Lok Sabha Question No. 355 (STARRED), answered on 2025-08-18
Subject: Sports Facilities in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Ramashankar  Vidharthi Rajbhar

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. †*355

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.08.2025

Sports Facilities in Rural and Semi-Urban Areas

†*355 . Shri Ramashankar Vidharthi Rajbhar:

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

- (a) whether lack of sports facilities in the rural and semi-urban areas of the country is leading to lesser opportunities for the young talents;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated/proposes  to  formulate  any scheme  to  set  up  stadiums,  sports  complexes,  training  centres  and coaching facilities in the said areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  number  of  players  provided  training,  scholarship  or  opportunity  to participate in competitions so far under the 'Khelo India' scheme particularly from the States like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA }

(a) to (c) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*355 TO BE ANSWERED  ON  18 .08.2025 REGARDING  ' SPORTS  FACILITIES  IN  RURAL  AND  SEMI-URBAN  AREAS ' ASKED BY SHRI RAMASHANKAR VIDHARTHI RAJBHAR, HON'BLE MEMB ER OF LOK SABHA

(a) and (b) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility of development of  sports,  including  setting  up  of  stadiums,  sports  complexes,  training centres  and  coaching  facilities  in  the  rural  and  semi-urban  areas  of  the country, rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments.  The  Union  Government  only  supplements  their  efforts  by bridging  critical  gaps.  The  details  of  various  sports  facilities  across  the country, which are under the jurisdiction of respective State/Union Territory Governments,  are  not  maintained  in  this  Ministry.  The  Union  Government runs various schemes for development of sports infrastructure and sports facilities  across  the  country.  These  include  Khelo  India  Scheme,  National Sports Development Fund (NSDF), Running Sports Training Centres through Sports Authority of India (SAI), etc. The details of the sports infrastructure projects  approved  and  their  physical  and  financial  progress,  under  Khelo India  Scheme  and  National  Sports  Development  Fund  (NSDF),  across  the country, are available in public domain on the dashboards of the Ministry at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in and http://www.nsdf.yas.gov.in/nsdfglance.html. The details of other sports facilities under Khelo India Scheme, viz. Khelo India Centres, Khelo India State Centres of Excellence and Khelo India Accredited Academies are available at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in.  Further,  the  details  of  various  sports facilities run by SAI across the country are available at https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in.

(c)  The  number  of  players  provided training, scholarship  or  opportunity  to participate in competitions so far under the 'Khelo India' scheme across the country, including from the States of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, are at Annexure - I.

## ANNEXURE -I

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION  NO.  †*355  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  18.08.2025  REGARDING 'SPORTS FACILITIES IN RURAL AND SEMI -URBAN AREAS' ASKED BY SHRI RAMASHANKAR VIDHARTHI RAJBHAR, HON'BLE MEMBER OF LOK SABHA

Number of players provided training, scholarship or opportunity to participate in competitions so far under the 'Khelo India' scheme across the country

| S. No.   | State/UT                                 |   No. of Athletes in KIC |   No. of Athletes in KISCE |   No. of Khelo India Athletes (KIA) |
|----------|------------------------------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Andaman & Nicobar Islands                |                        0 |                          0 |                                   4 |
| 2.       | Andhra Pradesh                           |                      655 |                        139 |                                  57 |
| 3.       | Assam                                    |                     3015 |                         71 |                                  53 |
| 4.       | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                     1198 |                         81 |                                  17 |
| 5.       | Bihar                                    |                      939 |                         82 |                                  17 |
| 6.       | Chandigarh                               |                       89 |                         55 |                                  34 |
| 7.       | Chhattisgarh                             |                      990 |                        122 |                                  31 |
| 8.       | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                       31 |                         34 |                                   2 |
| 9.       | Delhi                                    |                      330 |                          0 |                                 140 |
| 10.      | Gujarat                                  |                      422 |                        109 |                                  68 |
| 11.      | Goa                                      |                       60 |                         67 |                                   4 |
| 12.      | Haryana                                  |                      611 |                         81 |                                 497 |
| 13.      | Himachal Pradesh                         |                      280 |                         77 |                                  32 |
| 14.      | Jharkhand                                |                     1080 |                         64 |                                  51 |
| 15.      | Jammu & Kashmir                          |                     2448 |                        120 |                                  14 |
| 16.      | Karnataka                                |                      709 |                         46 |                                 160 |
| 17.      | Kerala                                   |                      724 |                        171 |                                 114 |
| 18.      | Ladakh                                   |                      108 |                          0 |                                   1 |
| 19.      | Lakshadweep                              |                       34 |                          0 |                                   1 |
| 20.      | Madhya Pradesh                           |                     1342 |                        363 |                                  97 |
| 21.      | Maharashtra                              |                     1598 |                         66 |                                 303 |
| 22.      | Manipur                                  |                      977 |                        108 |                                 116 |
| 23.      | Meghalaya                                |                      744 |                         74 |                                   4 |
| 24.      | Mizoram                                  |                      589 |                         26 |                                  15 |
| 25.      | Nagaland                                 |                      998 |                         82 |                                   1 |
| 26.      | Odisha                                   |                       25 |                          0 |                                  81 |
| 27.      | Puducherry                               |                        0 |                         33 |                                   8 |
| 28.      | Punjab                                   |                      777 |                          0 |                                 144 |
| 29.      | Rajasthan                                |                      903 |                          0 |                                 154 |
| 30.      | Sikkim                                   |                      360 |                         45 |                                   0 |
| 31.      | Telangana                                |                      601 |                        103 |                                  59 |
| 32.      | Tamil Nadu                               |                     1558 |                        175 |                                 190 |
| 33.      | Tripura                                  |                      401 |                         86 |                                   3 |
| 34.      | Uttar Pradesh                            |                     2465 |                          0 |                                 176 |
| 35.      | Uttarakhand                              |                      501 |                          0 |                                  49 |
| 36.      | West Bengal                              |                      548 |                          0 |                                 111 |
|          | Total                                    |                    28110 |                       2480 |                                2808 |

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