Lok Sabha Question No. 1391 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-03
Subject: Promotion of Wrestling
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: ALOK SANJAR

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1391 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.05.2016

## Promotion of Wrestling

†1391. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  promote wrestling in the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the detailed list of the cities of various States in the country where training facilities are being provided to the wrestlers, Statewise?

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

- (a) Yes, Madam. Although promotion and development of specific sports  disciplines  is  mainly  the  responsibility  of  the  concerned National  Sports  Federations  (NSFs),  Government  supplements  the efforts  of  the  NSFs  by  providing  financial  assistance  to  the  NSFs under the Scheme of Assistance to NSFs for various activities such as  holding  coaching  camps  for  national  level  sportspersons,  zonal and national championships for sub-junior, junior and senior categories,  organizing  International  tournaments  in  India,  training and participation of sportspersons/teams in international tournaments  abroad,  procurement  of  sports  and  sports  science equipment, etc.

The  Ministry  has  placed  the  sports  of  wrestling  in  the  'high priority' category so that it gets maximum admissible amount under the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations. Wrestling is also included in the Sports Promotion Schemes of the Sports Authority of India (SAI). (b) Some details of the places where training facilities are provided to the wrestlers are given in Annexure. ***

Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1391 to be answered on 03.05.2016 asked by SHRI ALOK SANJAR regarding Promotion of Wrestling.

## Details  of  Wrestling  Training  Centres  under  the  SAI  Sports  Promotional Schemes

| Scheme   | Name of Schools                    | Region   | State     |
|----------|------------------------------------|----------|-----------|
| NSTC     | Bhupal's Nobles HS School, Udaipur | West     | Rajasthan |

| Akhara   | Krida Vikas Vyayammandal, Sangli                                         | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|---------------|
| Akhara   | Govt. Wrestling Centre, Kohlapur                                         | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Veer Hanuman Kala Krida Samajshevi Sanskruti & Vayammandal Talim, Sangli | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Vishwatmak Jangli Maharaj Wrestling Centre, Kothamtham, Ahamadnagar      | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Moti Bagh Talim Kendra, Kohlapur                                         | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Mamasaheb Mohol Kusti Akhara, Katraj, Pune                               | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Bharti Vidyapeeth, Kadegaon, Distt. Sangli                               | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | N. L. Balkwade Vyamshala, Tilakpath, Post Bhagur, District Nasik         | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Rangnath Markad Krida & Yuvak Mandal Indapur, Distt. Pune                | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Jai Shiv Raj Education Society, Murgud Kogal District, Kolhapur          | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | M N Deshmukh Arts Science & Commerce College, Ahemadnagar                | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Gandhi Education Society, Kundal, Distt. Sangli                          | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| Akhara   | Kishanveer Akhara, Bhuij, Satara                                         | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |

| Akhara   | Jog Maharaj Vyayamshala, Pardikshina Road, Pune                           | RC, Mumbai     | Maharashtra    |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Akhara   | Harhar Mahadev, Maroti Nagar, Dhule                                       | RC, Mumbai     | Maharashtra    |
| Akhara   | Lav Kush Akhara, Bhilwara                                                 | West           | Rajasthan      |
| Akhara   | Lala Diwanchand Modern Wrestling Centre, Chara, Jhajjar                   | NRC, Sonipat   | Haryana        |
| Akhara   | Ch. Bharat Singh Memorial Sports School, Nidani, District Jind            | NRC, Sonipat   | Haryana        |
| Akhara   | Capt. Ram Karan Vyayamshala, Sec-37, Kachaa Chamariyan Road, Rohtak       | NRC, Sonipat   | Haryana        |
| Akhara   | Shaheed Bhagat Singh Akhara, Hissar                                       | NRC, Sonipat   | Haryana        |
| Akhara   | Master Chandgi Ram Vyamshala, Shri Mahakali Ashram, Civil Line, Delhi-54. | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Guru Hanuman Akhara, Delhi                                                | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Guru Jas Ram Bal Vyayamshala, Delhi                                       | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Lala Ram Vyamshala Samiti, Subzi Mandi, Delhi                             | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Guru Munni Maya Vyaymshala, Delhi                                         | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Sonkar Vyayamshala, Gurmandi, Delhi                                       | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Mahender Singh Akhara, Shahbad, Delhi                                     | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Guru Dronacharya, Village Bakoli, Delhi                                   | NRC, Sonipat   | Delhi          |
| Akhara   | Baba Sheikh Farid Kusti Akhara, Faridkot                                  | NC, Chandigarh | Punjab         |
| Akhara   | Padam Shree Kartar Singh Akhara, Amritsar                                 | NC, Chandigarh | Punjab         |
| Akhara   | Gulzar Singh Wrestling Akhara, Zirkpur                                    | NC, Chandigarh | Punjab         |
| Akhara   | Shri Achyutanand Guru Vyayamshala, Ujjain                                 | Central        | Madhya Pradesh |
| Akhara   | Shri Binda Guru Akhara, Indore                                            | Central        | Madhya Pradesh |
| Akhara   | Deshwali Samaj Akhara, Ujjain                                             | Central        | Madhya Pradesh |
| Akhara   | Guru Gaya Seth, Varansi                                                   | RC, Lucknow    | Uttar Pradesh  |

