Lok Sabha Question No. 187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-21
Subject: Sports Academics Operated across the Country
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025

Sports Academics Operated across the Country

187.  Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti:

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

- (a) the number of Central and State Government-run sports academies currently operational across the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  sanctioned strength, current deployment and vacancies of coaches and technical staff in these academies, genderwise  including  representation  of  women,  SCs,  STs,  minorities  and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs);
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  prescribed  any  coach-to-athlete ratio for these academies, and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the number of skill development and capacity-building programmes conducted for coaches during the last five years and the number of coaches certified under these programmes; and

(e)  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  utilised  for  recruitment, training and upskilling of the coaches during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA]

(a): At present, a total of 306 academies have been accredited for the training of Khelo India Athletes (KIAs) under Khelo India Scheme. The details of sports academies is at Annexure-I.

(b):  Against  sanctioned  strength  of  1,096  Past  Champion  Athletes (PCAs) as coaches, 951 PCAs have been deployed and 145 posts are vacant  under  Khelo  India  scheme  and  the  detail  maintained  is  at Annexure - II.

(c) to (e): In Khelo India Centre (KIC), the coach-to-athlete ratio is 1:30. In Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE), the coach is deployed  as  per  custom  support  required  for  each  state  and  the number of coaches ranges from 4 to 12 per KISCE.

Skill development and capacity-building programmes are conducted for Past Champion Athletes (hired as coaches) through Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala from time to time. The detail of such course is as follows:

| S.No.    | Refresher Course   |   PCAs Participation |
|----------|--------------------|----------------------|
| Phase-I  | 3-week             |                  291 |
|          | 6-week             |                  400 |
| Phase-II | 6-week             |                  103 |
| Total    | Total              |                  794 |

The Past Champion Athletes (PCAs) appointed as coaches at Khelo India  Centres  (KICs)  across  India  were  provided  capacity  building training under a centrally organised Capacity Building Program. This program  is  continued  in  phase  wise  manner  under  hybrid  model (online and offline) to ensure accessible and standardised training across  all  States  and  Union  Territories.  A  financial  sanction  of ₹3,24,53,800/- was granted for Capacity Building Program for a total of 1,295 PCAs at various Khelo India Centres. However, the State/UTwise data is not maintained in the Ministry.

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ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 FOR 21.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU  KALISETTI  REGARDING  'SPORTS  ACADEMIES  OPERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY'.

## Details of State-wise Academies

| S.N.   | State/UTs                                |   No. of Academies |
|--------|------------------------------------------|--------------------|
| 1      | Andaman and Nicobar Islands              |                  0 |
| 2      | Andhra Pradesh                           |                  0 |
| 3      | Arunachal Pradesh                        |                  5 |
| 4      | Assam                                    |                  4 |
| 5      | Bihar                                    |                  0 |
| 6      | Chandigarh                               |                  4 |
| 7      | Chhattisgarh                             |                  6 |
| 8      | Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu |                  0 |
| 9      | Delhi                                    |                  9 |
| 10     | Goa                                      |                 13 |
| 11     | Gujarat                                  |                  1 |
| 12     | Haryana                                  |                 20 |
| 13     | Himachal Pradesh                         |                 11 |
| 14     | Jammu &Kashmir                           |                 10 |
| 15     | Jharkhand                                |                  2 |
| 16     | Karnataka                                |                 39 |
| 17     | Kerala                                   |                 16 |
| 18     | Ladakh                                   |                  0 |
| 19     | Lakshadweep                              |                  0 |
| 20     | Madhya Pradesh                           |                 16 |
| 21     | Maharashtra                              |                 42 |
| 22     | Manipur                                  |                 10 |
| 23     | Meghalaya                                |                  0 |
| 24     | Mizoram                                  |                  0 |
| 25     | Nagaland                                 |                  0 |
| 26     | Odisha                                   |                  8 |
| 27     | Puducherry                               |                  0 |
| 28     | Punjab                                   |                 24 |
| 29     | Rajasthan                                |                  7 |
| 30     | Sikkim                                   |                  0 |
| 31     | Tamil Nadu                               |                 14 |
| 32     | Telangana                                |                 20 |
| 33     | Tripura                                  |                  0 |
| 34     | Uttar Pradesh                            |                 14 |
| 35     | Uttarakhand                              |                  0 |
| 36     | West Bengal                              |                 11 |
| Total  | Total                                    |                306 |

Annexure-II

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.  187  FOR  21.07.2025  ASKED  BY  SHRI  APPALANAIDU  KALISETTI REGARDING 'SPORTS ACADEMICS OPERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY,

