Lok Sabha Question No. 1838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-07-27
Subject: Identifying Talents in Various Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: P. KUMAR, MUKESH RAJPUT, SUBHASH PATEL

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1838 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2016

Identifying Talents in Various Sports

1838.  SHRI P. KUMAR: SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT: SHRI SUBHASH PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to identify talents in various sports through efficient and senior coaches in training centres of the Sports Authority of India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the State-wise/sport-wise number of talented sportspersons identified through this scheme during the last three years; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to encourage such sportspersons?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

(a) & (b):  Yes, Madam.

Sports  Authority  of  India(SAI)  is  implementing  various  sports promotional schemes  to identify talented sportspersons and nurture their potential to excel at National & International level competition. Following sports promotional Schemes are being implementing by SAI :-

-  National  Sports  Talent  Contest  (NSTC)  including  Indigenous Games of Martial Art (IGMA) and Akharas
- 
- 
- Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC)
- SAI Training Centre (STC)
-  Special Area Games (SAG)
-  Extension Centres of STC/SAG
-  Centre of Excellence (COE)
-  SAI National Sports Academies

252 SAI Sports Training Centres are presently in operation all over the country wherein 11773 sports persons (8243 Boys & 3530 Girls) are undergoing  training  in  residential  and  Day  Boarding  Scheme.  The selected trainees / inmates are provided with facilities in the form of playfields,  Equipment,  Boarding  &  Lodging,  Sports  Kit,  Competition Exposure,  Educational  Expenses,  Insurance/Medical  Expenses  and stipend as per the approved scheme norms.

- (c) The details of identified sports persons for nurturing under the SAI Sports Promotional Schemes during the last three years are provided at the Annexure.
- (d)  The  identified  sportspersons  are  encouraged  to  achieve  their  full potential  by  providing  them  all  opportunities  to  excel  under  the guidance /training /supervision of experienced coaches.

Those who excel at the international level are also given cash awards as per the norms of the Scheme of Special Awards and Medal winners in International Sports Events and their coaches.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (c) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO. 1838 FOR 27.07.16 REGARDING IDENTIFYING TALENTS IN VARIOUS SPORTS ASKED BY SHRI P. KUMAR  & OTHERS, MPs

## SAI SPORTS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES STATEWISE/SCHEMEWISE TOTAL No. OF TRAINEES YEAR -2013-2014

|   SN | Name of State     |   NSTC Schools |   IGMA |   Akharas | Sports Cente   |   ABSC |   STC |   SAG |   Ext. Centre | COE   |
|------|-------------------|----------------|--------|-----------|----------------|--------|-------|-------|---------------|-------|
|    1 | Andman & Nicobar  |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |    59 |             0 | 0     |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 | 0     |
|    3 | Andhra Pradesh    |             23 |      9 |         0 | 0              |    107 |   345 |     0 |             0 | 0     |
|    4 | Assam             |             50 |      0 |        42 | 20             |      0 |   339 |   263 |             0 | 0     |
|    5 | Bihar             |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |     54 |    13 |    60 |             0 | 0     |
|    6 | Chandigarh        |             34 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |     0 |            60 | 0     |
|    7 | Chhatisgarh       |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   226 |     0 |            20 | 0     |
|    8 | Delhi             |              0 |      0 |        68 | 0              |     29 |   186 |     0 |            69 | 0     |
|    9 | Goa               |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |    92 |     0 |            19 | 0     |
|   10 | Gujarat           |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   178 |     0 |            30 | 6     |
|   11 | Haryana           |              0 |      0 |        47 | 0              |      0 |   379 |     0 |             0 | 71    |
|   12 | Himachal Pradesh  |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   102 |     0 |             0 | 0     |
|   13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |     0 |            86 | 0     |
|   14 | Jharkhand         |              0 |      7 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |   124 |             0 | 0     |
|   15 | Kerala            |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   848 |   151 |             0 | 52    |
|   16 | Karnataka         |             72 |      0 |         0 | 0              |     83 |   335 |     0 |             0 | 30    |
|   17 | Maharashtra       |             54 |      0 |       116 | 0              |    276 |   257 |     0 |            92 | 6     |
|   18 | Manipur           |             34 |     25 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   316 |   467 |            20 | 57    |
|   19 | Madhya Pradesh    |             54 |      0 |        45 | 0              |     35 |   467 |    75 |            79 | 150   |
|   20 | Meghalaya         |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |     70 |   141 |     0 |             0 | 0     |
|   21 | Mizoram           |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |   161 |           108 | 0     |
|   22 | Nagaland          |              0 |      0 |         0 | 20             |      0 |    78 |    76 |             0 | 0     |
|   23 | Odhisa            |             19 |      0 |        15 | 0              |      0 |    37 |    90 |            49 | 0     |
|   24 | Punjab            |              0 |      0 |        34 | 0              |      0 |   234 |     0 |            59 | 70    |
|   25 | Puducherry        |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   106 |     0 |             0 | 0     |
|   26 | Rajasthan         |            132 |      0 |        12 | 0              |      0 |   108 |     0 |           227 | 0     |
|   27 | Sikkim            |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |      0 |     0 |    67 |             0 | 0     |
|   28 | Tamilnadu         |              0 |     19 |         0 | 0              |      0 |   165 |   106 |             0 | 0     |
|   29 | Telangana         |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0 0            |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 | 0 0   |
|   30 | Tripura           |             18 |      0 |         0 |                |      0 |     0 |    53 |             0 | 0     |
|   31 | Uttrakhand        |              0 |      0 |         0 | 0              |     96 |    84 |     0 |            16 |       |
|   32 | Uttar Pradesh     |             14 |      0 |         2 | 0              |    214 |   394 |     0 |            71 | 0     |

