Lok Sabha Question No. 2485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-08-04
Subject: Development of Sports Infrastructure for Youth
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2025

Development of Sports Infrastructure for Youth

2485. Smt. Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo:

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

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the availability and accessibility of basic sports infrastructure such as open gyms, multi-sport grounds and coaching centres in rural and tribal districts across the country;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  schemes  are  being  implemented  to  promote  youth participation in sports in under-resourced regions;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  extended  central assistance under schemes such as Khelo India for the development of sports infrastructure or identification of grassroots talent in tribal regions of Odisha and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether necessary measures have been undertaken by the Government to  ensure  that  such  assistance  reaches  in  the  underserved  districts  with high youth potential?

## 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  reviewing  the  availability  and  accessibility  of  basic sports infrastructure such as open gyms, multi-sport grounds and coaching centres  in  rural  and  tribal  districts  across  the  country  and  implementing schemes  to  promote  youth  participation  in  sports  in  under-resourced regions, 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 amongst youth in under-resourced regions:

(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.

(c)  Yes,  Sir. 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.,  across  the  country, including  in  the  State  of  Odisha.  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, including in the State of Odisha, are available in public domain on the dashboard of the Ministry at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.

(d) Yes, Sir.

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