Lok Sabha Question No. 2355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-15
Subject: Monetisation of Sports Facilities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2355 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2023

## MONETISATION OF SPORTS FACILITIES

## 2355. SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  sports  facilities  under  the  Indian  Railways,  State/UTwise;
- (b) whether the Government intends to monetise these sports facilities under  the  Railways  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  intends  to  end  all  sporting  activities  at these facilities after commercialisation and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  feasibility  study  to assess  commercial  utilisation  of  these  facilities  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  consulted  stakeholders,  particularly Railway workers' trade unions regarding monetisation of these facilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) the  revenue  that  the  Government  expects  to  generate  annually  by monetising these facilities; and
- (g) the  manner  in  which  the  Government  aims  to  utilise  the  revenue generated therefrom?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  The  details  of  sports  facilities  under  the  Indian  Railways  (State/ITwise) are appended.

(b) Ministry of Railways has entrusted 17 Railway Sports complexes/stadiums  to  Rail  Land  Development  Authority  (RLDA)  for techno-economic studies for commercial development. (c) No, Sir. (d)  Rail  Land  Development  Authority  has  undertaken  Pre-feasibility, Marketing  &  Transaction  Advisory  studies  for  Monetization  of  the  17 sports Complexes/Stadiums. (e) No, Sir. (f) The revenue generation is a continuous process which depends upon various market forces at the time of actual launch in the market. It is not possible to assess such figures on date. (g) The manner in which the revenue generated from monetization will be utilized has not been decided.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2355  BY  SHRI  KARTI  P.  CHIDAMBARAM  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 15.03.2023 REGARDING MONETISATION OF SPORTS FACILITIES

## (a) The details of sports facilities under the Indian Railways (State/IT-wise) are as under:

|   SN | State/UT                    | Sports infrastructure Facilities                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
|------|-----------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    1 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    2 | Andhra Pradesh              | Cricket Stadium, Athletics, Football Ground, Lawn Tennis, Table Tennis, Ball Badminton Court, Indoor Boxing Ring, Weightlifting & Swimming Pool at Vishakhapatnam.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
|    3 | Arunachal Pradesh           | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
|    4 | Assam                       | Archery arena, Swimming pool, 4 Badminton courts, 2 Basketball courts, Boxing ring, Cricket stadium, Football stadium, Golf Course (9 Hole), Gymnasium, Indoor stadium, Table Tennis hall, 3 Tennis courts, Volleyball court at Guwahati; Badminton Hall, Gym, Football Ground at Rangiya; One Ground at Lumding; Cricket & Football ground, Swimming pool, One multi sports complex at Tinsukia                                                                                                                                                                                |
|    5 | Bihar                       | Cricket, Kabbaddi, Badminton at Danapur Cricket, Badminton, Basketball, Swimming Pool, Gym, Cue Sports and Table Tennis at Sonpur Badminton, Billiards, Gym, Cricket and Volleyball ay Harnaut Cricket, Volleyball, Badminton, Football at Dhanbad Cricket, Badminton, Football Volleyball, Gym at Samastipur Kabbaddi indoor court, 3 Badminton indoor courts, Basket Ball indoor Hall, 2 Table Tennis, indoor, Volleyball Out door & Lawn Tennis at Hajipur Cricket, Football Ground, Golf Court, Badminton and Table Tennis Hall in Katihar Golf Course (9 Hole at Jamalpur) |
|    6 | Chandigarh                  | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |

