Lok Sabha Question No. 235 (STARRED), answered on 2022-08-02
Subject: Functioning of SAI Centres
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *235 TO BE ANSWERD ON 02.08.2022

Functioning of SAI Centres

*235. SHRI. RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI:

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

(a) the details of the total number of Sports Authority of India (SAI) centres  functioning  and  the  total  number  of  sportspersons  being imparted training in these centres in the country;

(b)  whether  the  SAI  has  established  adequate  infrastructure  to provide proper training facilities to the sportspersons with a view to promote sports activities in the country;

(c) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken/ being taken by the Government presently along with achievements made and long term plan evolved, State/ UT-wise including Odisha;

(d) whether the Government has any proposal to increase SAI centres for increasing the seats for sportspersons at all such centres in the country particularly in Odisha; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *235 FOR REPLY ON 02.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF SAI CENTRES'

- (a) A total of 189 Centres, including National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs), SAI Training Centres (STCs) and their Extension Centres are functional for implementation of the sports promotional schemes of SAI. Presently, a total of 8119 talented sports persons (4973 boys and 3146 girls) are being trained in 28 sports disciplines on residential and non-residential basis in these Centres.
- (b) and (c) 'Sports' being a State subject, the primary responsibility of development of sports infrastructure lies with the State/UT Governments. However, the Government of India has taken various steps to strengthen sports infrastructure through Khelo India Scheme, Assistance to National Sports Federations, National Sports Development Fund Scheme and by providing facilities in various SAI centres.

Under the vertical 'Utilization and Creation of Sports Infrastructure' of the Khelo India Scheme, Central Government has sanctioned three hundred (300) sports infrastructure projects of various types across the  country,  including  four  (4)  in  the  state  of  Odisha.  State-wise details of the projects are given at Annexure-I.

Besides, the sports infrastructure facilities available with SAI have sufficient capacity to cater to the training needs of a large number of athletes, including high performance training to elite athletes across the country at the SAI NCOEs. The details of the existing infrastructure are given at Annexure-II.

- (d) & (e) SAI has recently undertaken an exercise of restructuring of its existing sports promotional schemes. In view of the available resources, it has been decided to first focus on the existing centres in identified sports disciplines in order to prepare athletes for major international  events  like  the  Asian  Games,  the  Commonwealth Games,  the Olympic Games,  etc. Moreover, the creation and development of sports infrastructure is a dynamic process. Therefore,

the decision of creation of facilities/SAI centres depends on various factors such as availability of funds, local demand, etc.

Currently, SAI runs one (01) National Centre of Excellence, three (03) SAI Training Centres, two (02) Extension Centres, one (01) Regional School  and  one  (01)  Akhara  in  the  state  of  Odisha.  However,  at present, there is no such proposal under consideration for Odisha.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *235 FOR 02.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF SAI CENTRES'

