Lok Sabha Question No. 386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Asian Games 2023
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.386 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.12.2023

Asian Games 2023

386.  SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

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

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the performance of Indian contingents who participated in the Asian Games 2023 in China and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  adopted  a  reward  policy  for  emerging  and  highperforming athletes in the Asian Games;
- (c) if so, the details of the reward policy adopted by the Government for athletes excelling in the International and National Games;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  adopted any  schemes  for  providing  financial  aid  to eminent sportspersons and their families who are facing financial hardships;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the details of strategy the Government has adopted to encourage sponsors to allocate  investments  toward  athletes  participating  in  swimming  and  track  and field events?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

(a)    Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  of  India  has  assessed  the  performance  of  Indian contingents  who  participated  in  the  Asian  Games  2023  in  China.  India  has  won 107 medals which includes 28 Gold, 38 Silver and 41 Bronze and India placed at

4 th  in Asian Games 2023. It was India's best performance at Asian Games in terms of medals won.

(b)  &  (c)      Cash  Awards  to  the  medal  winners  in  international  sports  events including those in Olympics Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games are given under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports' scheme 'Special Awards to Medal Winners in International Sports events and their Coaches'.

(d)  &  (e)  The  Ministry  of  Sports  and  Youth  Affairs  implements  the  Scheme  of 'Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons' (PDUNWFS) with the  objectives  to  provide  suitable  assistance  to  outstanding  sportspersons and  their  dependents  now  living  in  indigent  circumstances,  to  provide  suitable assistance to outstanding sportspersons injured during the period of their training for competitions and also during the competitions, depending on the nature of the injury, to provide suitable assistance to sportspersons for medical treatment, to provide suitable assistance to promote welfare of sportspersons generally in order to alleviate distress among them and to provide assistance to sportspersons living in indigent circumstances for training, procurement for sports equipment, participation in national and international sports events etc.

(f)  The Government has set up National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) in 1998 to  mobilize  resources  from  corporates  both  in  public  and  private  sectors  for development  of  sports  in  the  country.  NSDF  scheme  has  the  provision  which allows the donor to indicate a project along with any specific location/ aspect for funding and also an executing agency for execution of the project while making donation to the fund, subject to general policy guidelines and rules, if any, on this behalf,  if  the  amount  of  contribution  is  Rs.5  lakh  and  above.  Donors  have  the choice to indicate specific sports including swimming and track and field events.

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