Lok Sabha Question No. 3133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Performance in Olympic and Asian Games
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India (Department of Sports)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3133

## TO BE ANSWERD ON 22.03.2022

Performance in Olympic and Asian Games

3133. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

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

- (a) whether India's performance in Olympics and Asian Games has not been up to the mark or as per expectation despite the fact that our  country  has  potential  and  quality  of  sportsmen  comparing  to many others;
- (b)  if  so,  the  reasons  therefor  and the steps  taken to enhance the skills of our sports aspirants and also in providing required trainings to them which resulted in bad performance;
- (c) whether the Government has pondered upon introducing policies and effective ways for correct use of our talented sports aspirants for  the  best  performance  in  coming  sport  events  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) the detail of measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the amount of funds allocated and spent for the purpose during each of the last five years, game-wise?

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

(a) & (b) For scaling up the level of excellence of Indian athletes, Government is already providing specialized coaching, state of the art infrastructure, training facilities, sports science backup, nutritious  diet,  qualified  support  staff  as  also  incentivising  their achievements, and honouring them with the National Sports Awards in recognition of their sporting achievements. Resultantly, performances  of  Indian  sportspersons  and  teams  in  mega  sports events and other international events show that there is perceptible improvement. To illustrate, India won 7 medals (1 Gold, 2 Silver and 4 Bronze) in Tokyo Olympics 2020, in 6 separate sports disciplines. It  was  India's  best  performance  in  Olympic  Games.  For  the  first time,  India  won  a  gold  medal  in  athletics  in  Olympic  Games.  The Women's  Hockey  team  achieved  4 th   position,  which  was  the  best finish  ever  in  Olympics.  In  Tokyo  Paralympics  2020,  India  won  19 medals (5  Gold,  8  Silver  and  6  Bronze),  surpassing  the  tally  of  12 medals won by the country in all previous Paralympics put together. India achieved the 24 th  position in Tokyo Paralympics 2020, which is India's best position in Para-Olympics.

India got 66 medals in Commonwealth Games (CWG), 2018, which was  the  best  performance  at  overseas  CWG,  69  medals  in  Asian Games 2018, which was India's highest-ever tally at Asian Games; 72 medals in Para Asian Games 2018, which was India's highestever tally  at  Asian  Para  Games,  and  13  medals  in  the  Youth  Olympic Games 2018, which was India's highest-ever tally at Youth Olympic

Games.

(c)& (d) Preparation of Indian sportspersons and teams for participation  in  international  sports  events  is  an  ongoing  process, which  is  supported  through  various  schemes  of  the  Ministry  of Youth Affairs & Sports and the Sports Authority of India (SAI). The Central  Government  is  supporting  sportspersons  through  National Sports Federations (NSFs) for their training, foreign exposures and competitions  to  enable  them  to  participate  in  international  sports events,  and  enhance  their  chances  of  winning  medals.  Further, customized training of athletes (core group and developmental)  is supported  under  Target  Olympic  Podium  Scheme  (TOPS).  Further, under Khelo India Scheme, Talent Search and Development vertical has the mandate for identification of talent and nurturing them to attain  highest  levels  of  achievement  at  National  and  International sports  events.  SAI  is  also  implementing  the  Sports  Promotional Schemes across  the  country  to  identify  talented  sportspersons  in the  various  age  groups  and  nurture  them  to  excel  at  national  and international  levels.  A  total  of  188  Centres  including  National Centres of Excellence (NCOE), SAI Training Centres (STC), Extension Centre of STC and Schools, Indigenous Games & Martial Arts  Centres  and  Akharas  adopted  under  National  Sports  Talent Contest (NSTC), are functional for implementation of SAI promotional schemes.

Recently,  the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  has  revised  the norms of assistance under the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs and increased the scale of assistance substantially.

- (e) Assistance for customized training of elite and developmental group athletes and Indian teams is provided from TOPS as per the requirements of individual athletes and teams. Details of assistance provided under TOPS are given in Annexure-I.