| S. No.   | State/UT                           |   No. of projects |   Amount sanctioned (in crore) |   Amount released (in crore) |
|----------|------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands        |                 1 |                           7.23 |                         0    |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                     |                 7 |                          33.8  |                        17.04 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                  |                21 |                         183.72 |                       117.86 |
| 4        | Assam                              |                 8 |                          47.68 |                        42.68 |
| 5        | Bihar                              |                11 |                          50.83 |                        20.5  |
| 6        | Chandigarh                         |                 0 |                           0    |                         0    |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                       |                 4 |                          20.65 |                         8.77 |
| 8        | Dadra &Nagar Haveli and Daman &Diu |                 0 |                           0    |                         0    |
| 9        | Delhi                              |                 8 |                          89.36 |                        46.78 |
| 10       | Goa                                |                 4 |                          19.1  |                         2.12 |
| 11       | Gujarat                            |                 5 |                         608.37 |                       304.63 |
| 12       | Haryana                            |                10 |                          88.89 |                        49.03 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                   |                 8 |                          38.1  |                         5.85 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                  |                 5 |                          27.89 |                        16.67 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                          |                 2 |                          10.38 |                         2.07 |
| 16       | Karnataka                          |                19 |                         128.52 |                        57.42 |
| 17       | Kerala                             |                 5 |                          62.74 |                        28.12 |
| 18       | Ladakh                             |                 3 |                          14.28 |                        12.33 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                        |                 2 |                           9    |                         0    |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                     |                12 |                          85.64 |                        35.37 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                        |                13 |                         110.8  |                        64.39 |
| 22       | Manipur                            |                 8 |                          80.45 |                        39.03 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                          |                 6 |                          28    |                         5    |
| 24       | Mizoram                            |                 7 |                          39    |                        24.48 |
| 25       | Nagaland                           |                 7 |                          45    |                        29.3  |
| 26       | Odisha                             |                 4 |                          28    |                        23.38 |
| 27       | Puducherry                         |                 3 |                          16.02 |                         5    |
| 28       | Punjab                             |                11 |                          93.71 |                        51.28 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                          |                45 |                         112.26 |                        76.51 |
| 30       | Sikkim                             |                 5 |                          25.83 |                        12.18 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                         |                 5 |                          33    |                        10    |
| 32       | Telangana                          |                 6 |                          24.11 |                        16.7  |
| 33       | Tripura                            |                 7 |                          38.35 |                        19.57 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                      |                32 |                         502.52 |                       147.32 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                        |                 5 |                          23.78 |                        21.14 |
| 36       | West Bengal                        |                 1 |                          26.77 |                        12.41 |
|          | Total                              |               300 |                        2753.78 |                      1324.93 |

## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) AND (c) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *235 FOR 02.08.2022 ASKED BY SHRI RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI REGARDING 'FUNCTIONING OF SAI CENTRES'

## DETAILS OF EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE: SAI REGIONAL CENTRE-WISE

|   Sl.No. | Name Of Regional Centre   | Details of Fields of Play                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Details of Existing Sports Hostels   |
|----------|---------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | RC- LNCPE Trivandrum      | Cycling Velodrome, Swimming pool, Four multipurpose indoor Sports halls, Two multipurpose Play fields, 400 Synthetic Athletic Track , Two 400 m Clay Tracks Boat House and open hall, Synthetic hockey Pitch and Multiple Volleyball Courts                                                                                                                                                                                    | Hostels with 1100 Beds Capacity      |
|        2 | NSSC- Bangalore           | Three multipurpose indoor Sports halls. Synthetic Athletic Track, Three Synthetic Hockey Fields, Synthetic Football field, Swimming Pool Complex, Volleyball Courts, Tennis Courts, Kabaddi Courts, Weightlifting and Taekwondo Halls and Shooting Range                                                                                                                                                                       | Hostels with 850 Beds Capacity       |
|        3 | NS-NIS Patiala            | 2 Synthetic Athletic Track (Synthetic), Cycling Velodrome, Cricket Fields (1 Grass & 6 Half Practice Pitches Cemented), 2 Football Field, 4 Handball Courts (2 Grassy, 1 Cemented & 1 Sand), 4 Hockey Fields (2 Synthetic &2Grassy), Swimming Pools for (50m,25m& Diving Pool), Lawn Tennis Courts 6 (3 each Gravel Mixed with Clay & Synthetic Surface), 4 Volleyball Courts (3 Cinder &1Sand) Five Multipurpose Indoor Halls | Hostels with 1120 Beds Capacity      |
|        4 | RC Chandigarh             | 400m Athletic Synthetic Track, Handball Field Grassy Athletic Synthetic Track 8 Lane, Hockey Field Grassy Boxing Ring, Covered under Shed with Boundary Wall, Kabaddi Courts (2 Mud), Volleyball Courts (2 Mud). Indoor Judo Hall and Indoor Kabaddi Court                                                                                                                                                                     | Hostels with 190 Beds Capacity       |
|        5 | NRC Sonepat               | Two Wrestling Halls, 400m Athletic Synthetic Track, Hockey Field Grassy, Synthetic Hockey Field, Swimming Pool, Grassy Football field, Archery Range, Kabaddi and Volleyball courts                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Hostels with 720 Beds Capacity       |
|        6 | CRC Bhopal                | Athletic Track (400m Synthetic),, 3 Football Field, 3 Hockey Fields (2 Astro Turf and One Grassy), 3 Basketball Courts(Cemented), 3 Volleyball Courts (Clay) with Fencing, Boxing Ring (Sand), Swimming Pool, Athletic Track (400m Cinder, Two Nos)                                                                                                                                                                            | Hostels with 650 Beds Capacity       |