|   7 | Chhattisgarh                             | Cricket Ground, Badminton Court, Kho-Kho, Handball, Basketball, Volleyball, Lawn Tennis ground Boxing Hall, Swimming Pool, Football ground at Bilaspur; Railway ground at Korba, Manendragarh; Cricket ground at Raipur, Football ground at Bhilai                       |
|-----|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   8 | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   9 | Delhi                                    | Boxing, Badminton, Wrestling, Multipurpose Hall, Cricket Stadium, Swimming Pool, Gym, Powerlifting, Weightlifting Hall at Delhi;                                                                                                                                         |
|  10 | Goa                                      | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  11 | Gujarat                                  | Cricket Ground and Indoor for Table Tennis and Badminton at Vadodara; Three Cricket Ground at Ahmedabad One Cricket Ground at Rajkot One Cricket Ground at Bhavnagar; Cricket Ground and Badminton Court at Dahod                                                        |
|  12 | Haryana                                  | Multipurpose stadium for Tennis Court, Cricket, Hockey, Football, Basket Ball, Volleyball at Ambala; Football, Badminton, Weightlifting Hall at Jagadhri;                                                                                                                |
|  13 | Himachal Pradesh                         | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  14 | Jammu and Kashmir                        | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  15 | Jharkhand                                | Hockey Stadium at Ranchi; Volleyball ground, Boxing ring and Bodybuilding gymnasium at Chakradharpur                                                                                                                                                                     |
|  16 | Karnataka                                | Athletics track, 2 Volleyball Court, Hockey ground, 1 Badminton Court, Weightlifting and powerlifting Hall & 2 Tennis Court at Hubli; 1 Basketball Court At Mysore; Swimming Pool, Gym, Badminton Hall, Astro Turf for Hockey and Football, Cricket Ground at Yelahanka; |
|  17 | Kerala                                   | Athletics Track, Badminton Hall, Football Ground at Palakad; Multipurpose playground for Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis and Badminton at Thiruvananthapuram                                                                                                              |
|  18 | Ladakh                                   | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|  19 | Lakshadweep                              | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |

|   20 | Madhya Pradesh   | Badminton court, Basketball court, Volleyball court, Football ground, Gymnasium at Jabalpur, Hockey Stadium at Gwalior                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
|------|------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   21 | Maharashtra      | 2 Cricket ground,1Badminton court, 2 Basketball court, 2 Kabbaddi courts, 3 Gymnasium, Billiards & Pool table, Wrestling mat, 1 Football stadium, 1 Ball Badminton, 1 Multipurpose hall at Mumbai, Cricket Grounds, Football Ground, Lawn Tennis, Volleyball ground at Nagpur, Cricket ground, 2 Volleyball Courts, Kho-Kho ground at Solapur, Cricket ground, Football ground at Pune and one Cricket ground at Bhusaval                                                      |
|   22 | Manipur          | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   23 | Meghalaya        | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   24 | Mizoram          | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   25 | Nagaland         | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   26 | Odisha           | Cricket Stadium, 7 Badminton Courts , 2 Gyms, Kabbaddi Mat, Volleyball Court, Synthetic Basketball Court, 2 synthetic outdoor lawn tennis court, Lawn Tennis clay Court, Swimming Pool for minor at Bhubaneswar, Cricket Stadium, Football Stadium, Volleyball Court at Khurda Road                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   27 | Puducherry       | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
|   28 | Punjab           | Cricket Ground, Golf Course (14 hole), Throws zone, Gyms, 2 Badminton Court, Tennis Court, Kabaddi ground at Patiala; Multipurpose Stadium at Firozpur; CoE of Hockey, Cricket Stadium, Football Ground, Volleyball Court, Basket Ball Court, Wrestling Ring, Swimming Pool, Tennis Court at Kapurthala;                                                                                                                                                                       |
|   29 | Rajasthan        | 2 Basketball court, Volleyball court, Athletics, Gym, Cricket ground at Jaipur, 3 Cricket ground, 2 Basketball courts, 2 Volleyball courts, 50M Shooting Range, Gym, Swimming Pool, 2 Badminton courts, Athletics at Ajmer, Cricket Ground, Basketball court, 2 Badminton courts, Gym at Bikaner, Cricket Ground, 2 Badminton Courts, Table Tennis with 5 tables, 2 Squash courts, Gym, Basketball court, Tennis court, Boxing, Swimming pool and Volleyball Court at Jodhpur. |

