Lok Sabha Question No. 327 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-21
Subject: Fit India Cyclothon
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *327 ANSWERED ON 21.12.2021

Fit India Cyclothon

*327. SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL: DR. HEENA GAVIT:

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

- (a) the details of the programmes being undertaken by the Government for identifying the talents amongst youth in rural areas of various States and UTs particularly in Maharashtra;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  beneficiaries  under  these  programmes during the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details and the objectives of the 'Fit India Cyclothon';
- (d) whether the Government has constituted any Committee/team to assess the condition of all the stadiums in the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

ANSWER { SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR }

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *327 ANSWERED ON 21.12 .2021 REGARDING ' FIT INDIA CYCLOTHON ' ASKED BY SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL AND DR. HEENA GAVIT , HON'BLE MEMBER S OF LOK SABHA

- (a) and (b) The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports implements the following schemes  for  the  development  of  sports  in  the  country,  including  for  the youth in rural areas of Maharashtra:
- (i)  Khelo India Scheme; (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 (SAI).

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

State/UT-wise  details  of  number  of  athletes  supported  under  Khelo  India Scheme of this Ministry and Sports Promotional Schemes of SAI and are at Annexure I and II, respectively.

- (c)  The  Fit  India  Movement  was  launched  on  29th  August,  2019  by  the Hon'ble Prime Minister with a view to make fitness an integral part of our daily  lives.  Since  its  inception,  this  Ministry  has  been  actively  spreading awareness  about  fitness  through  various  campaigns  which,  inter-alia, include a campaign, namely, the Fit India Cyclothon, to create awareness on  fitness  through  cycling.  Fit  India  Cyclothon  can  be  organised  by  any Government or private organisation, school, college, university, individual, interested groups, residential associations, communities in villages, towns, workplaces, etc.
- (d)  and  (e) 'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  for  promotion and development of sports rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments. Central Government only supplements the efforts of the State/UT Governments under its various schemes. The stadiums under the control of this Ministry have dedicated administrators and the available facilities as well as  the  maintenance  thereof are  reviewed/assessed regularly with the service providers and other stakeholders.

ANNEXURES REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *327 ANSWERED ON 21.12 .2021 REGARDING ' FIT INDIA CYCLOTHON ' ASKED BY SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL AND DR. HEENA GAVIT , HON'BLE MEMBER S OF LOK SABHA

ANNEXURE -I State/UT-wise details of athletes supported under the Khelo India Scheme

| S. No.   | State/UT          |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   Total |
|----------|-------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar |        11 |         1 |         0 |      12 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh    |        28 |        25 |         3 |      56 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh |         8 |         3 |         0 |      11 |
| 4        | Assam             |        34 |        10 |         1 |      45 |
| 5        | Bihar             |         7 |         2 |         4 |      13 |
| 6        | Chandigarh        |        29 |        15 |         2 |      46 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh      |        22 |         8 |         0 |      30 |
| 8        | Daman & Diu       |         1 |         3 |         0 |       4 |
| 9        | Delhi             |       162 |        73 |         3 |     238 |
| 10       | Goa               |        14 |         3 |         1 |      18 |
| 11       | Gujarat           |        58 |        41 |         1 |     100 |
| 12       | Haryana           |       266 |       142 |         9 |     417 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh  |        11 |        14 |         0 |      25 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir   |        10 |         8 |         1 |      19 |
| 15       | Jharkhand         |        22 |         5 |         5 |      32 |
| 16       | Karnataka         |       101 |        36 |         5 |     142 |
| 17       | Kerala            |        76 |        39 |         9 |     124 |
| 18       | Ladakh            |         1 |         1 |         0 |       2 |
| 19       | Madhya Pradesh    |        46 |        39 |         7 |      92 |
| 20       | Maharashtra       |       244 |       147 |        27 |     418 |
| 21       | Manipur           |        74 |        33 |         9 |     116 |
| 22       | Meghalaya         |         3 |         0 |         1 |       4 |
| 23       | Mizoram           |        23 |         5 |         0 |      28 |
| 24       | Nagaland          |         0 |         1 |         0 |       1 |
| 25       | Odisha            |        45 |         9 |         2 |      56 |
| 26       | Puducherry        |         3 |         3 |         0 |       6 |
| 27       | Punjab            |       129 |        76 |         1 |     206 |
| 28       | Rajasthan         |        53 |        40 |         1 |      94 |
| 29       | Sikkim            |         2 |         0 |         0 |       2 |
| 30       | Tamil Nadu        |        82 |        82 |        11 |     175 |
| 31       | Telangana         |        47 |        32 |         1 |      80 |
| 32       | Tripura           |         8 |         2 |         0 |      10 |
| 33       | Uttar Pradesh     |       106 |        66 |         6 |     178 |
| 34       | Uttarakhand       |        26 |        16 |         1 |      43 |
| 35       | West Bengal       |        69 |        47 |         5 |     121 |
| TOTAL    | TOTAL             |      1821 |      1027 |       116 |    2964 |

