Lok Sabha Question No. 278 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Women Sportspersons  under TOP Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel, Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 278 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2023

Women Sportspersons under TOP Scheme

278. SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI): SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any provision for women sportspersons under the Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the Government  has  set up a talent identification mechanism at the primary school level; and
- (d) if so, the details of such a mechanism in the State of Gujarat and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. Women sportspersons are supported under the TOP Scheme (TOPS). Currently, a total of 104 elite women athletes in various sports disciplines are being provided financial support under TOPS. List of these athletes is given at Annexure.

(c)  and (d): Sports being a State subject, the responsibility of identification of talent at various levels in the country rests primarily with the State/Union Territory Governments. Union Government supplements their efforts. Under the Khelo India Scheme of the Ministry, talent identification process is carried out as under: The athletes are selected/ identified based on their performance during the Khelo India Games, National Championships / open selection trials conducted by the concerned National Sports Federations and the School Games Federation of India (SGFI). The identification/ shortlisting is done by the Talent Scouting Committee (TSC) members and selection is done by the  Talent  Identification  Development  Committee (TIDC) members subject to clearance of Age Verification Test, after the final approval of the High-Power Committee. On the basis of the above talent identification system, under the Khelo India Scheme, 351 athletes (Girls187 and Boys- 164) have been selected in the State of Maharashtra and 68 athletes (Girls- 34 and Boys- 34) have been selected in the State of Gujarat.

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## Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  278  FOR  05.12.2023  ASKED  BY SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI), SHRIMATI SHARDABEN  ANILBHAI PATEL, SHRI  SUNIL  BABURAO  MENDHE REGARDING WOMEN SPORTSPERSONS UNDER TOP SCHEME

|    | Discipline   |   S.No. | Athlete Name           | Given OPA till now   | Other Support Given   |
|----|--------------|---------|------------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| 1  | Judo         |       1 | LinthoiChanambam       | ₹8,50,000            | ₹20,02,952            |
| 1  | Judo         |       2 | Unnati Sharma          | ₹8,50,000            | ₹2,05,194             |
| 1  | Judo         |       3 | Asmita Dey             | ₹4,50,000            | ₹ 1,71,518            |
| 1  | Judo         |       4 | Himanshi Tokas         | ₹0                   | ₹ 1,71,517            |
| 1  | Judo         |       5 | Tulika Maan            | ₹75,000              | ₹ 5,65,723            |
| 1  | Judo         |       6 | Shardha KadubalChopade | ₹75,000              | ₹0                    |
| 1  | Judo         |       7 | Nungshithoi            | ₹0                   | ₹0                    |
|    | Archery      |       8 | Ankita Bhakat          | ₹16,25,000           | ₹18,18,928            |
|    | Archery      |       9 | Bhajan Kaur            | ₹50,000              | ₹0                    |
|    | Archery      |      10 | Dipti Kumari           | ₹4,75,000            | ₹6,44,438             |
|    | Archery      |      11 | Komalika Bari          | ₹10,75,000           | ₹ 7,94,675            |
|    | Archery      |      12 | Madhu Vedwan           | ₹9,25,000            | ₹15,48,200            |
|    | Archery      |      13 | Ridhi                  | ₹9,25,000            | ₹9,03,414             |
|    | Archery      |      14 | Simranjeet Kaur        | ₹9,25,000            | ₹7,15,970             |
|    | Archery      |      15 | Tisha Punia            | ₹4,75,000            | ₹3,78,156             |
|    |              |      16 | Manika Batra           | ₹24,00,000           | ₹38,23,772            |
|    |              |      17 | Diya Chitale           | ₹3,75,000            | ₹4,80,825             |
|    |              |      18 | Archana Kamath         | ₹12,00,000           | ₹13,22,404            |
|    | Table Tennis |      19 | Sreeja Akula           | ₹3,75,000            | ₹4,55,395             |
|    |              |      20 | Swastika Ghosh         | ₹3,75,000            | ₹3,25,152             |
|    |              |      21 | Yashaswini Ghorpade    | ₹475000              | ₹523994               |
|    | Swimming     |      22 | Apeksha Fernandes      | ₹7,25,000            | ₹0                    |
|    |              |      23 | Ridhima Kumar          | ₹3,50,000            | ₹0                    |