|   30 | Sikkim        | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|------|---------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   31 | Tamil Nadu    | Athletics Track, 2 Football Stadium, Boxing Hall, 2 Basketball Court, 2 Volleyball Court, Hockey Ground, Tennis Court, 2 Cricket Ground, Weightlifting, Powerlifting Hall at Chennai; Cricket Ground, Athletics Track, Volleyball Court at Madurai; Clay Court, Indoor Hall, Clay Track and Cricket Ground at Trichy; Indoor Badminton Hall, Football Field at Salem                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |
|   32 | Telangana     | Athletics track, 3 Badminton courts, Ball Badminton court, 2 Basketball courts, Billiards/Snookers (3 tables), Bodybuilding Hall, 2 Boxing rings, Cricket Stadium, Football ground, Handball ground, Hockey Ground, Kabbaddi ground, Kho-Kho ground, 2 Table Tennis, 7 Tennis courts at Secunderabad.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|   33 | Tripura       | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
|   34 | Uttar Pradesh | Athletics track, 2 Football ground, Hockey ground, 3 Badminton courts, 3 Basketball court, Cricket ground, Handball ground,3 Volleyball court, Golf (18 Hole), Swimming Pool, Squash court, 2 Tennis courts, One Wrestling Hall, Gym, Kabbaddi and Cricket ground at Varanasi; Cricket Stadium, Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball court at Moradabad; Multipurpose Hall for Hockey, 3 Cricket, Volleyball, Football, Handball, 2 Basketball Courts, 2 Badminton courts, 2 Tennis courts, Golf Course (3 Hole), Swimming Pool , Weightlifting/Gym at Lucknow; Hockey ground, Cricket Stadium at Jhansi; Badminton Indoor Court, 2 Cricket Stadiums at Prayagraj; Cricket Stadium, Boxing Ring at Agra; Cricket, Basketball Court, Badminton Court, Volleyball Court, Wrestling, Football Ground at Deen Daya Upadhyaya; Wrestling, Kabbaddi, Athletics, Badminton, Swimming, Cricket, handball, Volleyball, Basketball, Football, Hockey & Golf at Gorakhpur; and Athletics track, Cricket, Hockey ground, Basketball, Volleyball and Kabbaddi at Izzatnagar; Athletic Track, Olympic Size Swimming Pool, Hockey Astro Turf, Multipurpose Indoor Stadium for Gym, Squash, Table Tennis, Badminton, Kabbaddi, Weightlifting, Boxing, Volleyball, Basketball, Basketball Court, Lawn Tennis |

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|    |             | Court, Cricket Stadium, Eco Green Park (Golf Course) at MCF, Raebareli.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
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| 35 | Uttarakhand | Nil                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| 36 | West Bengal | Football Stadium, Cricket Stadium, Archery range, 4 Badminton courts, Gymnastic Hall, 2 Basketball court, Tennis court, Golf Course(9 hole), Hockey Ground, Gymnasium at Chittaranjan; Indoor sports complex for Gymnastic, Badminton, Table Tennis & Cricket Ground at Kolkata; Cricket Stadium, Football ground, Billiards Hall, Badminton Court at Kharagpur; Cricket ground and Bodybuilding Gymnasium at Adra; Table Tennis, Badminton Hall, Cricket ground at Alipurduar; Indoor stadium (Non-AC) for Boxing, Badminton, Kabbaddi & Indoor stadium for Basketball, Volleyball, Tennis, Kabbaddi, Table Tennis & Chess, Cricket ground at Behala Basketball, Table Tennis, Volleyball & Snooker courts at Majerahat Swimming pool at Ghograpar Football and Athletics grounds at Kancharapara Cricket, Football & Athletics at Asansol Football ground at Howrah Workshop ground at Liluah |

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