Lok Sabha Question No. 521 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-20
Subject: Pending Proposals for Promotion of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †521

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.07.2016

Pending Proposals for Promotion of Sports

†521. PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD:

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

- (a) the proposal received by Union Government from State Government of Maharashtra  for  promoting  sports  in  the  State,  district-wise  during  the last two years;
- (b) the number of proposals cleared out of them and the amount released, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of proposals lying pending; and
- (d) the time by which the pending proposals are likely to be cleared by the Government?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a) to (d) Sports is a State subject and, therefore, promotion of sports in the  States  is  primarily  the  responsibility  of  the  State  Government.  The Central  Government  has  been  complementing/supplementing  the  efforts of  the  State  Governments  for  creation  of  sports  infrastructure  and conduct  of  competitions  through  schemes,  namely,  Rajiv  Gandhi  Khel Abhiyan  (RGKA)  and  Urban  Sports  Infrastructure  Scheme  (USIS)  during the last two years. Release of grants under RGKA and USIS are demanddriven  and  made  against  proposals  received  from  States/UTs  and  other eligible entities, and which are complete in all respects as per provisions of the respective Scheme  and  subject  to furnishing of Utilisation Certificate  against  grants  released  earlier  by  this  Ministry.  Details  of funds  released  under  RGKA  and  USIS  during  the  last  two  years  to  the State  of  Maharashtra  are  given  in  Annexure-I.  A  new  Central  Sector Scheme  called  'Khelo  India  -  National  Programme  for  Development  of Sports'  has  been  launched  in  place  of  erstwhile  RGKA  and  USIS,  for implementation during 2016-17. All the States and other eligible entities have  been  asked  to  furnish  project  proposals  in  accordance  with  the guidelines of the new Scheme.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  †521  FOR  20.07.2016  ASKED  BY PROF.  RAVINDRA  VISHWANATH  GAIKWAD,  MP  REGARDING  PENDING PROPOSALS FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTS

Annexure- I

Details of funds released to the State of Maharashtra during 2014-15 and 2015-16 under RGKA Scheme

(Rs. in crore)

|                       | 2014-15        | 2014-15     | 2015-16        | 2015-16     |
|-----------------------|----------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|
| Name of the State/ UT | Infrastructure | Competition | Infrastructure | Competition |
| Maharashtra           | -              | 5.18        | -              | -           |

Details of funds released to the State of Maharashtra during 2014-15 and 2015-16 under USIS

2014-15

(Rs. in crore)

2015-16

| S. No.   | State       | Project                                                                         | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1.       | Maharashtra | Laying of synthetic athletic track at Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC), Pune | 5.00 (23.07.2014)       | 3.00 (23.07.2014)       |
| 2 .      | Maharashtra | Construction of Multi-purpose indoor hall at University of Mumbai.              | 6.00 (19.12.2014)       | 1.00 (19.12.2014)       |

(Rs. in crore)

|   S. No. | State       | Project                                                                                                       | Grant approved (Date)   | Grant released (Date)   |
|----------|-------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------|-------------------------|
|        1 | Maharashtra | Construction of a Multi-purpose Indoor Hall at Nashik Municipal Corporation.                                  | 6.00 (18.01.2016)       | 0.695 (18.01.2016)      |
|        2 | 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)       |

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