Lok Sabha Question No. 3718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Khelo India Rising Talent Identification
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Arun Bharti

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3718 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

Khelo India Rising Talent Identification

3718. Shri Arun Bharti:

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

(a)  the  details  of  the  states  or  regions  that  have  seen  the  highest participation  and  success  in  the  Khelo  India  Rising  Talent  Identification (KIRTI)  Programme  since  its  inception  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to promote traditionally under-represented sports and regions through the programme;

(b) the details of the partnerships with State Governments, Sports Federations,  Private  Stakeholders  and  training  centres  to  enhance  the development of identified athletes under the programme;

(c) the details of contribution of the KIRTI programme in creating livelihood opportunities and enhancing the socio-economic conditions of athletes and their families;

(d)  the  steps  being  taken  to raise  awareness about the KIRTI Programme among  schools,  colleges  and  local  communities  to  encourage  maximum participation under the programme; and

(e) whether any specific initiatives are taken under the said programme to promote  parasports  and  support  athletes  with  disabilities  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA }

(a)  to  (e)  The  Khelo  India  Rising  Talent  Identification  (KIRTI)  programme, under the Khelo India Scheme of this Ministry, highlights key features such as the focus on early talent identification for athletes aged 9 to 18 years, especially from remote areas, through the use of IT tools. The programme

aims  to  implement  a  uniform,  structured  approach  for  grassroots  talent identification across all States/UTs using common tests, while standardizing fitness and sports-specific assessments to establish a Bharat Benchmark. The KIRTI program is open for all athletes who are willing to undergo 10 physical assessment tests.

State-wise details of KIRTI assessments conducted are at Annexure - I.

KIRTI  program  was  launched  on  a  pilot  basis  and  assessments  were conducted through Sports Authority of India (SAI) Regional Centers. KIRTI assessments  have  been  conducted  in  various  schools,  colleges  are  at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3718  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24.03.2025 REGARDING  ' KHELO  INDIA  RISING  TALENT  IDENTIFICATION '  ASKED  BY SHRI ARUN BHARTI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA.

## State-wise details of KIRTI assessments conducted

|   S. No. | State/UT          |   No of Assessments |
|----------|-------------------|---------------------|
|        1 | Maharashtra       |               25434 |
|        2 | Haryana           |               12548 |
|        3 | Delhi             |               12544 |
|        4 | Assam             |               11361 |
|        5 | Andhra Pradesh    |               10954 |
|        6 | Gujarat           |                9401 |
|        7 | Madhya Pradesh    |                9318 |
|        8 | Uttar Pradesh     |                8895 |
|        9 | Jharkhand         |                7997 |
|       10 | Odisha            |                7208 |
|       11 | Rajasthan         |                7187 |
|       12 | West Bengal       |                5420 |
|       13 | Bihar             |                5291 |
|       14 | Karnataka         |                4914 |
|       15 | Chhattisgarh      |                4631 |
|       16 | Mizoram           |                4225 |
|       17 | Meghalaya         |                4160 |
|       18 | Kerala            |                4037 |
|       19 | Andaman & Nicobar |                3750 |
|       20 | Tripura           |                3646 |
|       21 | Nagaland          |                3504 |
|       22 | Arunachal Pradesh |                3461 |
|       23 | Punjab            |                3427 |
|       24 | Manipur           |                2306 |
|       25 | Telangana         |                2026 |
|       26 | Chandigarh        |                1661 |
|       27 | Sikkim            |                1617 |
|       28 | Tamil Nadu        |                1565 |
|       29 | Uttarakhand       |                1311 |
|       30 | Himachal Pradesh  |                1186 |
|       31 | Puducherry        |                 961 |
|       32 | Daman             |                 814 |
|       33 | Lakshadweep       |                 459 |
|       34 | Jammu & Kashmir   |                 458 |
|       35 | Ladakh            |                 244 |

## ANNEXURE -II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3718  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24.03.2025 REGARDING  ' KHELO  INDIA  RISING  TALENT  IDENTIFICATION '  ASKED  BY SHRI ARUN BHARTI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA.

