Lok Sabha Question No. 3900 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-24
Subject: Setting up of National Level Youth Centre or Sports Academy in Meerut
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Shri Arun Govil

## Government of India

## Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3900 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2025

Setting up of National Level Youth Centre or Sports Academy in Meerut

†3900. Shri Arun Govil:

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

- (a)  whether  Meerut  is  a  youth-dominated  city  with  immense  potential  for education, sports and  skill development;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  there  is  a  need  to  expand  sports  facilities,  establish  skill development centres for youth empowerment and implement special schemes under the National Youth Policy;
- (c)  the  plan  of  the  Government  to establish  a  national  level  youth  centre  or sports academy in  Meerut so that the youth can get better opportunities;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  special  training  centres  to provide more  employable skills to the youth of Meerut; and
- (e) the schemes of the Government to develop sports infrastructure in Meerut so that the  youth can get a better platform to compete at the national and international level?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## (DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (e): 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility of development and encouragement of sports in the country, rests primarily with the State/Union Territory  Governments,  and  the  Central  Government  only  supplements  their efforts.  However,  the  Government  is  running  various  sports  promotional schemes across the country, including Uttar Pradesh. These schemes include: (i) Khelo India- National Programme for Development of Sports; (ii) Assistance

to  National  Sports  Federations  (NSFs);  (iii)  Cash  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 (NSDF); and (viii) Running Sports Training Centres (STCs) through Sports Authority of India (SAI).  Details  of  these  schemes  are  available  in  the  public  domain  on  the website of the Ministry at https://yas.nic.in/.

Under the component 'Creation and Up-gradation of Sports Infrastructure' of the Khelo India Scheme, various sports infrastructure projects are sanctioned across the country, including UP. Till date, 30 infrastructure projects have been sanctioned in the state of UP, including 2 in Meerut. Details of the projects are available at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in/.

Further, under Sports Authority of India (SAI), at present, one Extension Centre of STC i.e. Gurukul Archery Academy is functional at Meerut in the discipline of Archery with 11 athletes.

## The details of Khelo India Centres (KIC) in Meerut are as follows:

| State         | District   | KIC                                                  | Discipline                |
|---------------|------------|------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Uttar Pradesh | Meerut     | Godwin Public School Kailash Prakash Sports Stadium, | Shooting, Wushu Athletics |

There  is  no  scheme  under  the  National  Youth  Policy  2014,  however,  it  is  a guiding document for a number of Central Ministries/ Departments, including the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  and  Sports,  which  have  implemented/  are implementing  schemes/  programmes  having  bearing  on  development  and empowerment of youth.

Under the Government of India's Skill India Mission (SIM) , the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill, re-skill and up-skill training through an extensive network of skill development centres / institutes etc.  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY),  Jan  Shikshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion Scheme  (NAPS)  and  Craftsman  Training  Scheme  (CTS)  through  Industrial

Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country including state of Uttar Pradesh. The SIM aims at enabling youth of India to get future ready and equipped with industry relevant skills.

The Schemes of MSDE are demand driven and the Training Centres are set up or engaged on need basis. Details of the Training Centres set up or engaged are as under:

| State/UT      | PMKVY 4.0 Centres   | JSS Centers   | NAPS Establishments   | ITI (Session 2023-24)   | ITI (Session 2023-24)   |
|---------------|---------------------|---------------|-----------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|               |                     |               |                       | Govt. ITIs              | Pvt. ITIs               |
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,965               | 47            | 6,395                 | 294                     | 2,964                   |
| Meerut        | 62                  | 0             | 252                   | 6                       | 32                      |

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