Lok Sabha Question No. 3875 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-22
Subject: All India Council for Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3875 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.12.2015

All India Council for Sports

†3875. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:

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

- (a) whether there is any hope of improvement in the working of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports with the constitution of 'All India Council for Sports' and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the composition of administrative set up to run the said council; and
- (c) the procedure to be followed for appointment of members of the advisory committee of this council?

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

(a):  The  Government  of  India  has  recently  constituted  All  India Council of Sports (AICS) headed by Prof V.K. Malhotra as its President in the rank of Minister of State. The Council is an advisory body for the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  and  Sports.  The  salient  aims  &

objectives of the Council are as follows:

-  popularising sports amongst the youth as a way of life;
-  increasing outreach of sports to rural and tribal areas, and areas affected by Left Wing Extremism (LWE), North East and Jammu & Kashmir;
-  matters relating to promotion of inclusiveness in sports with special focus on women, differently-abled, tribals, etc.;
-  preventing  drug  abuse  in  sports,  fraud  of  age  and  sexual harassment of women in sports;
-  early identification of sports talent and  nurturing  of the identified talent; and
-  integration  of  sports  in  educational  curriculum  in  schools, colleges and universities.

It is expected that advice of the council will help the Ministry of Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  make  better  policies  and  programmes  for promotion of sports.

## (b): Following is the composition of the Council:

|   1 | President (in the rank of Minister of State)                     | Prof. V.K. Malhotra                                                                                                                        |
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|   2 | 4 Members of Parliament                                          | Shri Sachin Tendulkar, MP (Rajya Sabha) (other 3 members will be nominated in due course)                                                  |
|   3 | 2 Presidents / Secretary Generals of National Sports Federations | Will be nominated in due course                                                                                                            |
|   4 | 4 Former Eminent sportspersons of different sports disciplines   | (i) Smt. P.T. Usha (Athletics) (ii) Shri Limba Ram (Archery) (iii) Ms. N. Kunjarani Devi (Weightlifting) (iv) Shri I.M. Vijayan (Football) |
|   5 | 2 Eminent Coaches of different sports disciplines                | (i) Shri P. Gopichand (Badminton) (ii) Shri Baichung Bhutia (Football)                                                                     |

|   6 | 3 Sports Experts (viz. Experts in Sports Law, Sports Science, Sports Medicine, Skill Development in Sports, Sports Journalism, etc.)                                                                                                                   | (i) Shri Uday Shankar, CEO Star India (ii) Shri Vishwanathan Anand (Chess) (iii) 3 rd member will be nominated in due course   |
|-----|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|   7 | 1 Sports Administrator (having experience of managing sports academies, sports promotion boards, sports institutes, professors / Head of Departments of Physical Education of Universities and Sports Universities and Colleges of Physical Education) | Shri Sandeep Pradhan, IRS, Director General, Sports Authority of Gujarat                                                       |
|   8 | 1 Representative of corporate bodies and industry chambers                                                                                                                                                                                             | Will be nominated in due course                                                                                                |
|   9 | 1 Representative of non-governmental organizations engaged in sports for development and peace                                                                                                                                                         | Will be nominated in due course                                                                                                |
|  10 | President / Secretary General, Indian Olympic Association - Ex-officio                                                                                                                                                                                 | Ex-Officio                                                                                                                     |
|  11 | 2 Secretaries of Sports Departments of State Governments - Ex-Officio (on rotation basis)                                                                                                                                                              | (i) Secretary (Sports), Government of Madhya Pradesh (ii) Secretary (Sports), Government of Assam                              |
|  12 | Secretary, Department of Sports, Government of India - Ex-Officio                                                                                                                                                                                      | Ex-Officio                                                                                                                     |

|   13 | Director General, Sports Authority of India - Ex-Officio                                  | Ex-Officio                  |
|------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|   14 | Director General, National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) - Ex- Officio                        | Ex-Officio                  |
|   15 | Vice Chancellor, Lakshmibai National Institute of Physical Education (LNIPE) - Ex-Officio | Ex-Officio                  |
|   16 | Joint Secretary, Department of Sports - Ex-Officio                                        | Ex-Officio                  |
|   17 | Secretary, Sports Authority of India - Member Secretary - Ex-Officio                      | Ex-Officio Member Secretary |

(c): As per the notification constituting the Council, appointment of the  President  and  members  of  the  Council  other  than  ex-officio members are to be made by the Government. There is no advisory committee of the Council.

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