Lok Sabha Question No. 1576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Modernizing Basic Sports Infrustructure
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1576 ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

Modernizing Basic Sports Infrastructure

1576. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measure  for  setting  up  and modernizing basic sports infrastructure in the in the country and if so, the details thereof State/ UT-wise including Odisha;
- (b)  the  total  funds  allocated,  released  and  utilized  by  the  Government  for this purpose including the details of the basic infrastructure built up during the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  details  of  criterion  laid  down  for  extending  financial  assistance  to meritorious  sportspersons  in  the  country  along  with  the  number  of  such sportspersons extended financial assistance by the Government, State/ UTwise?

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

(a) & (b) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility to promote sports and improve the level of sports and infrastructural facilities in the country including rural areas primarily rests with the State/Union Territory Governments.  Central  Government  supplements  their  efforts.  However, under  the  'Utilization  and  Creation/Upgradation  of  Sports  Infrastructure' vertical of the Khelo India Scheme, this Ministry renders financial support for creation of basic sports infrastructure such as sports complex, synthetic athletic  tracks,  synthetic  hockey  fields,  synthetic  turf  football  grounds, multipurpose halls, swimming pools, etc. along with sports equipment.

Since the commencement of Khelo India Scheme, 300 sports infrastructure projects have been sanctioned by this Ministry across the country, including the  State  of  Odisha.  State/UT-wise  details  of  300  sports  infrastructure projects sanctioned under the Khelo India Scheme are at Annexure.

- (c)  The  Government  is  running  the  following  2  schemes  for  providing financial assistance to meritorious sportsperson in the country:
- i. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons (PDUNWFS), under which financial assistance from 2 Lakh to 10 Lakh, to  outstanding  sportsperson  of  yesteryears  and  their  families  is provided. The number of ex-sportspersons who were extended benefit in the last three years are as under:
- ii. Scheme  of  Pension  to  Meritorious  Sportspersons,  under  which Pension, from ₹12,000 to ₹20,000 per month, to Meritorious Sportspersons  is provided. The  number  beneficiaries under this scheme for the last three years are as under:

| Year    |   Number of beneficiaries of PDUNWFS |
|---------|--------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                                   16 |
| 2020-21 |                                   38 |
| 2021-22 |                                   55 |

| Year    |   Number of beneficiaries of scheme of pension to Meritorious Sportspersons |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                                                                          40 |
| 2020-21 |                                                                          33 |
| 2021-22 |                                                                          26 |

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1576  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  26/07/2022 REGARDING 'MODERNIZING BASIC SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE' ASKED BY SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

## State/UT-wise details of projects sanctioned under Khelo India Scheme

| S.No.   | State/UT                    |   No. of projects |   Amount allocated (in ₹ crore) |
|---------|-----------------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------|
| 1.      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                 1 |                            7.23 |
| 2.      | Andhra Pradesh              |                 7 |                           33.8  |
| 3.      | Arunachal Pradesh           |                21 |                          183.72 |
| 4.      | Assam                       |                 8 |                           47.68 |
| 5.      | Bihar                       |                11 |                           50.83 |
| 6.      | Chhattisgarh                |                 4 |                           20.65 |
| 7.      | Delhi                       |                 8 |                           89.36 |
| 8.      | Goa                         |                 4 |                           19.1  |
| 9.      | Gujarat                     |                 5 |                          608.37 |
| 10.     | Haryana                     |                10 |                           88.89 |
| 11.     | Himachal Pradesh            |                 8 |                           38.1  |
| 12.     | Jammu and Kashmir           |                 5 |                           27.89 |
| 13.     | Jharkhand                   |                 2 |                           10.38 |
| 14.     | Karnataka                   |                19 |                          128.52 |
| 15.     | Kerala                      |                 5 |                           62.74 |
| 16.     | Ladakh                      |                 3 |                           14.28 |
| 17.     | Lakshadweep                 |                 2 |                            9    |
| 18.     | Madhya Pradesh              |                12 |                           85.64 |
| 19.     | Maharashtra                 |                13 |                          110.8  |
| 20.     | Manipur                     |                 8 |                           80.45 |
| 21.     | Meghalaya                   |                 6 |                           28    |
| 22.     | Mizoram                     |                 7 |                           39    |
| 23.     | Nagaland                    |                 7 |                           45    |
| 24.     | Odisha                      |                 4 |                           28    |
| 25.     | Puducherry                  |                 3 |                           16.02 |
| 26.     | Punjab                      |                11 |                           93.71 |
| 27.     | Rajasthan                   |                45 |                          112.26 |
| 28.     | Sikkim                      |                 5 |                           25.83 |
| 29.     | Tamil Nadu                  |                 5 |                           33    |
| 30.     | Telangana                   |                 6 |                           24.11 |
| 31.     | Tripura                     |                 7 |                           38.35 |
| 32.     | Uttar Pradesh               |                32 |                          502.52 |
| 33.     | Uttarakhand                 |                 5 |                           23.78 |
| 34.     | West Bengal                 |                 1 |                           26.77 |
|         | Total                       |               300 |                         2753.78 |

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