## ANNEXURE - II

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

| S. No.   | State/UT                  | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2017-2018   | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019   | 2018-2019   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2019-2020   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2020-2021   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022   |
|----------|---------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
| S. No.   | State/UT                  | Boys        | Girls       | Total       | Boys        | Girls       | Total       | Boys        | Girls       | Total       | Boys        | Girls       | Total       | Boys        | Girls       | Total       |
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh            | 180         | 84          | 264         | 125         | 58          | 183         | 93          | 50          | 143         | 89          | 35          | 124         | 73          | 28          | 101         |
| 2        | Arunachal Pradesh         | 69          | 43          | 112         | 149         | 83          | 232         | 63          | 43          | 106         | 98          | 69          | 167         | 93          | 58          | 151         |
| 3        | Assam                     | 494         | 418         | 912         | 494         | 411         | 905         | 443         | 399         | 842         | 352         | 369         | 721         | 315         | 316         | 631         |
| 4        | Bihar                     | 223         | 8           | 231         | 210         | 8           | 218         | 154         | 12          | 166         | 71          | 12          | 83          | 26          | 1           | 27          |
| 5        | Chhattisgarh              | 92          | 96          | 188         | 64          | 109         | 173         | 47          | 44          | 91          | 23          | 46          | 69          | 17          | 27          | 44          |
| 6        | Goa                       | 78          | 68          | 146         | 78          | 68          | 146         | 46          | 38          | 84          | 38          | 48          | 86          | 33          | 46          | 79          |
| 7        | Gujarat                   | 233         | 91          | 324         | 254         | 84          | 338         | 147         | 48          | 195         | 99          | 67          | 166         | 96          | 79          | 175         |
| 8        | Haryana                   | 645         | 200         | 845         | 572         | 185         | 757         | 577         | 244         | 821         | 481         | 272         | 753         | 404         | 258         | 662         |
| 9        | Himachal Pradesh          | 85          | 81          | 166         | 109         | 102         | 211         | 75          | 78          | 153         | 63          | 70          | 133         | 49          | 47          | 96          |
| 10       | Jharkhand                 | 149         | 117         | 266         | 170         | 101         | 271         | 150         | 76          | 226         | 107         | 119         | 226         | 71          | 31          | 102         |
| 11       | Karnataka                 | 596         | 154         | 750         | 487         | 116         | 603         | 381         | 111         | 492         | 208         | 115         | 323         | 149         | 117         | 266         |
| 12       | Kerala                    | 621         | 427         | 1048        | 599         | 440         | 1039        | 428         | 354         | 782         | 380         | 301         | 681         | 331         | 259         | 590         |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh            | 690         | 209         | 899         | 568         | 172         | 740         | 435         | 128         | 563         | 236         | 132         | 368         | 212         | 130         | 342         |
| 14       | Maharashtra               | 964         | 170         | 1134        | 949         | 182         | 1131        | 840         | 182         | 1022        | 324         | 128         | 452         | 338         | 121         | 459         |
| 15       | Manipur                   | 673         | 370         | 1043        | 638         | 370         | 1008        | 473         | 251         | 724         | 398         | 277         | 675         | 338         | 228         | 566         |
| 16       | Meghalaya                 | 287         | 56          | 343         | 312         | 56          | 368         | 282         | 56          | 338         | 89          | 56          | 145         | 87          | 56          | 143         |
| 17       | Mizoram                   | 90          | 80          | 170         | 90          | 80          | 170         | 88          | 71          | 159         | 84          | 78          | 162         | 58          | 59          | 117         |
| 18       | Nagaland                  | 70          | 0           | 70          | 90          | 0           | 90          | 70          | 0           | 70          | 52          | 0           | 52          | 51          | 0           | 51          |
