Lok Sabha Question No. 519 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-22
Subject: Audit of National Sports Federations
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRRED QUESTION NO. 519 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.07.2021

Audit of National Sports Federations

519. DR. SHASHI THAROOR  :

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

- a) the details of the funding share of the National Sports Federations in the Union Government's overall sports budget since 2018 (yearwise and federation-wise);
- b) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  an  audit  of  all  the National Sports Federations on an annual basis and has uncovered any case of financial irregularities and if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether the Government has granted recognition to 54 national federations till September, 2020 and if so, the details thereof;
- d) whether  the  usual  recognition  to  National  Sports  Federations (NSFs) is not done annually; and
5. (e)   if so, the reasons for the Government to offer it only till September, 2020?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) This  Ministry  supports  the  National  Sports  Federations  (NSFs) primarily through 'Assistance to NSFs Scheme', the data of which is as below:-

## Scheme of Assistance to NSFs

(In ₹ crore)

| Financial   | BE     | RE     | Actual Expenditure   |
|-------------|--------|--------|----------------------|
| Year        |        |        |                      |
| 2017-18     | 302.18 | 302.18 | 277.68               |
| 2018-19     | 342.00 | 245.13 | 243.63               |
| 2019-20     | 245.00 | 300.85 | 300.85               |
| 2020-21     | 245.00 | 132.00 | 132.00               |
| 2021-22     | 280.00 | -      | 34.93(till date)     |

The Ministry provides some assistance to NSFs through the Scheme of Human Resource Development in Sports (HRDS) to support the training and  development  of  their  coaches  and  technical  officials,  based  on proposals  submitted  by  the  NSFs  from  time  to  time.  Details  of  such financial support is placed at Annexure I.

The Ministry also provide some assistance through Khelo India National Programme for Development of Sports Scheme, based on the proposal submitted by them for organizing of sports events. Details of financial support is placed at Annexure-II.

Federation  wise  details  of  the  funding  share  of  the  National  Sports Federations in the Union Government's overall sports budget since 2018 is placed at Annexure-III.

(b)Since  2010,  in  order  to  ensure  transparency  and  accountability  in functioning  of  NSFs,  this  Ministry  introduced  a  system  of  annual recognition procedure, under which recognition is renewed on a year to year basis, on submission of detailed documentation including audited annual accounts of NSFs. Accounts of the NSFs receiving grant of more than ₹ 1crore in a year are subject to audit by the Comptroller & Auditor General of India (CAG). Audit of select NSFs is done by Comptroller and Auditor General and audit  findings  are  sent  to  NSFs  for  necessary  action  at  their  end. Settlement  of  observations  and  audit  paras  are  taken  up  by  the

respective NSFs with the Office of the CAG.

(c)to(e) In the year 2020, the exercise of renewal of recognition of NSFs for  2020  was  held  up  due  to  outbreak  of  COVID-19  pandemic  and country-wide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. Considering this  unprecedented  situation  which  had  arisen  due  to  COVID-19 outbreak and taking into account the interest of sports and sportspersons, this Ministry had issued letter dated 02.06.2020 renewing the annual recognition for 2020 provisionally till 30.09.2020 of the  recognized  NSFs.  However,  in  compliance  of  the  order  dated 24.06.2020 passed by Hon'ble High Court of Delhi in Writ Petition (C) No. 195 of 2010, the Ministry on 25.06.2020 had withdrawn the said letter dated 02.06.2020. Subsequently the Ministry appealed against the Order of  the  Delhi  High  Court  before  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  and  the Supreme Court vide its order dated 17.9.2020 allowed the Ministry to grant annual recognition to NSFs by informing Delhi High Court. After Hon'ble Supreme Court's Order, the Ministry renewed the recognition of NSFs on a case to case basis.

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Annexure - I

Information  as  per  para  (a)  of  the  Unstarred  Question  No.  519  to  be answered on 22.07.2021 asked by Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Statement showing the details of funding share of the National Sports Federations under Human Resource Development in Sports Scheme during the financial years 2017-18 to 2020-21

| F.Y     | NSFs                             | Amount      |
|---------|----------------------------------|-------------|
| 2017-18 | All India Chess Federation       | ₹16.47 lakh |
| 2017-18 | All India Football Federation    | ₹18.75 lakh |
| 2017-18 | Boxing Federation of India       | ₹5.03 lakh  |
| 2017-18 | Table Tennis Federation of India | ₹18.59 lakh |
| 2018-19 | All India Chess Federation       | ₹16.10 lakh |
| 2018-19 | All India Football Federation    | ₹6.25 lakh  |
| 2018-19 | Boxing Federation of India       | ₹38.80 lakh |
| 2018-19 | Fencing Association of India     | ₹4.92 lakh  |

