Lok Sabha Question No. 1100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Facilities for Development of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Anil Yeshwant Desai

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

Facilities for Development of Sports

1100.  SHRI ANIL YESHWANT DESAI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  the  facilities  for  the  development  of  sports  in  urban  and rural areas;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  criteria  adopted  for  the  screening  and  selection  of eligible sportspersons;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  sportspersons  selected  for  participation  in  Olympic games during the last three events; and
- (d)  the  manner  in  which  the  Government  honour  the  medal  winners  and other non-winner sportspersons?

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

(a) and (b) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility of development of sports, including the development of sports in urban and rural areas and screening and selection of eligible sportspersons, rests primarily with the State/Union Territory Governments. Under the 'Creation and upgradation of sports infrastructure' component of the Khelo India Scheme, this Ministry renders financial support for creation of basic sports infrastructure such as sports complex, synthetic athletic tracks, synthetic hockey fields, synthetic turf  football  grounds,  multipurpose  halls,  swimming  pools,  etc.  along  with sports  equipment.  Further,  under  National  Sports  Development  Funds (NSDF), Government  supports various institutions and individuals for creation and upgradation of sports facilities across the country. The details of the sports infrastructure sanctioned under Khelo India Scheme and NSDF across  the  urban  and  rural  areas  of  the  country,  are  available  in  public

domain  on  the  dashboard  of  the  Ministry  at  https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in and http://www.nsdf.yas.gov.in/nsdf-glance.html. Further, State-wise details of  Khelo  India  Centres  and  Accredited  Academies  under  the  Khelo  India Scheme, are available at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in/state-wisekhelo-india-centers.

The identification and development of sportspersons in India is an ongoing process  through  various  schemes  implemented  by  SAI.  These  schemes include  the  National  Centres  of  Excellence  (NCoE),  SAI  Training  Centres (STC),  the  National  Sports  Talent  Contest  (NSTC),  and  the  Khelo  India Scheme.  The  aim  is  to  identify  and  nurture  talented  athletes  from  both urban and rural areas, to excel at district, national, and international levels. The process utilizes globally accepted scientific methods  for talent identification, supported by platforms like the National Sports Talent Search Portal,  Khelo  India  App,  and  Fit  India  App,  alongwith  assessments  and training programs for physical education teachers. The initiative is backed by  collaboration  between  various  stakeholders,  including  State  Sports Departments, to ensure broad participation and transparency. The process of selection of athletes under SAI Schemes is provided at https://sportsauthorityofindia.gov.in/sai/sai-training-center.

- (c)  The  details  of  the  sportspersons  selected  for  participation  in  Olympic games during the last three events are at Annexure - I.
- (d)  The Government honours medal winners with prestigious awards, cash incentives,  and  employment  opportunities,  while  non-medal  winners  are recognized through financial  support,  development  programs,  and  training opportunities to foster further excellence.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1100  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  02.12.2024 REGARDING 'FACILITIES FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SPORTS' ASKED BY SHRI ANIL YESHWANT DESAI, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA.

Paris Olympics 2024

| S.No.        | Name of Athlete      | Discipline   |
|--------------|----------------------|--------------|
| 1            | Dhiraj Bommadevara   | Archery      |
| 2            | Tarundeep Rai        | Archery      |
| 3            | Pravin Jadhav        | Archery      |
| 4            | Ankita Bhakat        | Archery      |
| 5            | Bhajan Kaur          | Archery      |
| 6            | Deepika Kumari       | Archery      |
| 7            | Neeraj Chopra        | Athletics    |
| 8            | Avinash Sable        | Athletics    |
| 9            | Kishore Jena         | Athletics    |
| 10           | Parul Chaudhary      | Athletics    |
| 11           | Akshdeep Singh       | Athletics    |
| 12 Paramjeet | Singh Bisht          | Athletics    |
| 13           | Tajinder Pal Toor    | Athletics    |
| 14           | Annu Rani            | Athletics    |
| 15           | Abdullah Aboobacker  | Athletics    |
| 16           | Praveen Chithravel   | Athletics    |
| 17           | Muhammad Ajmal V     | Athletics    |
| 18           | Muhammad Anas Y      | Athletics    |
| 19           | Amoj Jacob           | Athletics    |
| 20           | Santhosh Tamilarasan | Athletics    |
| 21           | Rajesh Ramesh        | Athletics    |
| 22           | Mijo Chacko Kurian   | Athletics    |
| 23           | Vithya Ramraj        | Athletics    |
| 24           | MR Poovamma          | Athletics    |
| 25           | Dandi Jyotika Sri    | Athletics    |
| 26           | Subha Venkatesan     | Athletics    |
| 27           | Kiran Pahal          | Athletics    |
| 28           | Prachi               | Athletics    |
| 29           | Jeswin Aldrin        | Athletics    |
| 30           | Sarvesh Anil Kushare | Athletics    |
| 31           | Vikas Singh          | Athletics    |
| 32           | Suraj Panwar         | Athletics    |

