Lok Sabha Question No. 1404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-12-12
Subject: Khelo India Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1404 ANSWERED ON 12.12.2023

## Khelo India Scheme

1404. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

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

- (a) the total number of sportspersons in the country and the percentage of sportspersons who have benefitted from the Khelo India Scheme and other such Central schemes;
- (b) the details of sportspersons who have been provided financial assistance/ scholarship under Khelo India Scheme during the last five years and the current year, State/ UT and year-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds allocated during the said period, State/ UT-wise; and
- (d)  the  time-frame  fixed  and  the  present  status  for  targetted  sports infrastructure  development under the said scheme during the said period, State and UT-wise?

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

- (a) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility to promote sports rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government supplements their efforts. 2752 and 8639 sportspersons have been  supported  under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme  and  other  Central  Sports Promotional Schemes respectively.
- (b) The number  of sportspersons who  have  been  provided financial support/scholarships  under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme  during  the  last  five years is given below:-

|   S. No. | Financial Year   |   Number of athletes |
|----------|------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | 2018-19          |                 2431 |
|        2 | 2019-20          |                 2711 |
|        3 | 2020-21          |                 3030 |
|        4 | 2021-22          |                 2816 |
|        5 | 2022-23          |                 2742 |
|        6 | 2023-24          |                 2752 |

(c)  The  funds  are  allocated  and  released  Scheme-wise,  not  State-wise  in this  Ministry.  Details  of  funds  allocated  and  expenditure  incurred  for promotion of sports through Khelo India Scheme during the last five years and the current year are as under:

(in ₹ crore)

|   S. No. | Financial Year   | Funds allocated (Revised Estimate)   | Expenditure incurred      |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------|---------------------------|
|        1 | 2018-19          | 500.09                               | 342.24                    |
|        2 | 2019-20          | 578.00                               | 575.52                    |
|        3 | 2020-21          | 328.77                               | 338.06                    |
|        4 | 2021-22          | 869.00                               | 764.29                    |
|        5 | 2022-23          | 600.00                               | 596.39                    |
|        6 | 2023-24          | 1000.00 (Budget Estimate)            | 414.11 (as on 30.11.2023) |

(d) As  per  the  guidelines  of  the  Khelo  India  Scheme,  the  timeline  of completion of an infrastructure project sanctioned under the Scheme is two years  from  the  date  of  its  sanction.  The  status  of  sports  infrastructure projects  sanctioned  under  the  Khelo  India  Scheme  is  available  at  the dashboard (https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in/)

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