Lok Sabha Question No. 226 (STARRED), answered on 2016-05-10
Subject: Financial Assistance for Sports Infrastructure
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

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

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *226 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.05.2016

Financial Assistance for Sports Infrastructure

*226. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is providing financial assistance for setting up  of  Indoor  Halls  to  improve  sports  infrastructure/facilities  in  various States;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  number  of  Indoor  Halls completed and pending so far;

(c) whether the Government has released the first instalment for setting up an Indoor Hall in Pathanamthitta District, Kerala recently and if so, the details thereof; and d) whether there is a delay in constructing this Indoor Hall and if so, the details thereof ?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *226 FOR 10.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI ANTO ANTONY, MP REGARDING  FINANCIAL  ASSISTANCE  FOR  SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE

(a) & (b) Yes,  Madam.  The  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  was implementing  the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  of  Rajiv  Gandhi  Khel Abhiyan  (RGKA)  which,  inter-alia,  provided  for  financial  assistance  to States/UTs for construction of indoors halls. Under the erstwhile RGKA, financial  assistance  to  the  tune  of  Rs.1.60  crore  was  provided  for construction of four indoor halls @Rs.40 lakh each to the States of Andhra Pradesh  for  2  blocks  and  one  block  each  to  Punjab  and  Tamil  Nadu  in March,  2016.  Construction  of  none  of  these  indoor  halls  has  been completed as yet.

This Ministry was also implementing the Urban Sports Infrastructure  Scheme  (USIS),  which  inter-alia  provided  for  financial assistance to States/UTs for setting up of Multipurpose Indoor Halls. The State-wise details of multi-purpose Indoor Halls sanctioned from 2010-11 to  2015-16  are  given  in  Annexure-I.  Out  of  the  sanctioned  Indoor  Halls, construction  of  only  one  multi-purpose  indoor  hall  at  Mualpui,  District Aizawl in the State of Mizoram has been completed.

This Ministry has launched the 'Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports' by merging three erstwhile schemes, namely, the  Rajiv  Gandhi  Khel  Abhiyan  (RGKA),  the  Urban  Sports  Infrastructure Scheme (USIS) and the National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS), into an umbrella Central Sector Scheme, to be implemented from 2016-17. This Scheme, inter-alia, provides for financial assistance for setting up of Multipurpose  Indoor  Halls  to  improve  sports  infrastructure/facilities  in various States/UTs.

- (c) & (d) The Ministry has released the first installment of Rs.1.80 crore on  02.03.2016  to  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  for  Construction  of multi-purpose  indoor  hall at Pathanamthitta,  Kerala.  The  Utilization Certificate (UC) for the grant released on 02.03.2016 will become due on 01.04.2017.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  &  (b)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *226 FOR 10.05.2016 ASKED BY SHRI ANTO ANTONY, MP REGARDING FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE

Annexure - I

State-wise details of multi-purpose Indoor Halls sanctioned from 2010-11 to 2015-16

2010-11

(Rs. in crore)

2011-12

|   S. No. | State   | Project                                                 | Grant Approved (Date)   | Grant Released (Date)   |
|----------|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Punjab  | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Tarn Taran | 3.98 (17.03.2011)       | 2.00 (17.03.2011)       |

## (Rs. in crore)

2012-13

|   S.No. | State      | Project                                                                            | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|---------|------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|       1 | Rajasthan  | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Ummed Stadium, Jodhpur                | 6.00 (20.10.2011)       | 4.500 (20.10.2011)      |
|       2 | Mizoram    | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Mualpui, Aizawl                       | 6.00 (19.10.2011)       | 4.500 (19.10.2011)      |
|       3 | Assam      | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall SAI-SAG centre Tinsukia                  | 6.00 (27.03.2012)       | 3.200 (27.03.2012)      |
|       4 | Puducherry | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Tagore Arts College Ground, Lawspet | 6.00 (23.03.2012)       | 3.540 (23.03.2012)      |
|       5 | Kerala     | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Nehru Stadium at Kottayam           | 6.00 (27.03.2012)       | 3.875 (27.03.2012)      |

(Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | State        | Project                                                                  | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|--------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Manipur      | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Senapati Dist. HQs.         | 5.9999 (22.06.2012)     | 1.80 (22.06.2012)       |
|        2 | Chhattisgarh | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Kondagaon, Dist. Kondagaon. | 5.9779 (16.10.2012)     | 1.79 (16.10.2012)       |
|        3 | Rajasthan    | Construction of Multi-purpose                                            | 6.00                    | 1.80                    |

|    |            | Indoor Hall at Karauli, Dist. Karauli                                                              | (16.10.2012)      | (16.10.2012)      |
|----|------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|  4 | Tamil Nadu | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Vaduvur Higher Secondary School, Thiruvarur District. | 6.00 (03.01.2013) | 1.80 (03.01.2013) |
|  5 | Rajasthan  | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Alwar, Rajasthan                                      | 6.00 (22.03.2013) | 1.00 (22.03.2013) |

## 2013-14

## (Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | State          | Project                                                                                                                               | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Uttarakhand    | Construction of Multipurpose indoor hall at Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand                                         | 6.00 (04.07.2013)       | 1.80 (04.07.2013)       |
|        2 | Mizoram        | Construction of Multipurpose indoor hall at Sazaikawn, Lunglei Town, Mizoram                                                          | 6.00 (16.07.2013)       | 1.80 (16.07.2013)       |
|        3 | J&K            | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Leh, Ladakh, Jammu &Kashmir                                                            | 6.00 (05.11.2013)       | 1.80 (05.11.2013)       |
|        4 | Andhra Pradesh | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Agricultural College, Bapatla, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh                           | 6.00 (05.11.2013)       | 1.80 (05.11.2013)       |
|        5 | Rajasthan      | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Mohan Lal Sukhadia (MLS) University, Udaipur, Rajasthan                                | 6.00 (13.12.2013)       | 1.80 (13.12.2013)       |
|        6 | Nagaland       | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Dimapur, Nagaland                                                                        | 6.00 (16.12.2013)       | 1.80 (16.12.2013)       |
|        7 | Mizoram        | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Mualpui, District Aizawl. (Balance installment of the project sanctioned on 19.10.2011). | 1.50 (16.01.2014)       | 1.50 (16.01.2014)       |