|   7 | NSRC- Lucknow     | 400m Synthetic Athletic Track (2 Nos), Handball Courts (2 Grassy), Hockey Fields (2 Astroturf & Grassy), Kabaddi Courts (2 Grassy), Basketball Courts (2 Cemented), Boxing Shed with 2 Ring, Football Field, Swimming Pool. Wrestling Hall 2 Nos and Multi-Purpose Indoor Halls (2), Volleyball Courts, Hall for Taekwondo, Field for Sepak takraw, Boxing Ring and Football Field                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Hostels with 400 Beds Capacity   |
|-----|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|   8 | RC-Kolkata        | Boat House, Football Field (8 Nos), Archery Field (3 Nos), Volleyball Court, Hockey Astro Turf Field (3 Nos), Hockey Field Grassy, Volleyball Court, Synthetic Athletic Track, Swimming Pool                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            | Hostels with 400 Beds Capacity   |
|   9 | NSWC- Gandhinagar | 400 m 8 Lane Synthetic Athletic Track, Football Field, Hockey Synthetic Astro Turf, Swimming Pool (50m & 20m with 10 Lanes, Volleyball Courts (3 Clay& 1 Sand), Cricket Fields (4 Cemented & 4 Turf Pitches), Football Field, Handball Courts 4 Clay with Flood Light, Kabaddi & Kho-Kho Courts 4 Clay with Flood Light, Basketball Court (Cemented), Volleyball Court with Flood Light), Lawn Tennis Courts (3 Clay).                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Hostels with 470 Beds Capacity   |
|  10 | RC- Kandivali     | 400m 8 Lanes Athletic Synthetic Track, Hockey Synthetic Astro Turf Field, Basketball Court with Flood Lights, Kabaddi Court with Flood Lights, Mini Football Ground, Volleyball Court (Clay), Boxing Arena, Hall for Wrestling, Gymnasium Hall, Table Tennis Hall, Archery Field, Judo Hall, Multipurpose Hall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Hostels with 207 Beds Capacity   |
|  11 | NERC- Imphal      | Hockey Field (Synthetic & Grassy), Synthetic Athletic Track, Football Field (3 Grassy), Archery Field, Rowing Canal, 3 Lawn Tennis Court, Basketball Court, Multipurpose Hall (Old) for Sepak-takraw with Mats, Multipurpose Hall (New) for Boxing &Wushu.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Hostels with 350 Beds Capacity   |
|  12 | RC- Guwahati      | Facilities for Weightlifting and Boxing, Swimming Pool, Hall for Badminton &Handball Field, Weightlifting Hall, Indoor Hall for Table Tennis at Jorhat, Small Halls for Boxing, Judo, Karate, Taekwondo & Weight Training, Hall for Boxing &Weightlifting, Hall for Taekwondo and Karate, Football fields (5 Nos), Synthetic Athletic Track, Athletic Track (Clay)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Hostels with 600 Beds Capacity   |
|  13 | Delhi-Stadia      | 50 Mrange with 80 firing points,25 Mrange with 50 firing points,10 M Air conditioned range with 80 firing points, Hockey Astro Turf, Cricket Ground with 10 net & pitch for practice, Lawn tennis Court (Clay), Squash Court, Indoor Swimming Stadium with 5000 fixed seats,50 Mtr. Swimming pool (10-lane), 25 Mtr. Diving pool, Cycling track (2 nos.) ,air-conditioned Cycling Velodrome, Main Wrestling Hall ,Indoor hall for Gymnastic, Boxing, Basketball and Wrestling, Recreational and Health Lifestyle facilities: cycling track, walking track ,Synthetic Athletic Track, Warm-up Track Grassy Football field, Walking Track | Hostels with 600 Beds Capacity   |

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