Lok Sabha Question No. 1005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Youth Sports Centre
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Shri Rakesh Rathor

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †

1005

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

Youth Sports Centre

†1005.

SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

SHRI RAKESH RATHOR:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  national  level  youth sports centres all across the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of districts in Uttar Pradesh where national level youth sports are established;
- (c) the number of districts in Uttar Pradesh where setting up of national level youth sports centres have been proposed;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  scheme  to  set  up  such  sports centres  in  Sitapur  and  Misrikh  districts  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  if  so,  the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the time by which steps will be taken to set up such centres?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to  (e)  : ' Sports ' being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  of development  of  sports  rests  primarily  with  the  State/Union  Territory Governments,  and  the  Central  Government  only  supplements  their efforts. No specific national level youth sports centres have been set up. However, the Government, through the Sports Authority of India (SAI),

has established 186 SAI Centres (including  14  Sports  Centres  in  the State of Uttar Pradesh in different districts namely Lucknow, Raibareily, Etawah, Bareilly, Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Mirzapur, Baghpat, Muzaffarnagar  and  Meerut)  across  the  country  including  National Centres of Excellence (NCOEs), SAI Training Centres (STCs), Extension Centres of STCs, National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC) scheme etc. which are functional for implementing Sports Promotional Schemes of SAI. The State-wise details of the same are provided at Annexure. Moreover, the details of Sports Centres under the Khelo India Scheme, are available at URL:https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in/khelo-indiacenter-dashboard.  Further, Khelo India Centre has been established at

Major Dhyan Sports Stadium in District Sitapur of Uttar Pradesh.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (e) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1005 FOR 02.12.2024 ASKED BY SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT AND SHRI RAKESH RATHOR  REGARDING 'YOUTH SPORTS CENTRE'

## STATEWISE NUMBER OF CENTERS UNDER SAI SCHEMES FOR 2024-2025

|    |                               | No. of Centres   | No. of Centres   | No. of Centres    | No. of Centres   | No. of Centres   | No. of Centres   | No. of Centres   |
|----|-------------------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
| SN | State                         | NSTC             | NSTC             | NSTC              | NSTC             | NSTC             | NSTC             | NSTC             |
|    |                               | NCOE             | STC              | Extension Centres | Regular School   | IGMA             | Akharas          | TOTAL            |
| 1  | Andhra Pradesh                | 0                | 3                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 3                |
| 2  | Arunachal Pradesh             | 1                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 3  | Assam                         | 1                | 4                | 4                 | 1                | 1                | 1                | 12               |
| 4  | Bihar                         | 0                | 3                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 3                |
| 5  | Chhattisgarh                  | 0                | 2                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 6  | Goa                           | 0                | 2                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 7  | Gujarat                       | 1                | 0                | 1                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 8  | Haryana                       | 2                | 3                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 5                | 10               |
| 9  | Himachal Pradesh              | 2                | 1                | 2                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 5                |
| 10 | Jharkhand                     | 0                | 2                | 1                 | 0                | 1                | 0                | 4                |
| 11 | Karnataka                     | 1                | 3                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 4                |
| 12 | Kerala                        | 2                | 4                | 0                 | 0                | 1                | 0                | 7                |
| 13 | Madhya Pradesh                | 1                | 3                | 2                 | 1                | 0                | 3                | 10               |
| 14 | Maharashtra                   | 2                | 0                | 0                 | 0                | 1                | 14               | 17               |
| 15 | Manipur                       | 1                | 2                | 0                 | 1                | 2                | 0                | 6                |
| 16 | Meghalaya                     | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 17 | Mizoram                       | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 18 | Nagaland                      | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 19 | Odisha                        | 1                | 3                | 2                 | 1                | 0                | 1                | 8                |
| 20 | Punjab                        | 1                | 4                | 2                 | 0                | 1                | 3                | 11               |
| 21 | Rajasthan                     | 0                | 3                | 7                 | 2                | 0                | 8                | 20               |
| 22 | Sikkim                        | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 23 | Tamil Nadu                    | 0                | 3                | 0                 | 0                | 2                | 0                | 5                |
| 24 | Telangana                     | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 25 | Tripura                       | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 1                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 26 | Uttar Pradesh                 | 1                | 4                | 1                 | 1                | 0                | 7                | 14               |
| 27 | Uttarakhand                   | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 28 | West Bengal                   | 2                | 4                | 2                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 8                |
| 29 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands (UT) | 0                | 2                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 30 | Chandigarh (UT)               | 1                | 0                | 0                 | 1                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 31 | Delhi (UT)                    | 4                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 8                | 13               |
| 32 | Jammu &Kashmir (UT)           | 0                | 1                | 1                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |
| 33 | Ladakh (UT)                   | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 34 | Lakshadweep (UT)              | 0                | 1                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 1                |
| 35 | Puducherry (UT)               | 0                | 2                | 0                 | 0                | 0                | 0                | 2                |

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