Lok Sabha Question No. 460 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-19
Subject: Promotion of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Raju Bista

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 460 ANSWERED ON 19.07.2022

## Promotion of Sports

## 460.  SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to promote sports and  improve  the  level  of  sports  and  infrastructural  facilities  including stadiums, playing fields, tracks and sports training in the country including rural areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard, State-wise including West Bengal, Sikkim and Manipur;
- (c) whether the Union Government has received any proposals from various State Governments in this regard;
- (d) if so, the present status of these proposals along with the time by which the said proposals are likely to be approved, State-wise; and
- (e) the funds allocated and expenditure incurred under the sports schemes including  Khelo  India  Scheme  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, State-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR }

(a) and (b) 'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility to  promote sports and  improve  the  level of sports and  infrastructural facilities, including stadiums, playing fields, tracks and sports training in the country, including rural areas, primarily rests with the State/Union Territory Governments.  Central  Government  supplements  their  efforts  by  bridging critical  gaps .  However,  under  the  'Utiliza tion  and  Creation/Upgradation  of Sports  Infrastructure'  vertical  of  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  this  Ministry renders financial support for creation of basic sports infrastructure such as

sports complex, synthetic athletic tracks, synthetic hockey fields, synthetic turf  football  grounds,  multipurpose  halls,  swimming  pools,  etc.  along  with sports equipment.

Since  the  commencement  of  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  300  sports infrastructure projects of various categories have been sanctioned by this Ministry across the country, including in the States of West Bengal, Sikkim and  Manipur.  State/UT-wise  details  of  300  sports  infrastructure  projects sanctioned under the Khelo India Scheme are at Annexure.

(c) and (d)  The receipt of proposals for sports infrastructure project proposals  received  from  State/  Union  Territory  Governments  or  other eligible  entities under  the  'Utilization  and  Creation/Upgradation  of  Sports Infrastructure' vertical of the Khelo India Scheme is a continuous process. The proposals received are considered for financial assistance as per the parameters of the Scheme  subject to their completeness, technical feasibility and availability of funds under the Scheme.

As such, the time period by which approval is likely to be accorded by the Government to the said proposals cannot be ascertained.

- (e) The  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  under various sports developmental schemes of this Ministry, including the Khelo India Scheme, during the last three years and the current year are as under:

|   S. No. | Financial Year   |   Funds allocated ( ₹ in crore) | Expenditure incurred ( ₹ in crore)   |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2019-20          |                          2000   | 1989.39                              |
|        2 | 2020-21          |                          1313.4 | 1304.12                              |
|        3 | 2021-22          |                          1993   | 1748.76                              |
|        4 | 2022-23          |                          2245   | 541.93 (till 30.06.2022)             |

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) and (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 460 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  19/07/2022 REGARDING  ' PROMOTION  OF  SPORTS '  ASKED  BY SHRI  RAJU  BISTA, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

State/UT-wise details of projects sanctioned under Khelo India Scheme

| S. No.   | State/UT                    |   Projects sanctioned |
|----------|-----------------------------|-----------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman and Nicobar Islands |                     1 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh              |                     7 |
| 3.       | Arunachal Pradesh           |                    21 |
| 4.       | Assam                       |                     8 |
| 5.       | Bihar                       |                    11 |
| 6.       | Chhattisgarh                |                     4 |
| 7.       | Delhi                       |                     8 |
| 8.       | Goa                         |                     4 |
| 9.       | Gujarat                     |                     5 |
| 10.      | Haryana                     |                    10 |
| 11.      | Himachal Pradesh            |                     8 |
| 12.      | Jammu and Kashmir           |                     5 |
| 13.      | Jharkhand                   |                     2 |
| 14.      | Karnataka                   |                    19 |
| 15.      | Kerala                      |                     5 |
| 16.      | Ladakh                      |                     3 |
| 17.      | Lakshadweep                 |                     2 |
| 18.      | Madhya Pradesh              |                    12 |
| 19.      | Maharashtra                 |                    13 |
| 20.      | Manipur                     |                     8 |
| 21.      | Meghalaya                   |                     6 |
| 22.      | Mizoram                     |                     7 |
| 23.      | Nagaland                    |                     7 |
| 24.      | Odisha                      |                     4 |
| 25.      | Puducherry                  |                     3 |
| 26.      | Punjab                      |                    11 |
| 27.      | Rajasthan                   |                    45 |
| 28.      | Sikkim                      |                     5 |
| 29.      | Tamil Nadu                  |                     5 |
| 30.      | Telangana                   |                     6 |
| 31.      | Tripura                     |                     7 |
| 32.      | Uttar Pradesh               |                    32 |
| 33.      | Uttarakhand                 |                     5 |
| 34.      | West Bengal                 |                     1 |
| Total    | Total                       |                   300 |

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