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|         | Special Olympic Bharat             | ₹45.15 lakh   |
|---------|------------------------------------|---------------|
|         | Squash Rackets Federation of India | ₹1.63 lakh    |
|         | Table Tennis Federation of India   | ₹0.54 lakh    |
|         | Wrestling Federation of India      | ₹13.38 lakh   |
| 2019-20 | Athletics Federation of India      | ₹36.43 lakh   |
|         | All India Chess Federation         | ₹3.37 lakh    |
|         | Boxing Federation of India         | ₹22.32 lakh   |
|         | Basketball Federation of India     | ₹4.08 lakh    |
|         | Hockey India                       | ₹66.24 lakh   |
|         | Special Olympic Bharat             | ₹23.03 lakh   |
|         | Squash Rackets                     | ₹8.13 lakh    |

|         | Federation of India            |             |
|---------|--------------------------------|-------------|
|         | Wushu Association of India     | ₹6.08 lakh  |
|         | Wrestling Federation of India  | ₹14.11 lakh |
| 2020-21 | Indian Pencak Silat Federation | ₹4.12 lakh  |
| 2021-22 | -                              | Nil         |

## Information  as  per  para  (a)  of  the  Unstarred  Question  No.  519  to  be answered on 22.07.2021 asked by Dr. Shashi Tharoor

Statement showing the details of funding share of the National Sports Federations under Khelo India Scheme during the financial years 201718 to 2020-21

(In ₹ Lakh)

| Federation Name                     | 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21   | 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21   | 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21   | 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 2020-21   |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| All India Football Federation       | 15.76                             | 13.64                             | 246.17                            | 143.25                            |
| All India Tennis Association        | -                                 | 13.717                            | 29.56                             | -                                 |
| Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India | 9.60                              | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| Archery Association of India        | 10.94                             | 7.074                             | -                                 | 149.46                            |
| Athletic Federation of India        | 12.63                             | 27.52                             | 54.35                             | -                                 |
| Badminton Association of India      | 12.75                             | 15.78                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| Basket Ball Federation of India     | 9.88                              | 13.97                             | -                                 | 6.45                              |
| Boxing Federation of India          | 14.23                             | 15.62                             | 321.00                            | 28.00                             |
| Cycling Federation of India         | -                                 | -                                 | 201.95                            | 224.22                            |
| Fencing Association of India        | -                                 | -                                 | 9.99                              | 187.22                            |
| Handball Federation                 | -                                 | -                                 | 14.17                             | -                                 |
| Hockey India                        | 15.61                             | 11.91                             | 16.13                             | -                                 |
| India Weight Lifting Federation     | 18.89                             | 13.50                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| Indian Kalarippayattu Federation    | -                                 | -                                 | 61.25                             | 20.58                             |
| Indian Rugby Football Union         | -                                 | -                                 | 8.86                              | -                                 |
| Judo Federation of India            | -                                 | 10.88                             | 19.79                             | 12.24                             |
| Kabaddi Federation                  | -                                 | 10.59                             | 23.57                             | -                                 |
| Kho-Kho Federation of India         | 9.08                              | 11.55                             | -                                 | -                                 |
| Mallakhamb Federation of India      | -                                 | -                                 | 224.57                            | 156.00                            |
| National Gatka Association of India | -                                 | -                                 | 19.74                             | 30.00                             |
| National Rifle Association          | 11.49                             | 14.12                             | 16.86                             | -                                 |
| Roll Ball Federation of India       | -                                 | 10.00                             | 10.22                             | -                                 |
| School Game Federation of India     | 12.00                             | -                                 | -                                 | -                                 |
| Shooting ball Federation of India   | -                                 | -                                 | 15.00                             | -                                 |
| Sqay Federation of India            | -                                 | -                                 | 37.50                             | -                                 |
| Swimming Federation of India        | 13.58                             | 22.77                             | -                                 | 22.33                             |
| Table Tennis Federation             | -                                 | 6.60                              | 16.06                             | -                                 |

| Thang-Ta Federation of India      | -     | -     | 47.57   | 30.00   |
|-----------------------------------|-------|-------|---------|---------|
| Tug of War Federation of India    | -     | -     | 37.50   | 6.55    |
| Volleyball Federation of India    | 12.23 | 21.77 | 48.89   | -       |
| Weightlifting Federation of India | -     | -     | 21.91   | 77.67   |
| Wrestling Federation of India     | 9.67  | 8.77  | -       | -       |
| Wushu Association of India        | -     | -     | 40.00   | -       |

## Annexure - III

## Information  as  per  para  (a)  of  the  Unstarred  Question  No.  519  to  be answered on 22.07.2021 asked by Dr. Shashi Tharoor

## BUDGET  ALLOCATION  FOR  VARIOUS  SPORTS  DISCIPLINES  UNDER  THE SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO NSFs