## KIRTI assessments have been conducted in various schools, colleges

| S. No.                             | Assessment Center                                                     |   No of Assessments |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 1                                  | A S High School, Nuapatna and Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Choudwar. |                 622 |
| 2                                  | Aakanksha Sports School                                               |                  95 |
| 3                                  | AD Nagar School Ground, Agartala                                      |                 758 |
| 4                                  | Amatali HS School Ground                                              |                 853 |
| 5                                  | Banarhat High School Jalpaiguri                                       |                 783 |
| 6                                  | Bhadradri Kothagudem                                                  |                   1 |
| 7                                  | Bhonsala Military School, Nashik                                      |                1834 |
| 8                                  | Bikaner Boys School                                                   |                1936 |
| 9                                  | Birsa Munda Astro Turf and Football Stadium, Khunti                   |                2075 |
| 10                                 | BIRSA MUNDA STADIUM ROURKELA                                          |                 515 |
| 11                                 | Budding Buds Senior Secondary School, Tinsukia                        |                 617 |
| 12                                 | Byasanagar Stadium, Sports Complex Jajpur                             |                 792 |
| 13                                 | Chandigarh Sec 7                                                      |                 611 |
| 14                                 | Chandigarh Sec 42                                                     |                1050 |
| 15                                 | Curzon Ground, Hazaribagh Stadium                                     |                1118 |
| 16                                 | DAV Public School, Gaya                                               |                1651 |
| 17                                 | Devagiri College, Calicut                                             |                 111 |
| 18                                 | DMC Moti Daman Football Ground, Daman)                                |                 814 |
| 19                                 | Don Bosco School, Itanagar                                            |                 749 |
| 20                                 | Don Bosco Senior Seconday School, Damra, Goalpara                     |                 315 |
| 21                                 | Dotma Higher Secondary School, Kokrajhar                              |                 980 |
| 22                                 | Dyes Mangala Stadium                                                  |                  93 |
| 23                                 | Eklavya International academy                                         |                 408 |
| 24                                 | G V Raja Sports School                                                |                 380 |
| 25                                 | Gachibowli                                                            |                1264 |
| 26                                 | GDSA Stadium, Golaghat                                                |                 868 |
| 27 GLA College Stadium, Daltonganj |                                                                       |                1271 |
| 28                                 | Government Higher Secondary School, Parli (KIC)                       |                 315 |
| 29                                 | Govt. Boys HS, Jowai, West Jaintia Hills                              |                 608 |
| 30                                 | Guru Tegh Bahadur Academy, Tinsukia                                   |                1039 |
| 31                                 | Gurukul School                                                        |                 330 |
| 32 Gurukul                         | School, Songhad, Bhavnagar                                            |                1622 |

