Lok Sabha Question No. 728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-07-25
Subject: Khelo India and SAI
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †728 ANSWERED ON 25.07.2023

## Khelo India and SAI

†728 .  SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a)  the  type  of  incentive  and training being imparted to the players in the country under Skill Development Scheme;
- (b)  whether  Skill  Development  Scheme  has  been  added  with  Khelo  India programme and if so, the salient features thereof;
- (c) the details of the areas where allocation of funds has been made under Khelo India Programme under Skill Development Scheme;
- (d)  the  details  of  ongoing  main  projects  under  Khelo  India  Programme  in Union Territories;
- (e)  whether  there  are  any  specific  Khelo  India  projects  for  Maharashtra under this scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (f)  the details and the number of Sports Authority of India (SAI) centres in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (g) whether the Government is contemplating to set up more SAI centres in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR }

(a) to (c) ' Khelo India -National Programme for Development of Sports' is a Central  Sector  Scheme  of  this  Ministry  which  aims  at  strengthening  the entire sports ecosystem to promote the twin objectives of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports across the country. It

focuses on broad-basing of sports among the youth and promotion of sports activities throughout the country, including rural areas. There is no specific Skill Development Scheme for training of players in the country.

- (d)  and (e)  The  details of all  projects sanctioned in the country under the Khelo  India  Scheme,  including  the  Union  Territories  and  the  State  of Maharashtra are available on the dashboard at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.
- (f) The details and the number of Sports Authority of India (SAI) centres in the country, State/UT-wise are at Annexure -I.
- (g) There is no such proposal under consideration in this Ministry.

## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (f)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. †728 TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25.07.2023 REGARDING  ' KHELO  INDIA  AND  SAI '  ASKED  BY SHRIMATI  BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  AND  SHRI  KRUPAL  BALAJI  TUMANE, HON'BLE MEMBERS OF LOK SABHA

## State-wise number of centres under SAI schemes

| S. No.   | State                    |   National Centre of Excellence | SAI Training Centre   |   Extension Centre |   Regular School |   Indigenous Games and Martial Arts Centre |   Adopted 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        | Himachal Pradesh         |                               2 | 1                     |                  2 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       5 |
| 9        | Haryana                  |                               2 | 3                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 5 |      10 |
| 10       | Jharkhand                |                               0 | 2                     |                  1 |                0 |                                          1 |                 0 |       4 |
| 11       | Kerala                   |                               2 | 4                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          1 |                 0 |       7 |
| 12       | Karnataka                |                               1 | 3                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       4 |
| 13       | Maharashtra              |                               2 | 0                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          1 |                14 |      17 |
| 14       | Meghalaya                |                               0 | 1                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       1 |
| 15       | Mizoram                  |                               0 | 1                     |                  1 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       2 |
| 16       | Manipur                  |                               1 | 2                     |                  1 |                1 |                                          2 |                 0 |       7 |
| 17       | Madhya Pradesh           |                               1 | 3                     |                  2 |                1 |                                          0 |                 3 |      10 |
| 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 |                1 |                                          0 |                 7 |      14 |
| 27       | Uttarakhand              |                               0 |                       |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       1 |
| 28       | West Bengal              |                               1 | 4                     |                  2 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       7 |
| 29       | Andaman &Nicobar Islands |                               0 | 2                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       2 |
| 30       | Chandigarh               |                               1 | 0                     |                  0 |                1 |                                          0 |                 0 |       2 |
| 31       | Delhi                    |                               4 | 1                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 8 |      13 |
| 32       | Jammu &Kashmir           |                               0 | 1                     |                  1 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       2 |
| 33       | Ladakh                   |                               0 | 1                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       1 |
| 34       | Lakshadweep              |                               0 | 1                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       1 |
| 35       | Puducherry               |                               0 | 2                     |                  0 |                0 |                                          0 |                 0 |       2 |
|          | GRAND TOTAL:             |                              23 | 69                    |                 27 |                9 |                                          9 |                50 |     187 |

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