| 33   | West Bengal   |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   0 | 286   |    7 |    0 |   57 |
|------|---------------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|-------|------|------|------|
|      | TOTAL:        | 504 |  60 | 381 |  40 | 964 | ###   | 1759 | 1005 |  499 |

## SAI SPORTS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES

## STATEWISE/SCHEMEWISE TOTAL No. OF TRAINEES YEAR -2014-2015

|   SN | Name of State     |   NSTC Schools |   IGMA |   Akharas |   ABSC |   STC |   SAG |   Ext. Centre |   COE |   NSA |
|------|-------------------|----------------|--------|-----------|--------|-------|-------|---------------|-------|-------|
|    1 | Andman & Nicobar  |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |    49 |             5 |     0 |     0 |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |    77 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 | Andhra Pradesh    |             29 |     25 |         0 |     71 |   197 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    4 | Assam             |             38 |      0 |        42 |      0 |   288 |   238 |            34 |     0 |     0 |
|    5 | Bihar             |              0 |      0 |         0 |     60 |    33 |    72 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    6 | Chandigarh        |             56 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |            63 |     0 |     0 |
|    7 | Chhatisgarh       |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   186 |     0 |             4 |     0 |     0 |
|    8 | Delhi             |              0 |      0 |        38 |     38 |   197 |     0 |            29 |     0 |    17 |
|    9 | Goa               |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   119 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   10 | Gujarat           |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   194 |     0 |            20 |    15 |     0 |
|   11 | Haryana           |              0 |      0 |        33 |      0 |   309 |     0 |            78 |    98 |     0 |
|   12 | Himachal Pradesh  |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   111 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |    41 |     0 |            57 |     0 |     0 |
|   14 | Jharkhand         |              0 |     10 |         0 |      0 |     0 |   128 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   15 | Kerala            |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   489 |   154 |           281 |    58 |    36 |
|   16 | Karnataka         |             53 |      0 |         0 |    122 |   329 |     0 |             3 |    59 |     0 |
|   17 | Maharashtra       |             50 |     13 |        84 |    295 |   221 |     0 |           146 |     7 |     0 |
|   18 | Manipur           |             34 |     45 |         0 |      0 |   275 |   418 |            20 |    41 |     0 |
|   19 | Madhya Pradesh    |             55 |      0 |        58 |     61 |   430 |    66 |            67 |   109 |    15 |
|   20 | Meghalaya         |              0 |      0 |         0 |    108 |   130 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   21 | Mizoram           |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |   148 |            60 |     0 |     0 |
|   22 | Nagaland          |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |    75 |     0 |            20 |     0 |     0 |
|   23 | Odhisa            |             26 |      0 |        33 |      0 |    57 |    95 |            46 |    14 |     0 |
|   24 | Punjab            |              0 |     20 |        49 |      0 |   355 |     0 |            86 |    68 |     0 |
|   25 | Puducherry        |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |    90 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   26 | Rajasthan         |            108 |      0 |         8 |      0 |   162 |     0 |           140 |     0 |     0 |
|   27 | Sikkim            |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |    53 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   28 | Tamilnadu         |              0 |     45 |         0 |      0 |   171 |    93 |            17 |     0 |     0 |
|   29 | Telangan          |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   192 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |

| 30     | Tripura       |   25 |   0 |   0 |    0 |    0 | 67   |    0 |   0 |   0 |
|--------|---------------|------|-----|-----|------|------|------|------|-----|-----|
| 31     | Uttrakhand    |    0 |   0 |   0 |  106 |   86 | 0    |   18 |   0 |   0 |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh |   14 |   0 |   0 |  236 |  377 | 0    |   71 |   0 |   0 |
| 33     | West Bengal   |    0 |   0 |   0 |    0 |  303 | 9    |    0 |  54 |   0 |
| TOTAL: | TOTAL:        |  488 | 158 | 345 | 1097 | 5417 | ###  | 1265 | 523 |  68 |

