Lok Sabha Question No. 2274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-20
Subject: Hidden Talents in Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2274 ANSWERED ON 20.12.2022

## Hidden Talents in Sports

## 2274. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  assistance  in  terms  of  education,  finance,  coaching, training etc. given to aspirational sportspersons during the last five years, sport and year-wise.
- (b) the details of the infrastructure created for providing opportunities to Indian sportspersons  to  grow  and  compete  at  international  level  during  the  said period, sport and year-wise;
- (c) the details of the International Sports Events organised in the country and achievements of Indian teams in these events during the said period; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  identify  the  hidden talents in sports in semi-urban and rural areas and to provide them adequate facilities to grow and excel?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR }

- (a) 'Sports' being a State subject promotion of sports, including assistance in terms  of  education,  finance,  coaching,  training  etc.  given  to  aspirational sportspersons, is  the  responsibility  of  States/Union  Territory  Governments. Central Government  supplements  efforts of the State/Union Territory Governments by providing assistance through the following sports promotional schemes across the country:
- (i)  Khelo India Scheme; (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations; (iii) Special Awards  to Winners in International Sports Events  and their Coaches; (iv) National Sports Awards; (v) Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons;  (vi)  Pandit  Deendayal  Upadhyay  National  Sports  Welfare

Fund;  (vii)  National  Sports  Development  Fund;  and  (viii)  Running  Sports Training Centres through Sports Authority of India.

Further,  funds  are  allocated  in  this  Ministry,  scheme-wise  which caters  to  needs  of  all  athletes.  The  details  of  the  funds  allocated  for development  of  sports  under  various  sports  promotional  schemes  by  this Ministry, during the last five years are at Annexure-I.

(b) The details of infrastructure projects sanctioned for providing opportunities to Indian sportspersons to grow and compete at international level during the last five years, sport and year-wise are at Annexure - II.

(c) The details of the International sporting events organised in the country and achievements of Indian teams in these events during the last five years are at Annexure - III.

(d)  Under  'Sports  Competition  and  Talent  Development'  component  of  Khelo India  scheme,  athletes  are  selected  as  Khelo  India  Athletes  (KIAs)  based  on their  performance  in  the  Khelo  India  Games,  National  Championships/  open selection  trials.  Further  through  the  National  Sports  Talent  Search  Portal, Sports Authority of India (SAI) provides a platform for identification of talented sports persons in priority Sports disciplines in which the country has potential/ advantage. The identified athletes are nurtured under guidance of experienced coaches in various training facilities to grow and excel in National/ International sporting events.

ANNEXURE - I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2274  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20.12.2022 REGARDING 'HIDDEN TALENTS IN SPORTS' ASKED BY SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

Funds allocated for under various Sports Promotional Scheme

(in Rs. Crore)

| Financial Year   |   Funds allocated |
|------------------|-------------------|
| 2017-18          |           1393.21 |
| 2018-19          |           1381.52 |
| 2019-20          |           2000    |
| 2020-21          |           1313.21 |
| 2021-22          |           1993    |

ANNEXURE - II

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2274  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20.12.2022 REGARDING 'HIDDEN TALENTS IN SPORTS' ASKED BY SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

Infrastructure projects sanctioned for providing opportunities to Indian sportspersons to grow and compete at international level during the last five years, sport and year-wise

| Financial Year   |   Athletic Track | Football Field   |   Hockey Field |   Multipurpose Hall | Swimming Pool   |   Other sports Infrastructure |   Total |
|------------------|------------------|------------------|----------------|---------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------|---------|
| 2017-18          |               17 | 3 8              |             24 |                   2 |                 |                            14 |      68 |
| 2018-19          |                3 | 2                |              2 |                  29 | 2               |                            25 |      63 |
| 2019-20          |                3 | 2                |              4 |                   5 | -               |                            16 |      30 |
| 2020-21          |               14 | 9                |              4 |                  34 | 6               |                            28 |      95 |
| 2021-22          |                7 | 1                |              3 |                   8 | 2               |                            13 |      34 |
| Total            |               44 | 17               |             21 |                 100 | 12              |                            96 |     290 |

## ANNEXURE - III

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2274  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  20.12.2022 REGARDING 'HIDDEN TALENTS IN SPORTS' ASKED BY SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

## INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD IN INDIA IN THE F.Y. 2017-18

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Competition                                                                                                                     |   Gold |   Silver |   Bronze |   Total |
|-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| 1.        | Yachting - India International Regatta                                                                                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 2.        | Indian Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament                                                                                                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 3.        | 3rd South Asia Unified Cricket Tournament                                                                                                   |      0 |        1 |        0 |       1 |
| 4.        | International Boxing Association (AIBA) Youth Women World Boxing Championship                                                               |      5 |        0 |        2 |       7 |
| 5.        | International Tennis Federation (ITF) Juniors                                                                                               |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 6.        | World Youth U-16 Chess Olympiad                                                                                                             |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 7.        | Hero Indian Open Golf Championship                                                                                                          |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 8.        | International Basketball Federation (FIBA) Women's Asia Cup                                                                                 |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 9.        | FIBA U16 Women's Asian Championship                                                                                                         |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 10.       | FIBA Basketball World Qualifiers (For Home game)                                                                                            |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 11.       | Association of Tennis Professional (ATP) Challenger Series                                                                                  |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 12.       | Equestrian - World Jumping FEI JWC (South)                                                                                                  |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 13.       | Tata Open International Challenge                                                                                                           |      1 |        2 |        0 |       3 |
| 14.       | 10 th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament                                                                                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 15.       | Asian Athletics Championship                                                                                                                |     12 |        5 |       12 |      29 |
| 16.       | Men's Hockey World League Final                                                                                                             |      0 |        0 |        1 |       1 |
| 17.       | Chess - 10 th Orissa Open Championship                                                                                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 18.       | Squash - 19th Asian Individual Championships                                                                                                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 19.       | International Sepaktakraw Federation (ISTAF) World Cup                                                                                      |      0 |        0 |        1 |       1 |
| 20.       | 20 th Asian Men's Club League Handball                                                                                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 21.       | Syed Modi Grand Prix                                                                                                                        |      3 |        3 |        0 |       6 |
| 22.       | Equestrian - Eventing CCI1*                                                                                                                 |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 23.       | Asian Confederation of Billiard Sports (ACBS)- 18th Asian Under 21 Snooker, 16th Asian Billiards and 1st Ladies Asian Snooker Championships |      1 |        1 |        4 |       6 |
| 24.       | International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) World Cup Final                                                                              |      1 |        1 |        1 |       3 |
| 25.       | 1 st India Open Boxing Tournament                                                                                                           |      8 |       10 |       22 |      40 |
| 26.       | India Open Super Series (Badminton)                                                                                                         |      1 |        0 |        0 |       1 |
| 27.       | Senior Asian Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Female Wrestling Championship                                                                |      1 |        5 |        4 |      10 |
| 28.       | Commonwealth Chess Championship                                                                                                             |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 29.       | 16 th Delhi Chess Open Championship                                                                                                         |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 30.       | Track Asia Cup, International Cycling event                                                                                                 |      7 |        9 |        5 |      21 |
| 31.       | International Football Federation (FIFA) U-17 Boys World Cup                                                                                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 32.       | ITF Juniors Events                                                                                                                          |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 33.       | Equestrian - World Dressage FEI DWC (North)                                                                                                 |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 34.       | Equestrian - Eventing CIC1*                                                                                                                 |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| Total     | Total                                                                                                                                       |     41 |       42 |       56 |     139 |

## INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD IN INDIA IN THE F.Y. 2018-19

| Sl. No.   | Name of the Competition                                                     |   Gold |   Silver |   Bronze |   Total |
|-----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| 1.        | ITF Juniors Events                                                          |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 2.        | Bridge - 3rd Asia Cup                                                       |      1 |        1 |        4 |       6 |
| 3.        | Hero Indian Open Golf Championship                                          |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 4.        | FIBA U18 Women's Asian Championship                                         |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 5.        | Indian Open World Ranking Snooker Tournament 2019                           |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 6.        | Kayaking & Canoeing - Open International Canoe Sprint Championship          |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 7.        | Tata India Open International Challenge (Badminton)                         |      3 |        2 |        0 |       5 |
| 8.        | 11 th Mumbai Mayor's Cup International Open Chess Tournament                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 9.        | Odisha Hockey Men's World Cup                                               |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 10.       | Chess - 11 th Orissa Chess Open Championship                                |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 11.       | Commonwealth Judo Championship                                              |     62 |       53 |        3 |     118 |
| 12.       | Yachting - India International Regatta                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 13.       | 11 th Chennai Open Chess                                                    |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 14.       | World Squash Federation (WSF) Individual & Women's Team Championship        |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 15.       | Hyderabad Open HSBC - 100 (Badminton)                                       |      2 |        1 |        0 |       3 |
| 16.       | Syed Modi International HSBC WTS- 300 (Badminton)                           |      1 |        3 |        0 |       4 |
| 17.       | 5 th South Asian Women Handball Championship                                |      1 |        0 |        0 |       1 |
| 18.       | ITF Juniors Championship                                                    |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 19.       | AIBA Elite Women World Boxing Championship                                  |      1 |        1 |        2 |       4 |
| 20.       | ISSF World Cup Rifle / Pistol                                               |      3 |        0 |        0 |       3 |
| 21.       | India Open Super Series (Badminton)                                         |      0 |        1 |        0 |       1 |
| 22.       | Junior Asian Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Women Wrestling Championship |      3 |        7 |        8 |      18 |
| 23.       | Chess- Commonwealth                                                         |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 24.       | Chess- 17th Delhi Open                                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 25.       | Track Asia Cup, International Cycling event                                 |      3 |        5 |        4 |      12 |
| 26.       | First South Asian Netball Girl Competition                                  |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
|           | Total                                                                       |     80 |       74 |       21 |     175 |

## INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD IN INDIA IN THE F.Y. 2019-20

| Sl. No                              | Name of the Competition                                  | Gold   | Silver   |   Bronze |   Total |
|-------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| 1.                                  | 2 nd India Open Boxing Tournament                        | 11     | 18       |       24 |      53 |
| 2.                                  | 3rd International Racewalk Championship                  | 5      | 5        |        5 |      15 |
| 3.                                  | 10th Asian Age Group Swimming Championship               | 15     | 19       |       18 |      52 |
| 4.                                  | FIBA Women's Asia Cup for Level One teams.               | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 5.                                  | ITF Women $25K                                           | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 6.                                  | Tata India Open 2019 International Challenge (Badminton) | 1      | 2        |        0 |       3 |
| 7.                                  | Chess - World Youth Chess Championship                   | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 8.                                  | Football - Tri Nation Series                             | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 9. Tennis - ITF Juniors             |                                                          | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 10. 21st Commonwealth Table         | Tennis Championships 7                                   |        | 4        |        4 |      15 |
| 11. Hockey-FIH Men's Series         | Finals Bhubaneswar Odisha 2019 1                         |        | 0        |        0 |       1 |
| 12. FIH Hockey                      | Olympic Qualifiers Odisha (Men & Women)                  | 1      | 0        |        0 |       1 |
| 13. Kalinga Institute of Industrial | Technology (KIIT) International Open 0                   | 0      |          |        0 |       0 |
| 14. Squash- PSA Tournament          | in India - SRFI Indian Tour - Jaipur Leg 0               |        | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 15. 8 th Asian Women Youth          | Handball Championship 0                                  |        | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 16.                                 | 12th Chennai Open Chess                                  | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 17.                                 | Hyderabad Open 2019 WTS- 100 (Badminton)                 | 1      | 1        |        0 |       2 |
| 18.                                 | Syed Modi International WTS- 300 (Badminton)             | 0      | 1        |        0 |       1 |
| 19.                                 | ITF Juniors Championship                                 | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 20.                                 | ITF Men $15K Championship                                | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 21.                                 | Commonwealth Chess Championship                          | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 22.                                 | India Open Super Series (Badminton)                      | 0      | 1        |        0 |       1 |
| 23.                                 | Chess - World Junior                                     | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 24.                                 | 18 th Delhi Chess Open Championship                      | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
| 25.                                 | Track Asia Cup, International Cycling event              | 11     | 6        |        6 |      23 |
| Total                               |                                                          | 53     | 57       |       57 |     167 |

## INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD IN INDIA IN THE F.Y. 2020-21

| S. No.   | Name of the Competition                                                                       |   Gold |   Silver |   Bronze |   Total |
|----------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| 1        | ITF Juniors Championship                                                                      |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 2        | 4 th International Racewalk Championship                                                      |      6 |        6 |        6 |      18 |
| 3        | Squash -PSA Tournament in India - SRFI Indian Tour - Chennai Leg                              |      0 |        0 |        0 |       0 |
| 4        | ISSF World Cup                                                                                |     15 |        9 |        6 |      30 |
| 5        | Senior Asian Free Style, Greco Roman Style and Women Wrestling Championship held at New Delhi |      5 |        6 |        9 |      20 |
|          | Total                                                                                         |     26 |       21 |       21 |      68 |

## INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTS HELD IN INDIA IN THE F.Y. 2021-22

| S.    | Name of the Competition        | Gold   | Silver   |   Bronze |   Total |
|-------|--------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|---------|
| No. 1 | ITF Men's 15k                  | 1      | 0        |        0 |       1 |
| 2     | ITF Men's 15k                  | 1      | 1        |        0 |       2 |
| 3     | ITF Juniors Championship       | 1      | 1        |        0 |       2 |
| 4     | ITF Juniors Championship (G-4) | 0      | 0        |        0 |       0 |
|       | Total                          | 3 2    |          |        0 |       5 |

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