Lok Sabha Question No. 731 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-07
Subject: Status of Khelo India Programme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Arun Kumar Sagar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †731 ANSWERED ON 07.02.2023

Status of Khelo India Programme

†731. SHRI. ARUN KUMAR SAGAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has implemented Khelo India Programme with the  aim  to  improve  the  condition  and  level  of  sports  game  and  for  the purpose of hunting the new talents in the country;
- (b) if so, the details threof; and
- (c) the details and updated status of 'Khelo India' Programme in the country specially  in  Shahjahanpur  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh, location-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## ANSWER {SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR}

- (a)  and  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  With  a  view  to  achieving  the  twin  objectives  of  mass participation  and  promotion  of  excellence  in  sports,  the  Government introduced the Scheme of 'Khelo India -National Programme for Development of Sports'  in  2016 -17.  Through  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  the Government  is  focusing  on  broad  basing  of  sports  at  pan  India  level  and identification and nurturing of budding talent across the country.
- (c)  The  details  and  updated  status  of  'Khelo  India'  Programme  in  the country,  including  in  Shahjahanpur  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Uttar Pradesh, location-wise, are at Annexure - I.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. †731 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  07/02/2023 REGARDING  ' STATUS  OF  KHELO  INDIA  PROGRAMME '  ASKED  BY SHRI. ARUN KUMAR SAGAR , HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

| S. No.   | State/UT                       |   No. of projects |   Khelo India Centres |   Accredited academies |
|----------|--------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands    |                 1 |                     0 |                      0 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                 |                 7 |                    29 |                      0 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh              |                21 |                    54 |                      3 |
| 4        | Assam                          |                 8 |                    49 |                      7 |
| 5        | Bihar                          |                10 |                     2 |                      0 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                     |                 0 |                     1 |                      4 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                   |                 4 |                    17 |                      1 |
| 8 Dadra  | & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu |                 0 |                     1 |                      0 |
| 9        | Delhi                          |                 8 |                    10 |                      9 |
| 10       | Goa                            |                 4 |                     2 |                      1 |
| 11       | Gujarat                        |                 5 |                    14 |                     16 |
| 12       | Haryana                        |                 9 |                    18 |                     15 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh               |                 7 |                    15 |                      6 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir              |                 5 |                    40 |                      2 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                      |                 2 |                     1 |                     10 |
| 16       | Karnataka                      |                19 |                    34 |                     33 |
| 17       | Kerala                         |                 5 |                    25 |                     13 |
| 18       | Ladakh                         |                 3 |                     3 |                      0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                    |                 0 |                     0 |                      0 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                 |                17 |                    48 |                     17 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                    |                13 |                    49 |                     31 |
| 22       | Manipur                        |                 8 |                    34 |                     12 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                      |                 6 |                    18 |                      0 |
| 24       | Mizoram                        |                 6 |                     2 |                      0 |
| 25       | Nagaland                       |                 7 |                    32 |                      0 |
| 26       | Odisha                         |                 4 |                     1 |                      8 |
| 27       | Puducherry                     |                 2 |                     0 |                      0 |
| 28       | Punjab                         |                10 |                    10 |                     25 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                      |                47 |                    18 |                      5 |
| 30       | Sikkim                         |                 5 |                    11 |                      0 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                     |                 5 |                    45 |                     18 |
| 32       | Telangana                      |                 6 |                    24 |                     12 |
| 33       | Tripura                        |                 7 |                    11 |                      0 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                  |                30 |                    90 |                     10 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                    |                 5 |                    17 |                      0 |
| 36       | West Bengal                    |                 1 |                     8 |                      8 |
|          | Total                          |               297 |                   733 |                    266 |

Note:  One  Khelo  India  Centre  for  Badminton  is  notified  at  Sports  Stadium  Sahjahanpur   in  Sahjahanpur Parliamentary Constituency.

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