## SAI SPORTS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES STATEWISE/SCHEMEWISE TOTAL No. OF TRAINEES YEAR -2015-2016

|   SN | Name of State     |   NSTC Schools |   IGMA |   Akharas |   ABSC |   STC |   SAG |   Ext. Centre |   COE |   NSA |
|------|-------------------|----------------|--------|-----------|--------|-------|-------|---------------|-------|-------|
|    1 | Andman & Nicobar  |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |    50 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    2 | Arunachal Pradesh |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    3 | Andhra Pradesh    |             13 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   187 |   104 |            22 |     0 |     0 |
|    4 | Assam             |             34 |     12 |        42 |      0 |   285 |   290 |            32 |     0 |     0 |
|    5 | Bihar             |              0 |      0 |         0 |     77 |    35 |    63 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    6 | Chandigarh        |             61 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |     0 |            77 |     0 |     0 |
|    7 | Chhatisgarh       |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   153 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|    8 | Delhi             |              0 |      0 |       107 |     40 |   178 |     0 |            51 |     0 |    56 |
|    9 | Goa               |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   134 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   10 | Gujarat           |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   223 |     0 |            14 |    18 |     0 |
|   11 | Haryana           |              0 |      0 |        80 |      0 |   338 |     0 |            74 |   106 |     0 |
|   12 | Himachal Pradesh  |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   117 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   13 | Jammu & Kashmir   |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |    86 |     0 |            33 |     0 |     0 |
|   14 | Jharkhand         |              0 |      6 |         0 |      0 |     0 |   133 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   15 | Kerala            |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   498 |   178 |           331 |    52 |    27 |
|   16 | Karnataka         |             50 |      0 |         0 |    151 |   323 |     0 |            17 |    41 |     0 |
|   17 | Maharashtra       |             40 |      5 |       123 |    320 |   300 |     0 |           177 |     8 |     0 |
|   18 | Manipur           |             34 |     45 |         0 |      0 |   316 |   470 |            40 |    61 |     0 |
|   19 | Madhya Pradesh    |             25 |      0 |        54 |     69 |   334 |    76 |            60 |    40 |    13 |
|   20 | Meghalaya         |              0 |      0 |         0 |     80 |   137 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   21 | Mizoram           |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |   102 |            72 |     0 |     0 |
|   22 | Nagaland          |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |    70 |     0 |            20 |     0 |     0 |
|   23 | Odhisa            |             26 |      0 |        14 |      0 |    97 |   109 |            34 |     6 |     0 |
|   24 | Punjab            |              0 |     20 |        45 |      0 |   422 |     0 |            84 |    60 |     0 |
|   25 | Puducherry        |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |   103 |     0 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   26 | Rajasthan         |            119 |      0 |         8 |      0 |   166 |     0 |           196 |     0 |     0 |
|   27 | Sikkim            |              0 |      0 |         0 |      0 |     0 |    56 |             0 |     0 |     0 |
|   28 | Tamilnadu         |              0 |     38 |         0 |      0 |   152 |    88 |            13 |     0 |     0 |

| 29     | Telangana     |   0 |   22 |   0 |   95 |   184 | 0   |    0 |   0 |   0 |
|--------|---------------|-----|------|-----|------|-------|-----|------|-----|-----|
| 30     | Tripura       |  20 |    0 |   0 |    0 |     0 | 97  |    0 |   0 |   0 |
| 31     | Uttrakhand    |   0 |    0 |   0 |  113 |    66 | 0   |   20 |   0 |   0 |
| 32     | Uttar Pradesh |  25 |    0 |  30 |  256 |   379 | 0   |   98 |   0 |   0 |
| 33     | West Bengal   |   0 |    0 |   0 |    0 |   342 | 46  |    0 |  34 |   0 |
| TOTAL: | TOTAL:        | 447 |  148 | 503 | 1201 |  5625 | ### | 1465 | 426 |  96 |