Lok Sabha Question No. 163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-11-25
Subject: Athletes Trained under Khelo India Programme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Smt. Delkar Kalaben Mohanbhai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 163 ANSWERED ON 25.11.2024

Athletes Trained under Khelo India Programme

† 163.  SMT. DELKAR KALABEN MOHANBHAI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  athletes  being  trained  under  the  Khelo  India  Programme across the  country  particularly  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  during  the  last five years and the current year;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  various  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to promote sports at the grassroot level in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in order to ensure that the athletes from rural areas are benefitted from the same; and
- (c) the details of the funds released to various States including Dadra and Nagar  Haveli  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  last  five  years  and  the current year, State-wise and year-wise?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## ANSWER { DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA }

- (a)  The  details  of  athletes  being  trained  under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme across the country, including in Dadra and Nagar Haveli, during the last five years and the current year, are available at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in/state-wise-khelo-india-centers.
- (b) 'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  of  development  of sports, including promotion of sports at grassroot level, rests primarily with the State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government supplements their  efforts  by  bridging  critical  gaps.  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports (MYAS) implements the following schemes to promote sports in the country, including  in  Dadra  and  Nagar  Haveli  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  athletes from rural areas are benefitted from the same:

(i) Khelo IndiaNational Programme  for Development of Sports; (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations; (iii) Special Awards to Winners in  International  Sports  Events  and  their  Coaches;  (iv)  National  Sports Awards;  (v)  Pension  to  Meritorious  Sportspersons;  (vi)  Pandit  Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Program for Sportspersons; (vii) National Sports Development  Fund;  and  (viii)  Running  Sports  Training  Centres  through Sports Authority of India.

Details  of  the  above  schemes  are  available  in  the  public  domain  on  the websites of this Ministry and of  Sports Authority of India(SAI).

- (c)  Funds  are  released  Scheme-wise  and  not  State-wise  in  this  Ministry. Details of funds released under the Khelo India Scheme during the last five years and the current year are as under:

(in ₹ crore)

|   S. No. | Financial Year             |   Funds released |
|----------|----------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | 2019-20                    |           575.52 |
|        2 | 2020-21                    |           338.06 |
|        3 | 2021-22                    |           764.29 |
|        4 | 2022-23                    |           596.39 |
|        5 | 2023-24                    |           872.2  |
|        6 | 2024-25 (as on 01.11.2024) |           422.32 |

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