Lok Sabha Question No. 817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Training Centres of SAI
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 817 TO BE ANSWERD ON 07.02.2023

## Training Centres of SAI

## 817. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

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

- (a) the number of Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centres in the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of the training being provided at these centres;
- (c) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized by these centres including in Tamil Nadu during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) the details of the targets set and achievements made so far;
- (e) whether the Government is aware that there is also a requirement of SAI Training Centre in North Chennai and if so, the details thereof;
- (f)  whether the Government is proposing to establish such centre in North Chennai; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  There are 69 Sports Authority of India (SAI) Training Centres (STCs) in the country out of which 4 Centres are located in Tamil Nadu. The details of discipline-wise training provided at these Centres are at Annexure-I.

The athletes for training at the STCs are provided support in the form of expert coaches, sports equipment, boarding and lodging, sports kit, competition exposure, educational expenses, medical/ insurance and stipend as per the approved scheme norms. (c): SAI releases funds to its Regional Centres on a regular basis. The details of the funds allocated to SAI Regional Centres and utilization for  the  last  three  years  and  current  year  under Block  Grant  SAI  are attached at Annexure-II. LNCPE Trivandrum is located in Tamil Nadu and the  details  of  the  funds  released  for  centres  in  Tamil  Nadu  are mentioned against RC LNCPE Trivandrum. (d): Sports  being  a  dynamic  and  progressive  activity,  setting  of targets is not feasible. The details of the achievements of athletes of SAI Sports Promotional Schemes are attached at Annexure-III. (e) to (g):   No proposal has been received from the State Government of Tamil Nadu so far. SAI has undertaken an exercise of restructuring of its Sports Promotional Schemes taking into account the available infrastructure at the training centres as well as the prevailing financial constraints. Therefore, it has been decided to focus on the existing centres.

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## ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 817 FOR 07.02.2023 ASKED BY DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY REGARDING 'TRAINING CENTRES OF SAI'.

## SAI TRAINING CENTRES (STCs)

| SN   | Region                                                                     |   No. of STCs |
|------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
| 1    | Regional Centre (RC) Bangalore                                             |             8 |
| 2    | Lakshmibai National College for Physical Education (LNCPE) Trivandrum (RC) |            10 |
| 3    | RC Bhopal                                                                  |             5 |
| 4    | RC Lucknow                                                                 |             5 |
| 5    | RC Chandigarh                                                              |             6 |
| 6    | NSNIS Patiala                                                              |             1 |
| 7    | RC Sonepat                                                                 |             4 |
| 8    | RC Kolkata                                                                 |            15 |
| 9    | RC Gandhinagar                                                             |             3 |
| 10   | RC Mumbai                                                                  |             1 |
| 11   | RC Imphal                                                                  |             4 |
| 12   | RC Guwahati                                                                |             7 |
|      | TOTAL:                                                                     |            69 |

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## ANNEXURE-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  817  FOR  07.02.2023  ASKED  BY  DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY REGARDING 'TRAINING CENTRES OF SAI'.

## Fund released & Expenditure incurred under Block Grant to SAI Regional Centres

(in Rs. crore)

|                  | 2019-20       | 2019-20              | 2020-21       | 2020-21              | 2021-22       | 2021-22              | 2022-23                   | 2022-23                          |
|------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------|----------------------|---------------------------|----------------------------------|
| Regional Centres | Fund Released | Expenditure incurred | Fund Released | Expenditure incurred | Fund Released | Expenditure incurred | Fund Released upto Jan 23 | Expenditure incurred upto Jan 23 |
| RC Bangalore     | 64.20         | 64.05                | 54.90         | 53.96                | 67.26         | 66.97                | 61.18                     | 59.43                            |
| RC Bhopal        | 30.75         | 25.67                | 28.65         | 24.87                | 27.65         | 26.10                | 34.18                     | 24.04                            |
| RC Chandigarh    | 47.08         | 40.98                | 26.37         | 29.81                | 33.62         | 31.83                | 33.86                     | 31.02                            |
| RC Gandhinagar   | 33.00         | 27.93                | 27.61         | 23.39                | 36.07         | 32.18                | 29.17                     | 25.93                            |
| RC Guwahati      | 24.13         | 17.25                | 25.33         | 20.87                | 31.23         | 34.26                | 33.54                     | 29.63                            |
| RC Imphal        | 24.87         | 16.99                | 25.70         | 22.81                | 27.19         | 27.56                | 27.70                     | 29.31                            |
| RC Kolkata       | 67.80         | 56.75                | 56.36         | 52.06                | 65.77         | 69.74                | 65.85                     | 63.35                            |
| RC Lucknow       | 30.50         | 25.49                | 22.04         | 20.97                | 27.01         | 27.04                | 30.29                     | 27.57                            |
| RC Mumbai        | 25.75         | 19.81                | 20.63         | 26.28                | 31.47         | 29.85                | 27.83                     | 21.95                            |
| RC NIS Patiala   | 60.32         | 54.78                | 48.83         | 48.79                | 66.50         | 67.85                | 71.42                     | 58.95                            |
| RC Sonepat       | 50.34         | 47.79                | 44.13         | 37.68                | 40.05         | 44.55                | 44.29                     | 43.38                            |
| RC LNCPE         | 53.41         | 49.86                | 48.76         | 43.85                | 53.21         | 57.93                | 60.52                     | 58.27                            |