(In ₹ crore)

|   Sl. N o. | Discipline                          |   2017- 2018 |   2018- 2019 | 2019- 20 up to Sep, 2020   | 2020- 21   | 2021-22   |
|------------|-------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------------|------------|-----------|
|          1 | Archery Association of India        |        14    |        18.53 | 10.19                      | 12.15* *   | -         |
|          2 | Athletic Federation of India        |        33    |        42.95 | 55.00*                     | 32.52* *   | -         |
|          3 | Badminton Association of India      |        15.2  |        21    | 33.27*                     | 27.25* *   | -         |
|          4 | Boxing Federation of India          |        31.64 |        47    | 53.79*                     | 36.09* *   | -         |
|          5 | Hockey India                        |        28    |        37.5  | 36.18*                     | 30.34* *   | -         |
|          6 | Judo Federation of India            |         1.56 |         5.76 | 5.62                       | -          | -         |
|          7 | National Rifle Association of India |        29.84 |        38.61 | 28.40*                     | 27.15* *   | -         |

|   8 | Taekwondo Federation of India       |     0 |   2.49 | 2.49   | -        | -    |
|-----|-------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------|----------|------|
|   9 | Indian Weightlifting Federation     |  8.6  |   8.14 | 10.96* | 10.23* * | -    |
|  10 | Wrestling Federation of India       | 19    |  23.56 | 34.50* | 16.91* * | -    |
|  11 | Gymnastics Federation of India      |  6    |   3.31 | 2.55   | 0.00     | 2.53 |
|  12 | The Indian Golf Union               |  3    |   3.93 | 2.70*  | 0.78     | 2.04 |
|  13 | Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India |  2    |   3.03 | 1.60   | 0.90     | 1.15 |
|  14 | Rowing Federation of India          |  7    |   5.62 | 8.50   | 2.00     | -    |
|  15 | Squash Racket Federation of India   |  4.13 |   3.52 | 2.93*  | 1.18     | 2.04 |
|  16 | Swimming Federation of India        |  7.16 |   7.89 | 7.05   | 3.29     | -    |
|  17 | All India Tennis Association        | 15    |   3.7  | 2.40*  | 2.70     | 4.89 |
|  18 | Wushu Association of India          |  7.5  |   4.41 | 6.00*  | 2.75     | -    |

|   19 | Yachting Association of India           |   7.5 | 4.78   | 7.58*   | 0.00   | 4.28   |
|------|-----------------------------------------|-------|--------|---------|--------|--------|
|   20 | Bridge Federation of India              |  1.15 | 1.83   | 1.50    | 0.49   | 1.50   |
|   21 | Basketball Federation of India          |  3.5  | 5.24   | 4.60*   | 5.09   | 3.01   |
|   22 | Billiards & Snooker Federation of India |  2.13 | 3.24   | 1.68*   | 0.43   | 1.44   |
|   23 | All India Chess Federation              |  4    | 4.27   | 5.45    | 0.00   | -      |
|   24 | Cycling Federation of India             |  8.13 | 8.11   | 10.00   | 3.80   | 4.98   |
|   25 | All India Council of the Deaf           |  2    | 1.17   | 2.00*   | 0.00   | 1.38   |
|   26 | Equestrian Federation of India          |  2.5  | 2.89   | 2.89    | 1.06   | 1.20   |
|   27 | All India Football Federation           | 11.32 | 23.08  | 29.94*  | 10.31  | -      |
|   28 | Football U-17                           |  0    | -      | -       | -      |        |
|   29 | Handball Federation of India            |  2    | 2.99   | 2.55    | 0.00   | 3.00   |

|   30 | Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association   |   6.5 | 5.16   | 5.59                     | 4.72   | -    |
|------|------------------------------------------|-------|--------|--------------------------|--------|------|
|   31 | Paralympics Committee of India           |  6    | 6.03   | 10.00*                   | 2.90   | 7.10 |
|   32 | Sepaktakraw Federation of India          |  2.65 | 4.99   | 7.47                     | 1.68   | 3.33 |
|   33 | Special Olympics Bharat                  |  3    | 5.26   | 6.00*                    | 0.38   | 5.02 |
|   34 | Table Tennis Federation of India         |  7    | 8.89   | 12.13                    | 2.74   | 7.77 |
|   35 | Volleyball Federation of India           |  5    | 5.04   | 7.34*                    | 0.00   | -    |
|   36 | SGFI                                     |  0    | -      | -                        | 0.00   | -    |
|   37 | AIU                                      |  0    | -      | -                        | 0.00   | -    |
|   38 | Fencing Association of India             |  3    | 2.99   | 16.94 (Up to June, 2021) | -      |      |
|   39 | Kho Kho Federation of India              |  0    | -      | -                        | 2.91   | 5.95 |

*For the year 2019-20, amount was allocated till September, 2020 in lieu of Tokyo Olympics 2020.

**For the year 2020-21, amount was allocated till September, 2021 in lieu of postponement of Tokyo Olympics 2020 to 2021.