While assistance to training and competition of sportspersons and teams  is  done  from  many  schemes  of  the  Ministry,  primarily expenses on training and competitions for participation in international tournaments, conduct of national championships, conduct  of  international  tournaments  in  India,  procurement  of sports equipments etc., is done from the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs. From the funds allocated to the Ministry under the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs, funds are sanctioned and released to NSFs and other  eligible  concerned  stakeholders,  towards  meeting  expenses on  training,  competitions,  national  championships,  international tournaments  in  India  and  other  eligible  components  as  per  the norms of the Scheme. Details of funds released to NSFs under the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs are given in Annexure-II.

Details  of  budget  allocated  and  actual  expenditure  under  the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs are as under:

(In ₹ crore)

| Year    |   Allocation at Budget Estimate stage |   Allocation at Revised Estimates stage | Actual Expenditure             |
|---------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                185    |                                  359.93 | 359.42                         |
| 2017-18 |                                302.18 |                                  302.18 | 277.68                         |
| 2018-19 |                                342    |                                  245.13 | 243.63                         |
| 2019-20 |                                245    |                                  300.85 | 300.85                         |
| 2020-21 |                                245    |                                  132    | 132.00                         |
| 2021-22 |                                280    |                                  181    | 112.07 (as on 1 st March 2022) |

Annexure-I ANNEXURE-I REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3133 ANSWERED  ON  22.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING 'PERFORMANCE IN OLYMPIC AND ASIAN GAMES' Sanctioned Expenditure under TOPS (2016-2022) (Amount in ₹ crore)

| S.N.   | Sports Discipline   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (till 02.03.22) |
|--------|---------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------|
| 1      | Archery             |      1.04 |      1.08 |      0.98 |      0.66 |      0.76 |                      1.09 |
| 2      | Athletics           |      2.96 |      1.12 |      1.42 |      1.25 |      1.7  |                      2.35 |
| 3      | Badminton           |      0.86 |      0.49 |      0.39 |      1.33 |      2.14 |                      2.57 |
| 4      | Boxing              |      1.43 |      0.64 |      0.69 |      0.35 |      1.08 |                      1.21 |
| 5      | Cycling             |      0    |      0.18 |      0.47 |      0.17 |      0.1  |                      0.11 |
| 6      | Golf                |      0.11 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                      0.07 |
| 7      | Judo                |      0.19 |      0.26 |      0.28 |      0    |      0.14 |                      0.09 |
| 8      | Para Sports         |      2.48 |      1.4  |      1.29 |      3.05 |      2.57 |                      2.78 |
| 9      | Gymnastics          |      0.13 |      0.35 |      0.71 |      0    |      0    |                      0.01 |
| 10     | Rowing              |      0.32 |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.06 |                      0.19 |
| 11     | Shooting            |      4.18 |      2.28 |      3.37 |      1.99 |      3.05 |                      2.87 |
| 12     | Table Tennis        |      1.12 |      0.45 |      0.55 |      0.63 |      0.53 |                      0.55 |
| 13     | Tennis              |      1.7  |      0.59 |      1.1  |      0.7  |      0.78 |                      0.78 |
| 14     | Weightlifting       |      0.62 |      1.05 |      0.43 |      0.37 |      0.56 |                      0.77 |
| 15     | Wrestling           |      1.85 |      0.52 |      1.2  |      1.84 |      1.4  |                      1.2  |
| 16     | Swimming            |      0.15 |      0.15 |      0.12 |      0.07 |      0.7  |                      0.56 |
| 17     | Squash              |      0    |      0.34 |      0.33 |      0    |      0    |                      0    |
| 18     | Hockey              |      1.16 |      0    |      0.18 |      0    |      0.09 |                      1.58 |
| 19     | Equestrian          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                      0.03 |
| 20     | Sailing             |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                      0.87 |
| 21     | Fencing             |      0    |      0.09 |      0.12 |      0    |      0    |                      0.31 |
| 22     | Luge Sports         |      0    |      0.21 |      0    |      0    |      0    |                      0    |
| 23     | Wushu               |      0    |      0.32 |      0.68 |      0    |      0    |                      0    |
| 23     | Alpine Skiing       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                      0.17 |
| Total  | Total               |     20.3  |     11.52 |     14.31 |     12.41 |     15.66 |                     20.16 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE-II REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (e) OF LOKSABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3133 ANSWERED  ON  22.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL REGARDING 'PERFORMANCE IN OLYMPIC AND ASIAN GAMES'