(Rs. in crore)

2015-16

|   S. No. | State       | Project                                                                                                                                                                | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|-------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Assam       | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at Gauhati University, Guwahati.                                                                                             | 6.00 (13.11.2014)       | 1.80 (13.11.2014)       |
|        2 | Karnataka   | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at Belgaum.                                                                                                                  | 6.00 (03.12.2014)       | 1.80 (03.12.2014)       |
|        3 | Tamil Nadu  | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at Vaduvur Higher Secondary School, Thiruvarur District. (2 nd Installment of the project sanctioned on 03 rd January, 2013) | -                       | 2.40 (21.08.2014)       |
|        4 | West Bengal | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at University of Calcutta.                                                                                                   | 6.00 (08.12.2014)       | 0.58 (08.12.2014)       |
|        5 | Maharashtra | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at University of Mumbai.                                                                                                     | 6.00 (19.12.2014)       | 1.00 (19.12.2014)       |
|        6 | Punjab      | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at Tarn Taran, Punjab. (Second installment of the project sanctioned on 17 th March, 2011).                                  | -                       | 1.00 (26.03.2015)       |

(Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | State          | Project                                                                                                                                                                   | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Manipur        | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall in Senapati Dist. HQs, Manipur (Second instalment for the project sanctioned on 22.06.2012)                                     | -                       | 2.40 (05.06.2015)       |
|        2 | Assam          | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Govt. Boys H.S. School, Dibrugarh under Dibrugarh Municipality Board, Assam.                                                 | 6.00 (29.06.2015)       | 1.80 (29.06.2015)       |
|        3 | Andhra Pradesh | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Agricultural College, Bapatla, Guntur District, Andhra Pradesh (Balance instalment for the project sanctioned on 05.11.2013) | -                       | 2.40 (22.07.2015)       |
|        4 | Mizoram        | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall (60MX40M) at Sazaikawn, Lunglei Town, Mizoram (Balance instalment for the project sanctioned                                    | -                       | 2.40 (06.08.2015)       |

|    |             | on 07.08.2015)                                                                                                                                                                |                   |                    |
|----|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|--------------------|
|  5 | Kerala      | construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Kottayam, Kerala (Balance instalment for the project sanctioned on 26.08.2015)                                                   | -                 | 2.125 (26.08.2015) |
|  6 | Tamil Nadu  | construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Vaduvur Higher Secondary School, Thiruvarur District, Tamil Nadu (Balance instalment for the project sanctioned on 26.08.2015) | -                 | 1.80 (26.08.2015)  |
|  7 | Punjab      | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at Tarn Taran, Punjab. (Second instalment of the project sanctioned on 17 th March, 2011).                                          | -                 | 0.98 (23.09.2015)  |
|  8 | Uttarakhand | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar, Uttarakhand. (Second instalment of the project sanctioned on 04 th July, 2013).          | -                 | 2.40 (06.10.2015)  |
|  9 | Odisha      | Construction of multi-purpose Indoor hall at Ravenshaw University, Cuttack, Odisha.                                                                                           | 6.00 (07.10.2015) | 1.80 (07.10.2015)  |
| 10 | Assam       | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at SAI-SAG centre Tinsukia. (Second instalment of the project sanctioned on 27 th March, 2012).                                     | -                 | 2.60 (03.12.2015)  |
| 11 | Meghalaya   | Construction of Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Tura, West Garo Hills District.                                                                                                  | 6.00 (07.12.2015) | 1.80 (07.12.2015)  |
| 12 | Maharashtra | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Nashik Municipal Corporation.                                                                                                  | 6.00 (18.01.2016) | 0.695 (18.01.2016) |
| 13 | Maharashtra | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Rashtrasant Tukdoji Maharaj (RTM) Nagpur University, Maharashtra                                                                 | 6.00 (01.03.2016) | 1.80 (01.03.2016)  |
| 14 | Rajasthan   | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Ummed Stadium, Jodhpur, Rajasthan (Balance instalment for the project sanctioned on 20.10.2011)                                  | -                 | 1.50 (01.03.2016)  |
| 15 | Rajasthan   | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Karauli, Rajasthan (Second instalment for the project sanctioned on 16.10.2011)                                                  | -                 | 2.40 (01.03.2016)  |
| 16 | Rajasthan   | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Indira Gandhi Stadium, Alwar, Rajasthan (Second instalment for the project sanctioned on 22.03.2013)                             | -                 | 1.50 (01.03.2016)  |
| 17 | Kerala      | Construction of multi-purpose indoor                                                                                                                                          | 6.00              | 1.80               |

|    |                | hall at Pathanamthitta, Kerala                                                                                                                         | (02.03.2016       | (02.03.2016)      |
|----|----------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
| 18 | Andhra Pradesh | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Agricultural College, Bapatala, Andhra Pradesh (Last instalment for the project sanctioned on 05.11.2013) | -                 | 1.80 (23.03.2016) |
| 19 | Andhra Pradesh | Construction of multi-purpose indoor hall at Vidyadharapuram, Vijayawada, Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh                                             | 6.00 (31.03.2016) | 1.20 (31.03.2016) |

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