| 5   |   24. | Elavenil Valarivan   | ₹27,50,000   | ₹0           |
|-----|-------|----------------------|--------------|--------------|
| 5   |    25 | Anjum Moudgil        | ₹28,00,000   | ₹33,69,011   |
| 5   |    26 | Manu Bhaker          | ₹28,00,000   | ₹29,38,681   |
| 5   |    27 | Rahi Sarnobat        | ₹23,50,000   | ₹14,68,094   |
| 5   |    28 | Esha Singh           | ₹10,50,000   | ₹2,15,469    |
| 5   |    29 | Rhythm Sangwan       | ₹10,25,000   | ₹4,49,521    |
| 5   |    30 | Abhidnya Ashok Patil | ₹10,25,000   | ₹3,45,872    |
| 5   |    31 | Nischal              | ₹10,25,000   | ₹6,60,465    |
| 5   |    32 | Ayushi Podder        | ₹10,25,000   | ₹6,93,024    |
| 5   |    33 | Sift Kaur Samra      | ₹1,00,000    | ₹41,210      |
| 5   |    34 | Ashi Chouksey        | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    35 | Manini Kaushik       | ₹1,75,000    | ₹0           |
| 5   |    36 | Ramita               | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    37 | Tilottama Sen        | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    38 | Narmada              | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    39 | Nancy                | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    40 | Mehuli Ghosh         | ₹15,25,000   | ₹86,42,408   |
| 5   |    41 | Divya T S            | ₹75,000      | ₹0           |
| 5   |    42 | Ganemat Sekhon       | ₹10,25,000   | ₹6,19,180    |
|     |    43 | PV Sindhu            | ₹9,50,000    | ₹29,77,618   |
|     |    44 | Gayatri Gopichand    | ₹5,75,000    | ₹4,31,775    |
|     |    45 | Treesa Jolly         | ₹5,75,000    | ₹5,75,775    |
|     |    46 | Malvika Bansod       | ₹5,75,000    | ₹6,25,583    |
|     |    47 | Tasnim Mir           | ₹5,75,000    | ₹0           |
|     |    48 | Ashmita Chaliha      | ₹5,75,000    | ₹2,75,760    |
|     |    49 | Unnati Hooda         | ₹2,50,000    | ₹0           |
|     |    50 | Aakarshi Kashyap     | ₹5,75,000    | ₹2,93,130    |
|     |    51 | Tanisha Crasto       | ₹ 1,00,000   | ₹ 0          |
|     |    52 | Anupama Upadhyaya    | ₹ 0          | ₹ 0          |
| 7   |    53 | Vinesh Phogat        | ₹29,50,000   | 3,538,975.00 |
| 7   |    54 | Anshu Malik          | ₹15,50,000   | ₹0           |
| 7   |    55 | Sonam Malik          | ₹15,50,000   | ₹40,621      |
| 7   |    56 | Sarita               | ₹5,25,000    | ₹0           |

|    |   57. | Nisha               | ₹5,25,000   | ₹82,618    |
|----|-------|---------------------|-------------|------------|
|    |    58 | Bipasha             | ₹5,25,000   | ₹0         |
|    |    59 | Antim Panghal       | ₹2,50,000   | ₹0         |
|    |    60 | Priya Malik         | ₹2,50,000   | ₹0         |
|    |    61 | Annu Rani           | 15,50,000   | 34,86,159  |
|    |    62 | Priyanka Goswami    | 14,00,000   | 8,91,140   |
|    |    63 | Shaili Singh        | 4,75,000    | 2,55,000   |
| 8  |    64 | Ancy Sojan          | 5,00,000    | 0          |
|    |    65 | Priya Mohan         | 2,50,000    | 0          |
|    |    66 | Rupal               | 2,50,000    | 1,55,000   |
|    |    67 | Jyothi Yarraji      | 75,000      | 0          |
|    |    68 | Bhavani Devi        | 14,00,000   | ₹54,47,616 |
|    |    69 | Taniksha Khatri     | ₹4,75,000   | ₹13,54,255 |
|    |    70 | Vedika Khushi       | ₹4,75,000   | ₹10,08,166 |
| 9  |    71 | Shreya Gupta        | ₹4,75,000   | ₹10,36,241 |
|    |    72 | Prachi Lohan        | ₹1,00,000   | ₹0         |
|    |    73 | Tannu Gulia         | ₹1,00,000   | ₹0         |
|    |    74 | Mirabai Chanu       | 2,00,000    | 39,73,041  |
|    |    75 | Bindyarani Devi     | 1,00,000    | 28,63,350  |
| 10 |    76 | Harshada Garud      | 1,00,000    | 2,39,400   |
|    |    77 | Soumya Dalvi        | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    78 | Akanksha Vyavahare  | 1,00,000    | 2,39,400   |
|    |    79 | Lovlina Borgohain   | 2,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    80 | Nikhat Zareen       | 2,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    81 | Manisha Moun        | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    82 | Nitu                | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    83 | Manju Rani          | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
| 11 |    84 | Anamika             | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    85 | Poonam Poonia       | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    86 | Jaismine            | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    87 | Parveen Hooda       | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    88 | Sanamacha Chanu     | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |
|    |    89 | Arundhati Chaudhary | 1,00,000    | ₹0         |

|    |             | 90.   | Ekta Bhyan       | ₹10,00,000   | ₹8,37,489   |
|----|-------------|-------|------------------|--------------|-------------|
|    |             | 91.   | Nimisha C Suresh | ₹850,000.00  | ₹0          |
|    |             | 92.   | Radha Venkatesh  | ₹850,000.00  | ₹1,60,000   |
|    |             | 93.   | Parul Parmar     | ₹14,50,000   | ₹654184.20  |
|    |             | 94.   | Prachi Yadav     | ₹10,00,000   | ₹13,74,603  |
| 12 | Para Sports | 95.   | Avani Lekhara    | ₹18,50,000   | ₹33,33,001  |
|    |             | 96.   | Bhavina Patel    | ₹14,50,000   | ₹33,63,542  |
|    |             | 97.   | Manasi Joshi     | ₹7,50,000    | ₹8,05,908   |
|    |             | 98.   | Nithya Sre       | ₹750000      | ₹1042704    |
|    |             | 99.   | Mandeep Kaur     | ₹750000      | ₹1036781    |
|    |             | 100.  | Manisha Ramadass | ₹750000      | ₹899949     |
| 13 | Sailing     | 101.  | Nethra Kumanan   | ₹2,00,000    | ₹18,56,700  |
| 14 |             | 102.  | Aditi Ashok      | ₹8,50,000    | ₹ 0         |
|    |             | 103.  | Diksha Bagar     | ₹8,50,000    | ₹ 0         |
|    | Golf        | 104.  | Tvesa Malik      | ₹3,75,000    | ₹ 0         |
|    |             | Total |                  | ₹7,02,00,000 | ₹81450646   |

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