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ANNEXURE-III

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  817  FOR  07.02.2023  ASKED  BY  DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY REGARDING 'TRAINING CENTRES OF SAI'.

## DETAILS OF SAI SPORTS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES - NUMBER OF MEDALS WON BY THE ATHLETES DURING THE YEAR 2021-2022

## INTERNATIONAL LEVEL

| S N   | Scheme name                         | 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   |
|-------|-------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|       |                                     | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           |
| 1     | NSTC Schools                        | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 2     | Army Boys Sports Companies ( ABSC ) | 23          | 17          | 16          | 14          | 14          | 15          | 14          | 30          | 42          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 3     | SAI Training Centre ( STC )         | 32          | 55          | 32          | 55          | 24          | 42          | 37          | 24          | 41          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 3           | 5           |
| 4     | Special Area Games ( SAG )          | 35          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 10          | 21          | 19          | 6           | 14          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 5     | Ext. Centre of STC/SAG              | 1           | 7           | 3           | 6           | 1           | 1           | 4           | 3           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 6     | Centre of Excellence ( COE ) / NCOE | 22          | 53          | 41          | 51          | 16          | 24          | 11          | 14          | 19          | 0           | 0           | 1           | 20          | 14          | 25          |
| 7     | National Sports Academy ( NSA )     | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
|       | TOTAL:                              | 113         | 132         | 92          | 127         | 65          | 103         | 87          | 81          | 116         | 0           | 0           | 1           | 22          | 17          | 30          |
|       |                                     | 337         | 337         | 337         | 295         | 295         | 295         | 284         | 284         | 284         | 1           | 1           | 1           | 69          | 69          | 69          |

## NATIONAL LEVEL

| SN   | Scheme name                         | 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   |
|------|-------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|
|      |                                     | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           | G           | S           | B           |
| 1    | NSTC Schools                        | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 2           | 0           | 8           | 3           | 3           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 2    | Army Boys Sports Companies ( ABSC ) | 23          | 14          | 15          | 14          | 30          | 42          | 40          | 28          | 28          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 3    | SAI Training Centre ( STC )         | 32          | 24          | 42          | 37          | 24          | 41          | 158         | 190         | 192         | 16          | 14          | 09          | 22          | 28          | 25          |
| 4    | Special Area Games ( SAG )          | 35          | 10          | 21          | 19          | 6           | 14          | 78          | 65          | 71          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 5    | Ext. Centre of STC/SAG              | 1           | 1           | 1           | 4           | 3           | 0           | 6           | 15          | 14          | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
| 6    | Centre of Excellence ( COE ) / NCOE | 22          | 16          | 24          | 11          | 14          | 19          | 96          | 80          | 72          | 40          | 50          | 63          | 111         | 123         | 128         |
| 7    | National Sports Academy ( NSA )     | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 2           | 0           | 6           | 8           | 7           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           |
|      | TOTAL:                              | 113         | 65          | 103         | 87          | 81          | 116         | 392         | 389         | 387         | 56          | 64          | 72          | 133         | 151         | 153         |
|      |                                     | 281         | 281         | 281         | 284         | 284         | 284         | 1168        | 1168        | 1168        | 192         | 192         | 192         | 437         | 437         | 437         |

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