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| S.No.      | Name of Athlete             | Discipline    |
|------------|-----------------------------|---------------|
| 74         | Balraj Panwar               | Rowing        |
| 75         | Vishnu Saravanan            | Sailing       |
| 76         | Nethra Kumanan              | Sailing       |
| 77         | Manu Bhakar                 | Shooting      |
| 78         | Elavenil Valarivan          | Shooting      |
| 79         | Sift Kaur Samra             | Shooting      |
| 80         | Anjum Moudgil               | Shooting      |
| 81         | Vijayveer Sidhu             | Shooting      |
| 82         | Arjun Babuta                | Shooting      |
| 83         | Aishwary Pratap Singh Tomar | Shooting      |
| 84         | Swapnil Kusale              | Shooting      |
| 85         | Sarabjot Singh              | Shooting      |
| 86         | Arjun Singh Cheema          | Shooting      |
| 87         | Rhythm Sangwan              | Shooting      |
| 88         | Anish Bhanwala              | Shooting      |
| 89         | Esha Singh                  | Shooting      |
| 90         | Ramita Jindal               | Shooting      |
| 91         | Sandeep Singh               | Shooting      |
| 92         | Prithviraj Tondaiman        | Shooting      |
| 93         | Anantjeet Singh Naruka      | Shooting      |
| 94         | Raiza Dhillon               | Shooting      |
| 95         | Rajeshwari Kumari           | Shooting      |
| 96         | Shreyasi Singh              | Shooting      |
| 97         | Maheshwari Chauhan          | Shooting      |
| 98         | Dhinidhi Desinghu           | Swimming      |
| 99         | Srihari Nataraj             | Swimming      |
| 100        | Sharath Kamal               | Table Tennis  |
| 101        | Harmeet Desai               | Table Tennis  |
| 102        | Manika Batra                | Table Tennis  |
| 103        | Sreeja Akula                | Table Tennis  |
| 104        | Manav Thakkar               | Table Tennis  |
| 105        | Archana Kamath              | Table Tennis  |
| 106        | Sathiyan G                  | Table Tennis  |
| 107 Ayhika | Mukherjee                   | Table Tennis  |
| 108        | Rohan Bopanna               | Tennis        |
| 109        | N. Sriram Balaji            | Tennis        |
| 110        | Sumit Nagal                 | Tennis        |
| 111        | Mirabai Chanu               | Weightlifting |
| 112        | Vinesh Phogat               | Wrestling     |
| 113        | Antim Panghal               | Wrestling     |
| 114        | Anshu Malik                 | Wrestling     |

|   S.No. | Name of Athlete   | Discipline   |
|---------|-------------------|--------------|
|     115 | Reetika Hooda     | Wrestling    |
|     116 | Nisha Dahiya      | Wrestling    |
|     117 | Aman Sehrawat     | Wrestling    |

