Lok Sabha Question No. 4014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Budgetary Provision for NSF, SAI and PYKKA
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary, Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4014 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

## Budgetary Provision for NSF, SAI and PYKK

†4014 .     Smt. Roopkumari Choudhary: Shri Kanwar Singh Tanwar:

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

- (a) the details of total budgetary provision made for the financial year 2025-26 and the comparison of allocation of sports budget during the last five years;
- (b) the manner in which this budgetary provision has been distributed among major programmes like Khelo India, National Sports Federation (NSF), Sports Authority of India (SAI) and Panchayat Yuva Krida and Khel Abhiyan (ΡΥΚΚΑ);
- (c) the details of provisions made for inclusive schemes like sports for disabled people, women leagues and tribal/youth participation;
- (d) the details of the funds allocated for schemes implemented for disabled people, women and tribal community; and
- (e) the status of schemes implemented, funds released/received and sports programmes benefitted in above all context in Chhattisgarh?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DR MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a)  to  (d):  The  Department  of  Sports  has  been  allocated ₹ 2520.53 crore at Budget Estimate stage for the year 2025-26 for utilization under its various schemes. The details of the Budget Estimates for the Department of Sports during the previous five years are as follows:

| Financial Year   |   Budget Estimate (in Rs. Crore) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2024-25          |                          2382.82 |
| 2023-24          |                          2462.59 |
| 2022-23          |                          2254    |
| 2021-22          |                          1906.14 |
| 2020-21          |                          2100.42 |

The details of funds allocated for the last five years under various schemes  of  this  Ministry  are  available  in  public  domain  on  the website of the Ministry at https://yas.nic.in/ under the 'Documents' tab. Under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  the  component ' Promotion  of Inclusiveness through Sports ' focuses on making sports accessible to  all,  especially  by  promoting  sports  for  women,  persons  with disabilities, marginalized communities, and by supporting rural/indigenous  games.  It  has  been  done  through  initiatives  like conduct of Khelo India Para Games (KIPG), organization of ASMITA women league in 29 sports disciplines across the country. Various indigenous games have been included as competitive/ demo sport in the Khelo India Youth games and Khelo India University Games. The details of the same is available in public domain at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in .

- (e): Funds are  allocated  by  this  Ministry  scheme-wise,  not  statewise . However, under the component ' Creation and Up-gradation of Sports  Infrastructure' of  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  assistance  is provided to the states for infrastructure creation/upgradation. Out of 328 sports infrastructure projects sanctioned, 08 projects have been sanctioned in the State of Chhattisgarh. The details of these projects are available at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.

Detail of sports promotion schemes in the country, including in the State of Chhattisgarh is available in public domain on the website https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in  and https://yas.nic.in/ .

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