 0.87   | 1.30   | 1.75   | 1.52   |
|   30 | Indian Weightlifting Federation           | 0.18 | 0.53   | 4.24   | 1.16   | 5.16   | 6.91   |
|   31 | Indian Kalarippayttu Federation           | -    | -      | 0.02   | -      | -      | -      |
|   32 | Indian Rugby Football Union               | -    | -      | 0.39   | 0.03   | 0.08   | 0.35   |
|   33 | Judo Federation of India                  | 0.01 | 0.61   | 2.23   | 0.62   | 0.49   | 3.45   |
|   34 | Karate Association of India               | -    | 0.20   | 0.00   | -      | -      | -      |
|   35 | Kho Kho Federation of India               | -    | 0.57   | 0.43   | 1.08   | 0.66   | 1.58   |

|   36 | Kudo International Federation of India   | -    | -    | -     | -    | 0.35   | 0.24   |
|------|------------------------------------------|------|------|-------|------|--------|--------|
|   37 | Mallakhamb Federation of India           | -    | -    | 0.19  | -    | 0.24   | -      |
|   38 | National Rifle Association of India      | 1.39 | 8.14 | 18.47 | 2.89 | 9.21   | 11.58  |
|   39 | Netball Federation of India              | -    | 0.09 | 0.21  | 0.10 | 0.47   | 0.08   |
|   40 | National Yogasana Sports Federation      | -    | -    | -     | -    | 0.92   | 0.06   |
|   41 | Paralympic Committee of India            | 0.42 | 5.52 | 3.51  | 1.17 | 4.52   | 10.95  |
|   42 | Roller Skating Federation of India       | -    | -    | 0.33  | 0.06 | 0.42   | -      |
|   43 | Rowing Federation of India               | 0.62 | 0.37 | 2.71  | 0.33 | 0.63   | 2.41   |
|   44 | Roll Ball Federation of India            | -    | -    | -     | -    | -      | 0.09   |
|   45 | Real Federation Espanola                 | -    | -    | 0.26  | -    | -      | -      |
|   46 | Sepaktakraw Federation of India          | 0.69 | 0.60 | 1.66  | 0.21 | 0.22   | 1.18   |
|   47 | Shooting Ball Fedration of India         | -    | -    | 0.25  | 0.20 | 2.36   | 0.17   |
|   48 | Soft Tenis Federation of India           | 0.19 | 0.13 | 0.36  | 0.17 | 0.20   | 0.18   |
|   49 | Softball Association of India            | 0.11 | -    | 0.18  | -    | 0.41   | 0.10   |
|   50 | Special Olympic Bharat                   | 0.57 | 2.32 | 5.98  | 0.84 | -      | 3.64   |
|   51 | Sqay Federation of India                 | -    | -    | 0.16  | -    | -      | 0.05   |
|   52 | Squash Racket Fedration of India         | 0.59 | 0.47 | 2.03  | -    | 0.44   | 1.01   |
|   53 | Swimming Federation of India             | 0.17 | 0.01 | 0.87  | 0.19 | 0.77   | 1.47   |
|   54 | Table Tenis Fedration of India           | 0.66 | 3.54 | 5.07  | 0.87 | 2.55   | 3.93   |
|   55 | Taekwondo Federation of India            | -    | -    | -     | 0.17 | -      | -      |
|   56 | Tenni Koit Federation of India           | -    | -    | 0.30  | 0.14 | 0.02   | -      |
|   57 | Tennis Ball Cricket Federation           | -    | -    | 0.06  | 0.09 | 0.68   | 0.43   |
|   58 | Ten-Pin Bowling Federation of India      | -    | 0.11 | 0.03  | -    | -      | -      |
|   59 | Volleyball Federation of India           | -    | 0.56 | 2.04  | 0.14 | 0.08   | 0.01   |

| 60                        | Wako India Kickboxing Federation           | -     | -     |      - | -     | -     | 0.15   |
|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------|-------|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| 61                        | Wushu Association of India                 | 0.31  | 1.40  |   2.18 | 0.54  | 1.14  | 0.83   |
| 62                        | Wrestling Federation of India              | 0.77  | 5.23  |  13.38 | 1.49  | 8.91  | 7.27   |
| 63                        | Wheel chair Basketball Federation of India | -     | -     |   0.15 | -     | -     | -      |
| 64                        | Yachting Association of India              | 1.53  | 1.31  |   2.75 | 0.95  | 2.20  | 2.28   |
| Total Amount (₹ In crore) | Total Amount (₹ In crore)                  | 21.65 | 75.57 | 155.71 | 40.21 | 94.92 | 140.02 |

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