Lok Sabha Question No. 906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Sports Projects in Ladakh
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 906 ANSWERED ON 07.02.2023

Sports Projects in Ladakh

906.    SHRI JAMYANG TSERRING NAMGYAL:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  ongoing  sport  projects,  facilities  and  opportunities being provided in Union Territory of Ladakh;
- (b)  the  details  of  construction  of  indoor  stadium  and  multipurpose stadium, ice hockey ring, playground, facilities of sports equipments and the funds allocated for both town and rural villages;
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  provide  higher level training and to encourage State and National level players; and
- (d)  the  details  of  various  programmes  through  which  the  Government extends sports facilities in the Union Territory of Ladakh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The details of sports infrastructure projects sanctioned along with  the  funds  allocated,  under  Khelo  India  Scheme,  in  the  Union Territory of Ladakh are at Annexure.
- (c) & (d) 'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  to  promote and  develop  sports  in  the  country,  rests  primarily  with  the  respective State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government supplements

their  efforts.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  (MYAS) implements the following schemes for the development of sports in the country:

(i)  Khelo  India-  National  Programme  for  Development  of  Sports;  (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.

Details of the above schemes are available in the public domain on the websites of this Ministry and the Sports Authority of India.

Further, Sports Authority of India (SAI) has established 23 National Centres of Excellence (NCoE) across the Country to impart specialized training to promising athletes, including State and National level players, from across the country, including from the Union Territory of Ladakh, by providing  state  of  the  art  infrastructure  and  training  facilities,  sports science  backup,  individualized  diet  prescribed  by  trained  nutritionists with overall supervision of the best coaches and qualified support staff.

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## ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  906  TO  BE ANSWERED  ON  07.02.2023 REGARDING ' SPORTS PROJECTS IN LADAKH '  ASKED BY SHRI JAMYANG TSERRING NAMGYAL , HON'BLE M P

|   S.No. | Name of the project                                                                            | Year of sanction   |   Amount sanctioned (in ₹ crore) |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------------------------|
|       1 | Laying of Synthetic Athletic Track and Astro Turf for football in open stadium at District Leh | 2020-21            |                            10.38 |
|       2 | Construction of Gymnasium Hall at NDS Sports Complex, District Leh                             | 2020-21            |                             1.13 |
|       3 | Construction of Ice Hockey Rink at 24 th Bn, Indo Tibetan Border Police, District Leh          | 2020-21            |                             2.77 |
|       4 | Construction of Multipurpose Hall in Kubathag, Kargil.                                         | 2015-16            |                             4    |

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