Lok Sabha Question No. 4311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-29
Subject: New Astro Turfs for Hockey Players
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2022

New Astro Turfs for Hockey Players

4311. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI)  has  granted approval for laying of new astro turfs to provide better facilities to the young hockey players in the country including Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## ANSWER (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a)  to  (c):  Sports  being  as  a  State  Subject,  the  responsibility  to promote sports, including creating of sports infrastructure, primarily rests with the respective State/UT Government. However,  Central  Government  supplements  their  efforts  through its  schemes  viz.  sports  promotional  schemes  run  by  Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Khelo India Scheme.

The  details  of  new  and  existing  Synthetic  Hockey  Turf  in various Sports Authority of India (SAI) Centres across the country including State of Maharashtra are at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (c) OF LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  Q.  No.  4311  FOR  29.03.2022  REGARDING NEW  ASTRO  TURFS  FOR  HOCKEY  PLAYERS  ASKED  BY  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS, HON'BLE MP.

| S.N.                            | SAI Centre                                                                          | No. of Turfs                    |
|---------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
| Existing Synthetic Hockey Turfs | Existing Synthetic Hockey Turfs                                                     | Existing Synthetic Hockey Turfs |
| 1.                              | National Centres of Excellence (NCOE) Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium, New Delhi | 03                              |
| 2.                              | Netaji Subhas Southern Centre (NSSC) Bangalore, Karnataka                           | 02                              |
| 3.                              | National Centres of Excellence (NCOE) Kolkata, West Bengal                          | 01                              |
| 4.                              | National Institute of Sports (NIS) Patiala , Punjab                                 | 03                              |
| 5.                              | Composite Regional Centre (CRC) Bhopal , Madhya Pradesh                             | 02                              |
| 6.                              | Regional Centre (RC) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh                                         | 01                              |
| 7.                              | Regional Centre (RC) Gandhinagar, Gujarat                                           | 01                              |
| 8.                              | Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee National Centre of Excellence Mumbai, Maharashtra         | 01                              |
| 9.                              | National Centres of Excellence (NCOE) Aurangabad, Maharashtra                       | 01                              |
| 10.                             | North East Regional Centre (NERC) Imphal, Mizoram                                   | 02                              |
| New Synthetic Hockey Turfs      | New Synthetic Hockey Turfs                                                          | New Synthetic Hockey Turfs      |
| 11.                             | Northern Regional Centre (NRC) Sonepat , Haryana                                    | 01                              |
| 12.                             | SAI Training Centre (STC) Hazaribagh, Jharkhand                                     | 01                              |
| 13.                             | Special Area Games Centre (SAG), Kokrajhar, Assam                                   | 01                              |

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