Lok Sabha Question No. 2513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Sports Training Centres in the Tribal Dominated Areas
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Virendra Singh

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2513 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

Sports Training Centres in the Tribal Dominated Areas

†2513 . Shri Virendra Singh:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any action plan for honing talents among the youth of the most backward/tribal areas of the country and helping them to attain recognition at national level;
- (b) whether there is any scheme for setting up of sports training centres in the tribal dominated areas to train the tribal children for participating in the national sports events;
- (c) if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  build  sports  ground/stadium  for archery, football, kabaddi etc., as at the available above land in the tribal area of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh;
- (e) if so, the details of the funds being allocated under the above head; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) 'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  of  development  of sports, including honing talents among the youth of the most backward/tribal areas of the country and helping them to attain recognition at national level, setting up  of sports training centres  in the tribal dominated areas to train the tribal children for participating in the national sports  events  and  building  sports  ground/stadium  for  archery,  football, kabaddi  etc.,    rests  primarily  with  the  respective  State/Union  Territory Governments.  The  Union  Government  only  supplements  their  efforts  by

bridging critical gaps. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports implements the following schemes for the promotion of sports in the country, including in the tribal dominated areas of the State of Uttar Pradesh:

- (i) Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports; (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations; (iii)  Cash  Incentive  to  Medal  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 the Sports Authority of India.

(b)  and  (c)  Under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  National  Sports  Development Fund and Sports Promotional Schemes of Sports Authority of India, various sports  training  centres  and  sports  academies  are  being  supported  across the  country,  including  in  the  tribal  dominated  areas  to  train  the  tribal children for participating in the national sports events.

(d) to (f)  There is no proposal under consideration in this Ministry to build sports ground/stadium for archery, football, kabaddi etc. in the tribal area of Chandauli district of Uttar Pradesh.

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