Lok Sabha Question No. 1136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-02
Subject: Nurturing Young Talent in Rural Areas
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Bidyut Baran Mahato

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1136 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2024

Nurturing Young Talent in Rural Areas

†1136. SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

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

- (a) the details of the steps being taken to promote sports and to identify and nurture young talent in rural areas by the Government;
- (b) the measures being taken to improve the infrastructure and facilities for athletes of small towns and underdeveloped areas by the Government;
- (c) the number of multipurpose sports complexes built by the Government in Jharkhand State in the last five years; and
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to construct a sports stadium in Jamshedpur and, if so, the details thereof?

## 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  measures  for  nurturing  talents  from  rural  areas  and improving the infrastructure and facilities for athletes, rests primarily with the State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government supplements their  efforts.  However,  the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  implements the following schemes to promote sports in the country:
- (i) Scheme of 'Khelo India- National Programme for Development of Sports'; (ii)  Assistance  to  National  Sports  Federations;  (iii)  Special  Awards  to Winners  in  International  Sports  Events  and  their  Coaches;  (iv)  National Sports Awards; (v) Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons; (vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Sports Welfare Scheme; (vii) National Sports Development  Fund;  and  (viii) 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.

Further,  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 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/nsdfglance.html.

(c)  One  project,  namely,  Construction  of  Multipurpose  Indoor  Hall  with  12 court  halls  at  Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (Indian  School  of  Mines) Dhanbad,  Jharkhand,  was  sanctioned  under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme  in Financial Year 2020-21. However, the project was cancelled by this Ministry in  November 2021, due to non-compliance of the necessary formalities by the Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, as per the Scheme.

(d) No, Sir. No such proposal is under consideration in this Ministry.

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