Lok Sabha Question No. 382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-05
Subject: Agreement with NADA and NCERT
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports

## Government of India Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †382 TO BE ANSWERD ON 05.12.2023

## Agreement with NADA and NCERT

## †382. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a)  whether  any  agreement  has  been  signed  with  National  AntiDoping  Agency  and  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and Training to strengthen value based sports education among school children and teachers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any steps have  been taken by the Ministry for cleanliness campaign; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  for  disposal  of pending cases?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## ANSWER [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir. National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), an Autonomous  Body  under  the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports, signed a Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) on 03.03.2023  to  strengthen  value-based  sports  education  among school  children  and  teachers.  This  collaboration  will  leverage  the digital  infrastructure  and  outreach  capacity  of  the  Department  of School Education  &  Literacy  through  Pradhan  Mantri  (PM)  e-Vidya initiative for the benefit of various stakeholders.

## The key activities under the MoU include the following:

-  Development of educational e-Books, digital courses, audios, videos, interactives, and advocacy materials related to sports value education and ethics.
-  Promoting  sports  value  education  through  distribution  of UNESCO  toolkits  in  vernacular  languagesamong  students, teachers and parents.
-  Inclusive  and  accessible  content  for  players  in  line  with Universal  Design  of  Learning  (UDL)  Principles  particularly for the special needs category.
-  Planning and development of digital content along with its dissemination and telecast/ broadcast via PMe-VIDYA - One class One Channel and DIKSHA portal.

(c) & (d): This Ministry successfully implemented the Special Swachhta  Campaign  3.0  for  overall  cleanliness  of  the  workspace. The various steps taken during the Campaign are as follows:

-  Cleanliness  drive  resulted  in  freeing  up  of  space,  which  was further utilized for productive purposes.
-  Weeding out of Physical Files involved digitization of important records.
-  Closure of electronic files after reviewing.
-  Disposal of pending grievance matters.

## The details of the disposal of pending cases are as follows:

|   S.No. | Particular                     |   Target |   Achievement |
|---------|--------------------------------|----------|---------------|
|       1 | VIP References                 |       34 |            34 |
|       2 | PG Cases                       |       78 |            78 |
|       3 | Physical Files Reviewed/Closed |      237 |           237 |
|       4 | E-Files Reviewed/Closed        |      400 |           400 |
|       5 | State Government References    |        2 |             2 |

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