| 33                                  | Higher Secondary School, Mundur (KIC)                         | 228     |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|---------|
| 34                                  | Higher Secondary School, Vadavoor (KIC)                       | 43      |
| 35                                  | HIM International School                                      | 506     |
| 36                                  | Indra Gandhi Stadium, Alwar                                   | 775     |
| 37                                  | Innovative Sports Club                                        | 42      |
| 38                                  | Ishanchandra HS School Ground                                 | 357     |
| 39                                  | Jhunjhunu Academy, Jhunjhunu                                  | 1391    |
| 40                                  | JLN Stadium                                                   | 12069   |
| 41                                  | Kabaddi Rao's Academy                                         | 949     |
| 42                                  | Kaziranga English School                                      | 206     |
| 43                                  | Kharija Berubari High School                                  | 672     |
| 44                                  | KIAA - Atma Malik Academy, Shirdi                             | 6403    |
| 45                                  | KIC - Nagpur ( Converted)                                     | 1064    |
| 46                                  | KIC (CONVERTED) - Hanuman Vyam Shala,Amravati                 | 1098    |
| 47                                  | KIC Agra                                                      | 463     |
| 48                                  | KIC East Jaintia Hills (Seinjat Tuber School)                 | 414     |
| 49                                  | KIC Gir Somnath                                               | 1886    |
| 50                                  | KIC GORAKHPUR                                                 | 931     |
| 51                                  | KIC Jaunpur                                                   | 413     |
| 52                                  | KIC Jhansi                                                    | 783     |
| 53                                  | KIC Kohima, Loyola Hr. Sec. School                            | 843     |
| 54                                  | KIC MEERUT                                                    | 263     |
| 55                                  | KIC NAvsari                                                   | 1137    |
| 56 KIC Peren, St. Xavier's College, | Jalukie                                                       | 1105    |
| 57                                  | KIC Pratapgarh                                                | 1242    |
| 58                                  | KIC West Khasi Hills (Sib Singh Memorial)                     | 663     |
| 59                                  | KIC, Champhai                                                 | 797     |
| 60                                  | KIC, South West Khasi Hills (Maharam School, Nativity School) | 693     |
| 61                                  | Kic-Haliyala                                                  | 94      |
| 62                                  | KIC-Hasana                                                    | 73      |
| 63                                  | KIIT, Bhubaneswar                                             | 1699    |
| 64                                  | KISCE, Aizawl, Mizoram                                        | 1331    |
| 65 KISCE, Kohima,                   | Nagaland                                                      | 750     |
| 66                                  | Kottayam Rajas HSS, (KIC)                                     | 130     |
| 67                                  | Kshirsagar Sports Complex Ujjain                              | 2211    |
| 68 KV No 1 Naharlagun & VKV School, | Naharlagun                                                    | 1155    |
| 69                                  | Laxmicharra RK HS School Ground                               | 427     |
| 70                                  | Luv Kush Akhara, Bhilwara                                     | 844     |
| 71                                  | M J - College, Eklavya Krida Sankul , Jalgaon                 | 10116   |
| 72                                  | Maharana Pratap Sports College, Dehradun                      | 122     |
| 73                                  | Maharshi Vidya Mandir-1                                       | 623     |
| 74                                  | Mahesh Public School, Jodhpur                                 | 373 670 |
| 75                                  | Mantadari High School, Jalpaiguri                             |         |

|   76 | Mar Basil HSS, Kothamangalam (KIC)                                              |   256 |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------|
|   77 | Mary Matha Higher Secondary School (KIC)                                        |   230 |
|   78 | Mera Gaon Mera Desh                                                             |   189 |
|   79 | MIT ADT University, Pune                                                        |  2045 |
|   80 | Namchi Public School                                                            |   777 |
|   81 | Navy Children School                                                            |  3250 |
|   82 | NCOE Alleppey                                                                   |  1502 |
|   83 | NCOE AURANGABAD                                                                 |   823 |
|   84 | NCOE Bhopal                                                                     |  1413 |
|   85 | NCOE Dharmshala                                                                 |   697 |
|   86 | NCoE Guwahati                                                                   |  1829 |
|   87 | NCOE Hamirpur                                                                   |   148 |
|   88 | NCOE Imphal                                                                     |   755 |
|   89 | NCOE Kolkata                                                                    |  1344 |
|   90 | NCOE Rohtak                                                                     |  4276 |
|   91 | NCOE Sonipat                                                                    |  1918 |
|   92 | Nilkant Pal High School, Bolbari                                                |   755 |
|   93 | NSRC Lucknow                                                                    |  1013 |
|   94 | Paddi Yube Stadium, Ziro, Lower Subansiri                                       |  1051 |
|   95 | Pajlor Stadium and White Hall Complex, Gangtok                                  |   427 |
|   96 | Pataliputra Stadium,Patna                                                       |  2262 |
|   97 | Pious Mission School, Arwal                                                     |  1028 |
|   98 | Pranavananda Vidyamandir School Ground                                          |   808 |
|   99 | S B International School, Keonjhar                                              |   415 |
|  100 | S D High School & Saraswati Sishu Mandir                                        |  1027 |
|  101 | SAI Extension Centre, Lunglei                                                   |   844 |
|  102 | SAI Extension Centre, Thenzawl                                                  |   562 |
|  103 | SAI EXTN CENTRE HAL SUNABEDA                                                    |   673 |
|  104 | SAI RC Mumbai                                                                   |  1102 |
|  105 | Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, B N Vidyapith and Govt Girls High School Athgarh. |  1255 |
|  106 | Shilong Public School & St. Anthony School                                      |   762 |
|  107 | Soreng Stadium , Juabari                                                        |   413 |
|  108 | South Point School                                                              |  1112 |
|  109 | Sports Complex Bhavnagar                                                        |   699 |
|  110 | Sports Complex Nikol Ahmedbad                                                   |  1667 |
|  111 | Sports Complex Vadodhra                                                         |  1055 |
|  112 | Sports Complex, Simdega                                                         |  2431 |
|  113 | Sports Hostel Ponnampete                                                        |   100 |
|  114 | SPS, Guwahati                                                                   |   430 |
|  115 | Sr prime School                                                                 |    90 |
|  116 | Sree durga vilasam HSS, Thrissur (KIC)                                          |   404 |
|  117 | Sri Siddaganga Public School                                                    |   195 |
|  118 | St. Peter National Academy, Goalpara                                            |   721 |