## Tokyo Olympics 2020

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|   S.No. | Name of Athletes   | Discipline   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Satwik Sairaj      | Badminton    |
|       2 | PV Sindhu          | Badminton    |
|       3 | Rajani Etimarpu    | Hockey Women |
|       4 | Lovlina Borgohain  | Boxing       |
|       5 | Deepak kumar       | Shooting     |
|       6 | Manika Batra       | Table Tennis |
|       7 | Amoj Jacob         | Athletics    |
|       8 | Sarthak Bhambri    | Athletics    |
|       9 | Maana Patel        | Swimming     |
|      10 | Elavenil Valarivan | Shooting     |
|      11 | Ankita Raina       | Tennis       |
|      12 | Neeraj Chopra      | Athletics    |
|      13 | Sandeep Kumar      | Athletics    |
|      14 | Rahul              | Athletics    |
|      15 | Amit Phangal       | Boxing       |
|      16 | Manish Kaushik     | Boxing       |
|      17 | Vikas Krishan      | Boxing       |
|      18 | Pooja Rani         | Boxing       |
|      19 | Manu Bhakar        | Shooting     |
|      20 | Abhishek Verma     | Shooting     |
|      21 | Yashaswani Deshwal | Shooting     |
|      22 | Sanjeev Rajput     | Shooting     |
|      23 | Vinesh Phogat      | Wrestling    |
|      24 | Bajrang Punia      | Wrestling    |
|      25 | Deepak Punia       | Wrestling    |
|      26 | Ravi Kumar         | Wrestling    |
|      27 | Anshu Malik        | Wrestling    |
|      28 | Sonam Malik        | Wrestling    |
|      29 | Seema Bisla        | Wrestling    |
|      30 | Savita Punia       | Hockey Women |
|      31 | Nisha              | Hockey Women |
|      32 | Neha Goyal         | Hockey Women |
|      33 | Rani               | Hockey Women |
|      34 | Navneet Kaur       | Hockey Women |
|      35 | Navjot Kaur        | Hockey Women |
|      36 | Udita              | Hockey Women |
|      37 | Surender Kumar     | Hockey Men   |
|      38 | Sumit              | Hockey Men   |

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|   S.No. | Name of Athletes            | Discipline    |
|---------|-----------------------------|---------------|
|      39 | Seema Punia                 | Athletics     |
|      40 | Sharmila Devi               | Hockey Women  |
|      41 | Ashish Kumar                | Boxing        |
|      42 | Deepika                     | Archery       |
|      43 | Salima Tete                 | Hockey Women  |
|      44 | Nikki Pradhan               | Hockey Women  |
|      45 | Fouaad Mirza                | Equestrian    |
|      46 | Srihari Nataraj             | Swimming      |
|      47 | Aditi Ashok                 | Golf          |
|      48 | KT Irfan                    | Athletics     |
|      49 | Md Anas                     | Athletics     |
|      50 | Noah Nirmal Tom             | Athletics     |
|      51 | Alex Anthony                | Athletics     |
|      52 | M. Sreeshankar              | Athletics     |
|      53 | Sreejesh Parattu Raveendran | Hockey Men    |
|      54 | MP Jabir                    | Athletics     |
|      55 | Sajan Prakash               | Swimming      |
|      56 | Vivek Sagar Prasad          | Hockey Men    |
|      57 | Aishwarya Pratap Tomar      | Shooting      |
|      58 | Avinash Sable               | Athletics     |
|      59 | Rahi Sarnobat               | Shooting      |
|      60 | Tejaswini Sawant            | Shooting      |
|      61 | Chirag Shetty               | Badminton     |
|      62 | Praveen Jadav               | Archery       |
|      63 | Udayan Mane                 | Golf          |
|      64 | Anirban Lahiri              | Golf          |
|      65 | Vishnu Saravanan            | Sailing       |
|      66 | M C Mary Kom                | Boxing        |
|      67 | Sushila Chanu Pukhrambam    | Hockey Women  |
|      68 | Nilakanta Sharma            | Hockey Men    |
|      69 | Sushila Devi                | Judo          |
|      70 | Mirabai Chanu               | Weightlifting |
|      71 | Lalremsiami                 | Hockey Women  |
|      72 | Deep Grace Ekka             | Hockey Women  |
|      73 | Namita Toppo                | Hockey Women  |
|      74 | Birendra Lakra              | Hockey Men    |
|      75 | Amit Rohidas                | Hockey Men    |
|      76 | Dutte Chand                 | Athletics     |
|      77 | Kamalpreet Kaur             | Athletics     |
|      78 | Simranjit Kaur              | Boxing        |