Expenditure under Scheme of Assistance to NSFs (2017-2022) (Amount in ₹ crore)

|   S. No. | Name of NSFs supported              |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 16 March 2022) |
|----------|-------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|        1 | Indian Pencak Silat Federation      |      0    |      0.03 |      0.47 |      0.5  |      0.01 |                            0    |
|        2 | Archery Association of India        |      3.51 |      6.32 |      3.12 |      4    |      0.77 |                           14.62 |
|        3 | Athletic Federation of India        |      4.17 |      1.32 |      6.15 |      8.43 |      1.11 |                           17.9  |
|        4 | Badminton Association of India      |      5.11 |      5.99 |      6.52 |     14.42 |      1.05 |                           10.49 |
|        5 | Ball Badminton Federation of India  |      0    |      0    |      0.19 |      0.32 |      0    |                            0    |
|        6 | Gymnastics Federation of India      |      1.08 |      1.09 |      0.23 |      0.49 |      0.21 |                            0.99 |
|        7 | Boxing Federation of India          |      2.95 |      4.84 |      9.08 |     12.85 |      5.77 |                           12.34 |
|        8 | National Rifle Association of India |      9.81 |      9.63 |     13.78 |     18.71 |      2.89 |                           13.85 |
|        9 | Special Olympic Bharat              |      0.28 |      1.01 |      2.57 |      5.98 |      0.84 |                            0.15 |

|   S. No. | Name of NSFs supported               |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 16 March 2022) |
|----------|--------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|       10 | Cycling Federation of India          |      0.65 |      1.06 |      2.29 |      2.1  |      0.78 |                            2.83 |
|       11 | Swimming Federation of India         |      0.94 |      1.72 |      0.49 |      0.87 |      0.19 |                            2.69 |
|       12 | Equestrian Federation of India       |      0.06 |      0.01 |      0.31 |      2.46 |      0.62 |                            1.12 |
|       13 | Hockey India                         |     12.02 |      9.15 |     11.25 |     16.57 |      3.43 |                           15.82 |
|       14 | Volleyball Federation of India       |      0.23 |      0.16 |      0.86 |      2.04 |      0.14 |                            0    |
|       15 | Amateur Kabaddi Federation of India  |      0.18 |      0.29 |      0.02 |      0    |      0    |                            0.27 |
|       16 | Indian Weightlifting Federation      |      1.77 |      2.8  |      1.71 |      4.15 |      1.16 |                            6.86 |
|       17 | Wushu Federation of India            |      1.6  |      1.05 |      2.44 |      2.18 |      0.54 |                            2.45 |
|       18 | Yachting Association of India        |      0.66 |      1.74 |      3.13 |      3.35 |      0.95 |                            2.13 |
|       19 | Amateur Baseball Federation of India |      0    |      0    |      0.19 |      0.32 |      0    |                            0    |
|       20 | Sepaktakraw Federation of India      |      0.68 |      0.77 |      1.52 |      1.66 |      0.21 |                            1.29 |
|       21 | All India Chess Federation           |      1.6  |      1.9  |      2.86 |      4.15 |      0.23 |                            4.78 |
|       22 | Table Tennis Federation of India     |      1.87 |      3.26 |      5.16 |      5.07 |      0.87 |                            2.93 |
|       23 | Kho Kho Federation of India          |      0    |      0    |      0.62 |      0.43 |      1.08 |                            2.14 |

