Lok Sabha Question No. 3801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

†3801 . Shri Balya Mama Suresh Gopinath Mhatre:

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

- (a) the details of the sports centres set up under Khelo India Scheme so far, State-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  number  of  Athletes  benefitted  under  Target  Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS), State-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  schools  and  institutions  registered  under  Fit  India Movement, State-wise;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  steps  to  extend  the  sports facilities in rural areas;
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)  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 of the Ministry at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.

Further,  the  details  of  Khelo  India  Centres  (KICs)  notified  and  sports academies accredited under the Khelo India Scheme, across the country, are available  in  public  domain  on  the  dashboard  of  the  Ministry  at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in/state-wise-khelo-india-centers.

(b) State-wise number of athletes benefitted under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) are at Annexure -I.

(c)  State-wise  details  of  the  schools  and  institutions  registered  under  Fit India Movement are at Annexure -II.

(d) to (f) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility of development of sports,  including  extending  sports  facilities  in  rural  areas,  rests  primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government  only  supplements  their  efforts by bridging critical gaps. However, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports implements the following schemes  for  development  of  sports  across  the  country,  including  rural areas:

(i) Scheme of 'Khelo India -National 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 Sports Welfare Scheme; (vii) National Sports Development  Fund;  and  (viii) 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.

## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. †3801 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24.03.2025 REGARDING ' TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME (TOPS) ' ASKED BY SHRI BALYA  MAMA  SURESH  GOPINATH  MHATRE, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  LOK SABHA.

State-wise number of athletes benefitted under Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS)

| S. No.       | State/UT       | No. of athletes   |
|--------------|----------------|-------------------|
| 1            | Andhra Pradesh | 3                 |
| 2            | Assam          | 3                 |
| 3            | Bihar          | 1                 |
| 4 Chandigarh | 2              |                   |
| 5            | Delhi          | 14                |
| 6 Goa        |                | 1                 |
| 7 Gujarat    | 3              |                   |
| 8 Haryana    | 46             |                   |
| 9 Jharkhand  | 1              |                   |
| 10           | Karnataka      | 5                 |
| 11           | Kerala         | 5                 |
| 12 Madhya    | Pradesh        | 4                 |
| 13           | Maharashtra    | 11                |
| 14           | Manipur        | 1                 |
| 15           | Punjab         | 13                |
| 16           | Rajasthan      | 6                 |
| 17           | Tamil Nadu     | 8                 |
| 18           | Telangana      | 9                 |
| 19           | Uttar Pradesh  | 8                 |
| 20           | Uttarakhand    | 1                 |
| 21           | West Bengal    | 7                 |
|              | Total          | 152               |

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. †3801 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  24.03.2025 REGARDING ' TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME (TOPS) ' ASKED BY SHRI BALYA  MAMA  SURESH  GOPINATH  MHATRE, HON'BLE  MEMBER  OF  LOK SABHA.

State-wise details of the schools and institutions registered under Fit India Movement

| S. No.   | State/UT                                 |   Number of Schools Registered |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                            831 |
| 2        | Andhra Pradesh                           |                          17078 |
| 3        | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                            346 |
| 4        | Assam                                    |                          33581 |
| 5        | Bihar                                    |                          54711 |
| 6        | Chandigarh                               |                            635 |
| 7        | Chhattisgarh                             |                           4765 |
| 8        | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                            688 |
| 9        | Delhi                                    |                           4969 |
| 10       | Goa                                      |                           1275 |
| 11       | Gujarat                                  |                          61583 |
| 12       | Haryana                                  |                           9867 |
| 13       | Himachal Pradesh                         |                          12930 |
| 14       | Jammu and Kashmir                        |                          21059 |
| 15       | Jharkhand                                |                          29827 |
| 16       | Karnataka                                |                          31532 |
| 17       | Kerala                                   |                           6325 |
| 18       | Ladakh                                   |                            251 |
| 19       | Lakshadweep                              |                             50 |
| 20       | Madhya Pradesh                           |                          13833 |
| 21       | Maharashtra                              |                          22987 |
| 22       | Manipur                                  |                            505 |
| 23       | Meghalaya                                |                           1486 |
| 24       | Mizoram                                  |                             73 |
| 25       | Nagaland                                 |                            125 |
| 26       | Odisha                                   |                          35797 |
| 27       | Puducherry (Pondicherry)                 |                            408 |
| 28       | Punjab                                   |                          17037 |
| 29       | Rajasthan                                |                          64814 |
| 30       | Sikkim                                   |                            500 |
| 31       | Tamil Nadu                               |                          55432 |
| 32       | Telangana                                |                          12521 |
| 33       | Tripura                                  |                           2259 |
| 34       | Uttar Pradesh                            |                          20986 |
| 35       | Uttarakhand                              |                           5740 |
| 36       | West Bengal                              |                           1075 |
| Total    |                                          |                         547881 |

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