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|   S.No. | Name of Athletes        | Discipline   |
|---------|-------------------------|--------------|
|      80 | Gurjit Kaur             | Hockey Women |
|      81 | Reena Khokhar           | Hockey Women |
|      82 | Monika                  | Hockey Women |
|      83 | Rupinder Pal Singh      | Hockey Men   |
|      84 | Harmanpreet Singh       | Hockey Men   |
|      85 | Manpreet Singh          | Hockey Men   |
|      86 | Hardik Singh            | Hockey Men   |
|      87 | Mandeep Singh           | Hockey Men   |
|      88 | Shamsher Singh          | Hockey Men   |
|      89 | Gurjant Singh           | Hockey Men   |
|      90 | Krushan B Pathak        | Hockey Men   |
|      91 | Varun Kumar             | Hockey Men   |
|      92 | Simranjeet Singh        | Hockey Men   |
|      93 | Dilpreet Singh          | Hockey Men   |
|      94 | Anjum Moudgil           | Shooting     |
|      95 | Gurpreet Singh          | Athletics    |
|      96 | Tajinnderpal Singh Toor | Athletics    |
|      97 | Bhawna Jat              | Athletics    |
|      98 | Divyansh Panwar         | Shooting     |
|      99 | Apurvi Chandela         | Shooting     |
|     100 | Arun Lal Jat            | Rowing       |
|     101 | Tarundeep Rai           | Archery      |
|     102 | Bhawani Devi            | Fencing      |
|     103 | G Sathyian              | Table Tennis |
|     104 | Achanta Sharath kamal   | Table Tennis |
|     105 | KC Ganapathy            | Sailing      |
|     106 | Varun Ashok Thakkar     | Sailing      |
|     107 | Nethra Kumanan          | Sailing      |
|     108 | Subha Venkatesan        | Athletics    |
|     109 | Revathi Veeramani       | Athletics    |
|     110 | Dhanalakshmi Sekhar     | Athletics    |
|     111 | Arokia Rajiv            | Athletics    |
|     112 | Naganathan Pandi        | Athletics    |
|     113 | Sai Praneeth            | Badminton    |
|     114 | Sania Mirza             | Tennis       |
|     115 | Vandana Katariya        | Hockey Women |
|     116 | Lalit Kumar Upadhyay    | Hockey Men   |
|     117 | Shivpal Singh           | Athletics    |
|     118 | Priyanka Goswami        | Athletics    |
|     119 | Satish Kumar            | Boxing       |

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|   S.No. | Name of Athletes   | Discipline   |
|---------|--------------------|--------------|
|     121 | Mairaj Ahmad Khan  | Shooting     |
|     122 | Arvind Singh       | Rowing       |
|     123 | Annu Rani          | Athletics    |
|     124 | Atanu Das          | Archery      |
|     125 | Sutirtha Mukherjee | Table Tennis |
|     126 | Pranati Nayak      | Gymnastics   |

## Rio Olympics 2016

|   S.No. | Name of the Athlete                           | Discipline   |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------|--------------|
|       1 | Atanu Das                                     | Archery      |
|       2 | Deepika Kumari                                | Archery      |
|       3 | Laxmirani Majhi                               | Archery      |
|       4 | Bombayla Dev                                  | Archery      |
|       5 | Vikas Gowda (Discus Throw)                    | Athletics    |
|       6 | Seema Antil (Discus Throw)                    |              |
|       7 | Manpreet Kaur (Shot Throw)                    |              |
|       8 | Gurmeet Singh (men's 20km walk)               |              |
|       9 | Baljinder Singh (men's 20km walk)             |              |
|      10 | Irfan Kolothum Thodi (men's 20km walk)        |              |
|      11 | Sandeep Kumar (men's 50km walk)               |              |
|      12 | Manish Singh Rawat (men's 50km walk)          |              |
|      13 | Nitender Singh Rawat (Marathon)               |              |
|      14 | Thonakal Gopi (Marathon)                      |              |
|      15 | Kheta Ram (Marathon)                          |              |
|      16 | Muhammad Anas (400m)                          |              |
|      17 | Lalita Babar (3000m steeplechase)             |              |
|      18 | Tintu Luka (800m)                             |              |
|      19 | Kavita Raut (Marathon)                        |              |
|      20 | Sudha Singh (Marathon and 3000m steeplechase) |              |
|      21 | OP Jaisha (Marathon)                          |              |
|      22 | Khushbir Kaur (Walk)                          |              |
|      23 | Sapna Punia (Walk)                            |              |
|      24 | Dutee Chand (100m)                            |              |
|      25 | Sarbani Nanda (200m)                          |              |
|      26 | Ankit Sharma (Long jump)                      |              |
|      27 | Nirmala Sheoran (400m)                        |              |
|      28 | Dharambir (200m)                              |              |
|      29 | Muhammad Anas Yahiya (400m & 4x400m Relay)    |              |
|      30 | Jinson Johnson (800m)                         |              |
|      31 | Renjith Maheswary (Triple Jump)               |              |
|      32 | Nitendra Singh Rawat (Marathon)               |              |
|      33 | Gopi Thonakal (Marathon)                      |              |
|      34 | Ganapathi Krishnan (20Km Race Walking)        |              |
|      35 | Arokia Rajiv (4x400m Relay)                   |              |
|      36 | Kunhu Muhammaed Puthanpurakal (4x400m Relay)  |              |
|      37 | Dharun Ayyasamy (4x400m Relay)                |              |
|      38 | Mohankumar Raja (4x400m Relay)                |              |