| 19       | Orissa                    | 321         | 175         | 496         | 329         | 169         | 498         | 283         | 130         | 413         | 223         | 157         | 380         | 181         | 126         | 307         |
| 20       | Punjab                    | 389         | 268         | 657         | 399         | 268         | 667         | 285         | 202         | 487         | 294         | 247         | 541         | 271         | 238         | 509         |
| 21       | Rajasthan                 | 430         | 272         | 702         | 461         | 289         | 750         | 363         | 264         | 627         | 347         | 145         | 492         | 281         | 131         | 412         |
| 22       | Sikkim                    | 52          | 27          | 79          | 58          | 27          | 85          | 60          | 20          | 80          | 45          | 18          | 63          | 26          | 15          | 41          |
| 23       | Tamil Nadu                | 267         | 157         | 424         | 245         | 157         | 402         | 236         | 125         | 361         | 213         | 160         | 373         | 177         | 122         | 299         |
| 24       | Telangana                 | 274         | 71          | 345         | 245         | 58          | 303         | 182         | 46          | 228         | 77          | 54          | 131         | 55          | 43          | 98          |
| 25       | Tripura                   | 106         | 43          | 149         | 102         | 41          | 143         | 110         | 36          | 146         | 76          | 22          | 98          | 57          | 16          | 73          |
| 26       | Uttar Pradesh             | 748         | 225         | 973         | 744         | 231         | 975         | 612         | 202         | 814         | 392         | 176         | 568         | 416         | 168         | 584         |
| 27       | Uttarakhand               | 250         | 20          | 270         | 222         | 14          | 236         | 220         | 17          | 237         | 55          | 4           | 59          | 55          | 4           | 59          |
| 28       | West Bengal               | 388         | 176         | 564         | 358         | 172         | 530         | 275         | 146         | 421         | 187         | 172         | 359         | 151         | 112         | 263         |
|          | TOTAL                     | 9464        | 4106        | 13570       | 9121        | 4051        | 13172       | 7418        | 3373        | 10791       | 5101        | 3349        | 8450        | 4411        | 2836        | 7247        |
| 29       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands | 25          | 45          | 70          | 25          | 45          | 70          | 24          | 15          | 39          | 26          | 9           | 35          | 26          | 10          | 36          |
| 30       | Chandigarh                | 108         | 29          | 137         | 97          | 24          | 121         | 63          | 14          | 77          | 22          | 0           | 22          | 22          | 0           | 22          |
| 31       | Daman & Diu               | 18          | 2           | 20          | 14          | 3           | 17          | 14          | 3           | 17          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 32       | Delhi                     | 543         | 149         | 692         | 267         | 82          | 349         | 387         | 189         | 576         | 215         | 108         | 323         | 231         | 104         | 335         |
| 33       | Jammu & Kashmir           | 126         | 36          | 162         | 129         | 36          | 165         | 80          | 22          | 102         | 75          | 20          | 95          | 55          | 18          | 73          |
| 34       | Ladakh                    | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 25          | 11          | 36          | 17          | 8           | 25          |
| 35       | Lakshadweep               | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 57          | 13          | 70          | 30          | 0           | 30          | 57          | 13          | 70          |
| 36       | Pondicherry               | 197         | 59          | 256         | 190         | 59          | 249         | 176         | 49          | 225         | 187         | 47          | 234         | 144         | 35          | 179         |
|          | TOTAL                     | 1017        | 320         | 1337        | 722         | 249         | 971         | 801         | 305         | 1106        | 580         | 195         | 775         | 552         | 188         | 740         |
|          | GRAND TOTAL               | 10481       | 4426        | 14907       | 9843        | 4300        | 14143       | 8219        | 3678        | 11897       | 5681        | 3544        | 9225        | 4963        | 3024        | 7987        |

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