Lok Sabha Question No. 3307 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-16
Subject: Scholarships under Khelo India Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Durai Vaiko

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3307

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.12.2024

Scholarships under Khelo India Scheme

3307. SHRI DURAI VAIKO:

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

- (a) the details of the number of persons selected for scholarship under the Khelo  India  Scheme  during  the  last  three  years,  year-wise  and  State/UTwise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  persons  benefited  under  the  'Khelo  India Centres  &  Sports  Academies'  component  of  Khelo  India  during  the  said period, year-wise and State/UT-wise; and
- (c)  the  funding  details  of  sports  infrastructure  projects  sanctioned  so  far under the Khelo India scheme, year-wise and State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## { DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA }

- (a)  and  (b)  Year-wise  and  State/UT-wise  number  of  Khelo  India  Athletes selected  for  scholarship  and benefited  under  the  'Khelo  India  Centres  & Sports Academies' component of Khelo India Scheme during the last three years are at Annexure -I.
- (c)  The  details  of  the  sports  infrastructure  projects  approved  and  their sanctioned cost, funds released and their physical and financial progress, under  Khelo  India  Scheme,  across  the  country,  are  available  in  public domain on the dashboard at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.

ANNEUXRE -I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  3307  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  16.12.2024 REGARDING  ' SCHOLARSHIPS  UNDER  KHELO  INDIA  SCHEME '  ASKED  BY SHRI DURAI VAIKO, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA.

| S. No.   | State / UT                       |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|----------|----------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1        | Andaman & Nicobar Islands        |         6 |         3 |         3 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                   |        43 |        55 |        49 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                |         9 |        11 |        14 |
| 4        | Assam                            |        54 |        43 |        39 |
| 5        | Bihar                            |         8 |         9 |        14 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                       |        39 |        40 |        30 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                     |        44 |        35 |        45 |
| 8        | Daman Diu and Dadra Nagar Haveli |         1 |         2 |         3 |
| 9        | Delhi                            |       212 |       199 |       163 |
| 10       | Goa                              |        16 |        18 |        10 |
| 11       | Gujarat                          |        67 |        81 |        65 |
| 12       | Haryana                          |       392 |       432 |       467 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                 |        33 |        34 |        28 |
| 14       | Jammu & Kashmir                  |        30 |        20 |        19 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                        |        24 |        40 |        47 |
| 16       | Karnataka                        |       144 |       136 |       138 |
| 17       | Kerala                           |       109 |       103 |       108 |
| 18       | Ladakh                           |         0 |         1 |         0 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                      |         0 |         0 |         1 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                   |       109 |       100 |       114 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                      |       415 |       365 |       347 |
| 22       | Manipur                          |       189 |       126 |       105 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                        |        13 |         3 |         2 |
| 24       | Mizoram                          |        25 |        28 |        15 |
| 25       | Nagaland                         |         0 |         1 |         1 |
| 26       | Odisha                           |        66 |        57 |        70 |
| 27       | Puducherry                       |         6 |         7 |         7 |
| 28       | Punjab                           |       161 |       179 |       169 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                        |       108 |        81 |       105 |
| 30       | Sikkim                           |         6 |         2 |         1 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                       |       101 |       167 |       173 |
| 32       | Telangana                        |        55 |        51 |        59 |
| 33       | Tripura                          |        11 |         8 |         5 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                    |       186 |       191 |       186 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                      |        53 |        40 |        32 |
| 36       | West Bengal                      |        81 |        91 |       118 |
|          | Total                            |      2816 |      2759 |      2752 |

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