|   S.No. | Name of the Athlete                                | Discipline    |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------|---------------|
|      39 | Saina Nehwal (Women's singles)                     | Badminton     |
|      40 | PV Sindhu (Women's singles)                        | Badminton     |
|      41 | Kidambi Srikanth (Men's singles)                   | Badminton     |
|      42 | Manu Attri and Sumeeth Reddy (Men's Doubles)       | Badminton     |
|      43 | Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa (Women's doubles) | Badminton     |
|      44 | Shiva Thapa (56kg)                                 | Badminton     |
|      45 | Manoj Kumar (61kg)                                 | Boxing        |
|      46 | Vikas Krishan (75kg)                               | Badminton     |
|      47 | Avtar Singh                                        | Judo          |
|      48 | Dipa Karmakar                                      | Gymnastics    |
|      49 | Men's team - 16 members                            |               |
|      50 | Women's team - 16 members                          | Hockey        |
|      51 | Dattu Bhokanal (Singles sculls)                    | Rowing        |
|      52 | Jitu Rai                                           | Shooting      |
|      53 | Apurvi Chandela                                    | Shooting      |
|      54 | Gagan Narang                                       | Shooting      |
|      55 | Abhinav Bindra                                     | Shooting      |
|      56 | Gurpreet Singh                                     | Shooting      |
|      57 | Prakash Nanjappa                                   | Shooting      |
|      58 | Chain Singh                                        | Shooting      |
|      59 | Mairaj Ahmed Khan                                  | Shooting      |
|      60 | Heena Sidhu                                        | Shooting      |
|      61 | Kynan Chenai                                       | Shooting      |
|      62 | Ayonika Paul                                       | Shooting      |
|      63 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu                              | Shooting      |
|      64 | Sajan Prakash (men's 200m butterfly)               | Swimming      |
|      65 | Shivani Katariya (women's 200m freestyle)          | Swimming      |
|      66 | Achanta Sharath Kamal                              | Table Tennis  |
|      67 | Manika Batra                                       | Table Tennis  |
|      68 | Soumyajit Ghosh                                    | Table Tennis  |
|      69 | Mouma Das                                          | Table Tennis  |
|      70 | Rohan Bopanna (Men's doubles, Mixed doubles)       | Table Tennis  |
|      71 | Leander Paes (Men's doubles)                       | Tennis        |
|      72 | Sania Mirza (Women's doubles, Mixed doubles)       | Table Tennis  |
|      73 | Prarthana Thombare (Women's doubles)               | Table Tennis  |
|      74 | Sivalingam Sathish Kumar (Men's 77kg)              | Weightlifting |
|      75 | Saikhom Mirabai Chanu                              | Wrestling     |
|      76 | Narsingh Pancham Yadav (Men's FS 74kg)             | Wrestling     |
|      77 | Yogeshwar Dutt (Men's FS 65kg)                     | Wrestling     |
|      79 | Sandeep Tomar (Men's FS 57kg)                      | Wrestling     |

|   S.No. | Name of the Athlete             | Discipline   |
|---------|---------------------------------|--------------|
|      80 | Ravinder Khatri (Men's GR 86kg) |              |
|      81 | Vinesh Phogat (Women's 48kg)    |              |
|      82 | Sakshi Malik (Women's 60kg)     |              |
|      83 | Babita Kumari (Women's 55kg)    |              |

| PR Sreejesh (GK) (C), Rupinder Pal Singh, Kothajit Singh, Surender Kumar, Harmanpreet Singh, VR Raghunath, SK Uthappa, Devinder Walmiki, Manpreet Singh, Chinglansana Singh, Sardar Singh, SV Sunil, Akashdeep Singh, Danish Mujtaba, Nikkin Thimmaiah and Ramandeep Singh.   | Hockey Men team   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| Savita Punia (GK) , Sunita Lakra, Sushila Chanu (C) , Deep Grace Ekka, Namita Toppo, Deepika Thakur, Monika, Navjot Kaur, Renuka Yadav, Anuradha Devi Thokchom, Nikki Pradhan, Poonam Rani, Vandana Kataria, Rani Rampal, Preeti Dubey, Lilima Minz.                          | Hockey Women team |

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