Lok Sabha Question No. 4204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: Sanctioned Posts of Coaches
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Joshi

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4204 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2022

Sanctioned Posts of Coaches

†4204. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  centres  being  run  by  the  Sports  Authority  of India in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  total  number  of  posts  of  coaches  sanctioned  and  lying vacant in these centres at present;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to fill all the vacant post of coaches; and
- (d) the funds sanctioned, allocated and spent for the development of sports in Rajasthan during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  implements  the  following Sports Promotional Schemes  across  the country to identify talented sportspersons in the various age groups and nurture them to excel at national and international levels:-
- (i)
- National Centres of Excellence (NCOE)
- (ii) SAI Training Centre (STC)
- (iii)
- Extension Centre of STC
- (iv) National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC)

A  total  of  188  Centres  including  NCOEs,  STCs,  Extension Centres of STC, NSTC Scheme etc. are functional for implementation of above Sports Promotional Schemes of SAI. The State-wise details are at Annexure.

(b) & (c)     The details of the sanctioned post of coaches and the vacant posts in various SAI centres are as under:

|       |                              |                     | Present Strength   | Present Strength     | Selected on                  | Effective   |
|-------|------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|-------------|
| S.No  | Designation                  | Sanctioned Strength | Regular            | Deputation/ Contract | deputation (but yet to join) | Vacancy     |
| 1     | High Performance Coach (HPC) | 50                  | 00                 | 00                   | 00                           | 50          |
| 2     | Chief Coach                  | 100                 | 95                 | 01                   | 04                           | 00          |
| 3     | Senior Coach                 | 200                 | 169                | 02                   | 06                           | 23          |
| 4     | Coach                        | 400                 | 179                | 117                  | 53                           | 51          |
| 5     | Assistant Coach              | 774                 | 172                | 281                  | 37                           | 284         |
| Total | Total                        | 1524                | 615                | 401                  | 100                          | 408         |

However, the requirement of Coaches varies depending upon the  present  strength  of  trainees  of  a  particular  discipline  at  the centres. Therefore, vacant posts are not assessed Centre wise.

- (d)  For promotion and development of sports in the country, SAI spends  funds  through  its  Regional  Centres.  Accordingly,  the details of the funds allocated under Block Grant to SAI Regional Centre,  Gandhinagar  under  which Rajasthan  State  comes  are  as under:

| Year                   |   Funds Allocated (in ₹ Cr.) |
|------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2021-22 (upto Feb' 21) |                        32.2  |
| 2020-21                |                        27.61 |
| 2019-20                |                        33    |
| 2018-19                |                        32.5  |
| 2017-18                |                        25.1  |
| 2016-17                |                        27.57 |

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  No.  4204  FOR  29.03.2022  REGARDING SANCTIONED  POSTS  OF  COACHES  ASKED  BY  SHRI  CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, HON'BLE MP.

## State/UT-wise details of Centre under Sports Promotional Schemes of SAI

| S.N.   | State/ UT                |   No. of Centres |
|--------|--------------------------|------------------|
| 1.     | Andhra Pradesh           |                3 |
| 2.     | Assam                    |               12 |
| 3.     | Arunachal Pradesh        |                2 |
| 4.     | Bihar                    |                3 |
| 5.     | Chhattisgarh             |                2 |
| 6.     | Goa                      |                1 |
| 7.     | Gujarat                  |                2 |
| 8.     | Haryana                  |               10 |
| 9.     | Himachal Pradesh         |                4 |
| 10.    | Jharkhand                |                4 |
| 11.    | Karnataka                |                5 |
| 12.    | Kerala                   |                7 |
| 13.    | Madhya Pradesh           |               10 |
| 14.    | Maharashtra              |               17 |
| 15.    | Manipur                  |                7 |
| 16.    | Meghalaya                |                1 |
| 17.    | Mizoram                  |                3 |
| 18.    | Nagaland                 |                1 |
| 19.    | Odisha                   |                8 |
| 20.    | Punjab                   |               11 |
| 21.    | Rajasthan                |               20 |
| 22.    | Sikkim                   |                1 |
| 23.    | Tamilnadu                |                5 |
| 24.    | Telangana                |                1 |
| 25.    | Tripura                  |                2 |
| 26.    | Uttar Pradesh            |               14 |
| 27.    | Uttrakhand               |                1 |
| 28.    | West Bengal              |                7 |
| 29.    | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                2 |
| 30.    | Chandigarh               |                2 |
| 31.    | Delhi                    |               14 |
| 32.    | Jammu &| Kashmir    |                2 |
| 33.    | Lakshdweep               |                1 |
| 34.    | Ladakh                   |                1 |
| 35.    | Pudhucherry              |                2 |
|        | Total                    |              188 |

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