| 119            | STC Androth                 |   459 |
|----------------|-----------------------------|-------|
| 120            | STC Badal                   |  1270 |
| 121            | STC Bareilly                |   649 |
| 122            | STC Bawana                  |   475 |
| 123            | STC Bengaluru               |  2111 |
| 124            | STC Bhiwani                 |  2973 |
| 125            | STC Bilaspur                |   341 |
| 126            | STC Car Nicobar             |   500 |
| 127            | STC Chennai                 |   985 |
| 128            | STC Dhar                    |   417 |
| 129            | STC Dharawada               |  2202 |
| 130            | STC Eluru                   |  3699 |
| 131            | STC Hisar                   |  1592 |
| 132            | STC Jabalpur                |  1012 |
| 133            | STC Jalpaiguri              |   803 |
| 134            | STC Jammu                   |   458 |
| 135            | STC Kargil                  |   244 |
| 136            | STC Kashipur                |  1189 |
| 137 STC Khuman | Lampak, Imphal              |   733 |
| 138            | STC Kokrajhar               |  1312 |
| 139            | STC Kollam                  |   193 |
| 140            | STC Kurnool                 |  1602 |
| 141            | STC KURUKSHETRA             |  1600 |
| 142            | STC Ludhiana                |   887 |
| 143            | STC Madikeri                |     4 |
| 144            | STC Mastuana Sahib          |  1270 |
| 145            | STC Mayiladuthurai          |   192 |
| 146            | STC Puducherry              |   819 |
| 147            | STC Raebareli/KIC Raebareli |  1510 |
| 148            | STC Raipur                  |  3178 |
| 149            | STC Rajnandgaon             |  1453 |
| 150            | STC Ranchi                  |  1102 |
| 151            | STC Saifai                  |   764 |
| 152            | STC Salem                   |   345 |
| 153            | STC Shillong                |  1020 |
| 154            | STC Solalgaon               |  1309 |
| 155            | STC SUNDARGARH              |   210 |
| 156            | STC Thalassery              |   235 |
| 157            | STC Thrissur                |    53 |
| 158            | STC Tikamgarh               |  2008 |
| 159            | STC Utlou, Bishnupur        |   818 |
| 160            | STC Varanasi                |   864 |
| 161            | STC Vishakhapattanam        |  5372 |

| 162   | STC Yanam                                          |    142 |
|-------|----------------------------------------------------|--------|
| 163   | STC, Aizawl                                        |    691 |
| 164   | STC, Dimapur - KIC Greenwood School                |    806 |
| 165   | Subodh Public School, Jaipur                       |   1130 |
| 166   | Tarai Tarapada Adarsh Vidyapith Siliguri           |    393 |
| 167   | Teja Vidyalaya                                     |    151 |
| 168   | Telangana State Sports School                      |    203 |
| 169   | Tender Hearts School, Patna                        |    350 |
| 170   | The Emerald Hights International School Rau Indore |   2257 |
| 171   | TTADC SLKIC Khumulwng                              |    443 |
| 172   | Vignan High School                                 |    317 |
| 173   | Vimla Vidyalaya, Ghad                              |   1335 |
| 174   | YSR Sports School                                  |    186 |
|       | Grand Total                                        | 187921 |

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