| Akhara   | Choudhary Mahaveer Singh, Loni, Ghaziabad                         | RC, Lucknow   | Uttar Pradesh   |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|-----------------|
| Akhara   | Meghu Pehalwan Vyayamshala, Varanasi                              | RC, Lucknow   | Uttar Pradesh   |
| Akhara   | Satayanarayan, Mirzapur                                           | RC, Lucknow   | Uttar Pradesh   |
| Akhara   | Langhin Tiniali Sports Association, Langhin, Distt. Karbi Anglong | RC, Guwahati  | Assam           |
| Akhara   | Gurukul Ashram, Amsena, Nuapada                                   | East          | Odisha          |

| ABSC   | BEG & Centre, Kirkee        | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
|--------|-----------------------------|--------------|---------------|
| ABSC   | Army Sports Institute, Pune | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| ABSC   | Artillery Centre, Nasik     | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |

| STC   | Dharwad                      | South        | Karnataka      |
|-------|------------------------------|--------------|----------------|
| STC   | Jabalpur                     | Central      | Madhya Pradesh |
| STC   | Lucknow                      | RC, Lucknow  | Uttar Pradesh  |
| STC   | Safai Etawah                 | RC, Lucknow  | Uttar Pradesh  |
| STC   | Kashipur                     | RC, Lucknow  | Uttarakhand    |
| STC   | Bhiwani                      | NRC, Sonipat | Haryana        |
| STC   | Hissar                       | NRC, Sonipat | Haryana        |
| STC   | Sonepat                      | NRC, Sonipat | Haryana        |
| STC   | Rajiv Gandhi Stadium, Bawana | NRC, Sonipat | Delhi          |
| STC   | Dhankenal                    | East         | Odisha         |
| STC   | Gandhinagar                  | West         | Gujarat        |
| STC   | Kandivali                    | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra    |

| SAG   | Tellicherry   | LNCPE      | Kerala   |
|-------|---------------|------------|----------|
| SAG   | Imphal        | North East | Manipur  |
| SAG   | Aizwal        | North East | Mizoram  |

| Ext.Centre   | Sri Hanuman Vyayam P. Mandal, Amravati RC, Mumbai   |      | Maharashtra   |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------------|------|---------------|
| Ext.Centre   | University of Rajasthan, Jaipur                     | West | Rajasthan     |

| Ext.Centre   | Ch. Pratap Singh Memorial Samiti, Kharkhoda   | NRC, Sonipat   | Haryana        |
|--------------|-----------------------------------------------|----------------|----------------|
| Ext.Centre   | Govt. Boys Hr. Sec. School, Indore            | Central        | Madhya Pradesh |
| Ext.Centre   | Nandini Nagar Mahavidyalaya, Gonda            | RC, Lucknow    | Uttar Pradesh  |

| COE   | Kandivali   | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
|-------|-------------|--------------|---------------|
| COE   | Aurangabad  | RC, Mumbai   | Maharashtra   |
| COE   | Sonepat     | NRC, Sonipat | Haryana       |
| COE   | Hissar      | NRC, Sonipat | Haryana       |
| COE   | Lucknow     | RC, Lucknow  | Uttar Pradesh |

|    |                              |   No. of Centres |
|----|------------------------------|------------------|
| 1  | NSTC                         |                1 |
| i) | Akharas                      |               40 |
| 2  | ABSC                         |                3 |
| 3  | STC                          |               12 |
| 4  | SAG                          |                3 |
| 5  | Extension Centres of STC/SAG |                5 |
| 6  | COE                          |                5 |
|    | TOTAL:                       |               69 |