## Details of sanctioned strength, current deployment and vacancies in Sports academies

|   S.N. | State/UTs                      |   Total KIC |   Operational KIC |   No. of PCA Sanctioned |   No. of PCAhired (Male) |   No. of PCA hired (Female) |   Total No. of PCA hired |   Manpower Sanctioned |   Manpower Hired |
|--------|--------------------------------|-------------|-------------------|-------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------------|------------------|
|      1 | Andaman& Nicobar               |           8 |                 0 |                       8 |                        0 |                           0 |                        0 |                     0 |                0 |
|      2 | Andhra Pradesh                 |          26 |                26 |                      27 |                       22 |                           4 |                       26 |                    11 |                9 |
|      3 | Arunachal Pradesh              |          54 |                52 |                      58 |                       35 |                          20 |                       55 |                    12 |               12 |
|      4 | Assam                          |          66 |                65 |                      68 |                       45 |                          19 |                       64 |                    11 |                7 |
|      5 | Bihar                          |          38 |                38 |                      38 |                       28 |                          10 |                       38 |                    17 |                4 |
|      6 | Chandigarh                     |           2 |                 1 |                       8 |                        4 |                           1 |                        5 |                    11 |                6 |
|      7 | Chhattisgarh                   |          33 |                29 |                      33 |                       24 |                           5 |                       29 |                    10 |                4 |
|      8 | Dadra Nagar Haveli& Daman& Diu |           4 |                 3 |                       4 |                        3 |                           0 |                        3 |                    11 |                7 |
|      9 | Delhi                          |          13 |                 7 |                      14 |                        6 |                           1 |                        7 |                    14 |                0 |
|     10 | Goa                            |           2 |                 2 |                       2 |                        2 |                           0 |                        2 |                    10 |               10 |
|     11 | Gujarat                        |          33 |                29 |                      33 |                       20 |                           9 |                       29 |                    18 |                9 |
|     12 | Haryana                        |          21 |                17 |                      25 |                       12 |                           4 |                       16 |                    14 |               11 |
|     13 | Himachal Pradesh               |          18 |                15 |                      18 |                       13 |                           1 |                       14 |                    10 |                9 |
|     14 | Jammu& Kashmir                 |         100 |                92 |                     100 |                       67 |                          24 |                       91 |                    18 |               10 |
|     15 | Jharkhand                      |          24 |                24 |                      24 |                       17 |                           7 |                       24 |                    18 |               10 |
|     16 | Karnataka                      |          32 |                29 |                      32 |                       22 |                           5 |                       27 |                    11 |                8 |
|     17 | Kerala                         |          24 |                23 |                      24 |                       17 |                           5 |                       22 |                    11 |                7 |
|     18 | Ladakh                         |           3 |                 2 |                       6 |                        3 |                           2 |                        5 |                    17 |                0 |
|     19 | Lakshadweep                    |           3 |                 1 |                       3 |                        1 |                           0 |                        1 |                     0 |                0 |
|     20 | Madhya Pradesh                 |          52 |                49 |                      52 |                       27 |                          11 |                       38 |                    18 |               10 |
|     21 | Maharashtra                    |          43 |                41 |                      52 |                       38 |                           4 |                       42 |                    13 |                8 |
|     22 | Manipur                        |          35 |                30 |                      35 |                       15 |                          13 |                       28 |                    13 |                4 |
|     23 | Meghalaya                      |          24 |                24 |                      24 |                       18 |                           6 |                       24 |                    11 |                9 |
|     24 | Mizoram                        |          23 |                23 |                      23 |                       22 |                           1 |                       23 |                    11 |               10 |
|     25 | Nagaland                       |          32 |                32 |                      32 |                       27 |                           4 |                       31 |                    10 |               10 |
|     26 | Odisha                         |          31 |                22 |                      31 |                       13 |                           9 |                       22 |                    18 |               16 |
|     27 | Puducherry                     |           4 |                 0 |                       4 |                        0 |                           0 |                        0 |                    10 |                0 |
|     28 | Punjab                         |          29 |                29 |                      30 |                       17 |                          13 |                       30 |                    13 |                0 |
|     29 | Rajasthan                      |          60 |                42 |                      61 |                       34 |                           7 |                       41 |                     8 |                0 |
|     30 | Sikkim                         |          11 |                11 |                      11 |                        8 |                           3 |                       11 |                    11 |                9 |
|     31 | Tamil Nadu                     |          38 |                38 |                      38 |                       19 |                          18 |                       37 |                    14 |                6 |
|     32 | Telangana                      |          33 |                33 |                      33 |                       27 |                           3 |                       30 |                    11 |                9 |
|     33 | Tripura                        |          15 |                15 |                      18 |                        8 |                           5 |                       13 |                    11 |               11 |

| 34    | Uttar Pradesh   |   80 |   80 |   84 |   64 |   17 |   81 |   14 |   0 |
|-------|-----------------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|-----|
| 35    | Uttarakhand     |   30 |   29 |   30 |   20 |    9 |   29 |   10 |   0 |
| 36    | West Bengal     |   13 |   13 |   13 |   12 |    1 |   13 |    0 |   0 |
| Total |                 | 1057 |  966 | 1096 |  710 |  241 |  951 |  420 | 225 |

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