|   S. No. | Name of NSFs supported                   |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 16 March 2022) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|       24 | Soft Tennis Federation of India          |      0    |      0    |      0.19 |      0.36 |      0.17 |                            0    |
|       25 | All India Tennis Association             |      0.22 |      0.5  |      1.16 |      2.21 |      1.78 |                            2.79 |
|       26 | Para Olympic Committee of India          |      2    |      3.3  |      6.36 |      3.52 |      1.17 |                            5.95 |
|       27 | Basketball Federation of India           |      0.26 |      0.55 |      0.53 |      0.65 |      0.6  |                            2.63 |
|       28 | Rowing Federation of India               |      0.46 |      0.84 |      1.22 |      2.71 |      0.33 |                            3.18 |
|       29 | Billiards & Snookers Federation of India |      0.46 |      0.61 |      0.82 |      1.16 |      0.27 |                            0.55 |
|       30 | Judo Federation of India                 |      0.09 |      0.81 |      1.56 |      2.23 |      0.62 |                            1.67 |
|       31 | Bridge Federation of India               |      0.09 |      0.17 |      0.82 |      1.19 |      0.3  |                            0.59 |
|       32 | Lawn Bowling                             |      0    |      0.64 |      0.28 |      0    |      0    |                            0    |
|       33 | Squash Racket Federation of India        |      1.61 |      2.17 |      0.69 |      2.03 |      0    |                            0.5  |
|       34 | All India Sports Council of the Deaf     |      0.62 |      1.16 |      0.88 |      1.13 |      0.08 |                            0.78 |
|       35 | Fencing Association of India             |      1.15 |      0.9  |      2.05 |      1.44 |      0.49 |                            0.81 |
|       36 | All India Football Federation            |      9.1  |      8.33 |     10.46 |     13.93 |      5.21 |                            6.02 |

|   S. No. | Name of NSFs supported                 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 16 March 2022) |
|----------|----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
|       37 | Ten-Pin Bowling Federation of India    |      0    |      0    |      0.48 |      0.03 |      0    |                            0    |
|       38 | Indian Golf Union                      |      0.47 |      0.48 |      0.72 |      0.85 |      0.08 |                            0.96 |
|       39 | Handball Federation of India           |      0    |      0.7  |      1.21 |      1.53 |      0.02 |                            0.3  |
|       40 | Indian Kayaking & Canoeing Association |      0.22 |      1.17 |      0.46 |      0.87 |      1.3  |                            1.61 |
|       41 | Wrestling Federation of India          |      5.88 |      6.05 |      6.89 |     13.45 |      1.49 |                            9.45 |
|       42 | Karate Association of India            |      0    |      0    |      0.46 |      0    |      0    |                            0    |
|       43 | AtyaPatya Federation of India          |      0    |      0    |      0.21 |      0.31 |      0.01 |                            0    |
|       44 | Cycle Polo Federation of India         |      0    |      0    |      0.11 |      0.2  |      0.02 |                            0    |
|       45 | Netball Federation of India            |      0    |      0    |      0.09 |      0.21 |      0.1  |                            0    |
|       46 | Tennis Koit Federation of India        |      0    |      0    |      0.07 |      0.3  |      0.14 |                            0    |
|       47 | School Game Federation of India        |      0.46 |      0.9  |      0.19 |      0.33 |      0    |                            0    |
|       48 | Indian Rugby Football Union            |      0    |      0    |      0.05 |      0.39 |      0.03 |                            0.53 |
|       49 | Softball Association of India          |      0    |      0    |      0.05 |      0.18 |      0    |                            0    |
|       50 | Taekwondo                              |      0.75 |      0.06 |      0    |      0.25 |      0.17 |                            1.86 |

| S. No.   | Name of NSFs supported                  |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (as on 16 March 2022) |
|----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------------------------|
| 51       | All India Carrom                        |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.17 |      0    |                            0    |
| 52       | Mallakhamb Federation of India          |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.19 |      0    |                            0    |
| 53       | Roller Skating Federation of India      |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.33 |      0.06 |                            0    |
| 54       | Shooting Ball Federation of India       |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.25 |      0.2  |                            0    |
| 55       | Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0.06 |      0.09 |                            0    |
| 56       | National Yogasana Sports Federation     |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |      0    |                            0.22 |
| Total    | Total                                   |     73.01 |     83.48 |    112.97 |    163.51 |     37.58 |                          156.05 |