Lok Sabha Question No. 368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-26
Subject: Support for Paralympic Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU, OM BIRLA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.368 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.04.2016

Support for Paralympic Sports

## 368. SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

## SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  certain  Indian  Paralympic athletes  have  been  forced  to  crowd-source  their  funding  or  depend  on external organizational funding for the 2016 Rio Paralympic games, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of Paralympic athletes funded by the Sports Ministry for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games; and
- (c) the  details  of  grants  allocated  and  utilised  for  welfare  and  development  of Paralympic athletes in the last three years?

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

(a)&(b) Madam,  no  such  case has been brought to the notice of the Government.  The  Government  has  been  extending  financial  assistance  to  Para athletes  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  Scheme  of  'Assistance  to  National  Sports Federation (NSF)'.  In November, 2015, the Government revised the said scheme whereby the amount of financial assistance has been raised upwards substantially. The provision of the scheme cover expenses for organizing national/international events  in  India,  participation  in  international  events  abroad,  coaching/training  of athletes/national teams, equipment support etc.  In addition, Government has also framed  a  scheme  namely  Target  Olympic  Podium  Scheme  (TOPS)  to  provide financial assistance to athletes including Para athletes who have qualified for Rio Olympics or are having

a fair chance of winning medals.  9 Para athletes have already been given funding to  the  tune  of  Rs.108.90  lakhs  under  TOPS  &  National  Sports Development Fund (NSDF)  for  their  training,  travel  expenses,  boarding/lodging,  cost  of  equipments etc. Details are given in the Annexure.

- (c) During the last three years, the following amount has been spent from Central Government budget for the  welfare and development of Para athletes under the scheme of 'Assistance to NSFs':-

| Year                  |   Amount (Rs. in lakhs) |
|-----------------------|-------------------------|
| 2013-14               |                  143.4  |
| 2014-15               |                  197.72 |
| 2015-16 (Provisional) |                  278.51 |

In  addition, Government has also given the following assistance from the NSDF:-

- i. Rs.20.00 Lakhs to the Cricket Association for the Blind for the conduct of 'Cricket World Cup for the Blind'.
- ii. Cash  Award  of  Rs.10.00  Lakhs  each  to  07  Para  Athletes  (Placed between  4th  and  12th  position  in  individual sports  disciplines)  in Paralympic Games, 2012.
- iii. Cash Award of Rs.5.00  Lakhs  each  to  the  17  members  of  the  Indian Team  for  the  4th   Cricket  World  Cup  for  the  blind,  which  won  the tournament.

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ANNEXURE

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.368  FOR  REPLY  ON  26-04-2016  ASKED  BY  SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU & SH. OM BIRLA REGARDING SUPPORT FOR PARALYMPIC SPORTS

A. NSDF assistance to Para athletes under TOP Scheme

| S.No.   | Name                           | Discipline                         |   Funds released to athletes as on 21.04.2016 (Rs. In Lacs) |
|---------|--------------------------------|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1       | Amit Kumar Saroha              | Men's Club Throw and Discuss Throw |                                                        1.43 |
| 2       | Sharad Kumar                   | High Jump                          |                                                       11.26 |
| 3       | Karamjyoti                     | Shot Put and Discus Throw          |                                                       18.01 |
| 4       | Narender                       | Javelin Throw                      |                                                        5.85 |
| 5       | Deepa Malik                    | Javelin Throw and Shot Put         |                                                       13.11 |
| 6       | H.N. Girisha                   | High Jump                          |                                                        7.63 |
| 7       | Naresh Kumar Sharma            | Shooting                           |                                                       18.11 |
| 8       | Farman Basha                   | Power Lifting                      |                                                       16.74 |
|         | Total (Para Athletes for 2016) |                                    |                                                       92.18 |

- B.  NSDF assistance to Para athlete ( Not in TOP Scheme)

| Sakina Khatun   | Power Lifting   | 16.72   |
|-----------------|-----------------|---------|