Lok Sabha Question No. 1361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-12-08
Subject: Adoption of International Sports Policies
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Smt. Bharti Pardhi, Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Shri Ravindra Dattaram Waikar, Shri Naresh Ganpat Mhaske, Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1361 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2025

## Adoption of International Sports Policies

1361. SHRI RAVINDRA DATTARAM WAIKAR:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SMT. BHARTI PARDHI:

SHRI NARESH GANPAT MHASKE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any comparative analysis of sports  promotion  policies  in  the  United  States  (U.S.)  and  China regarding advanced training, integrated sports-education and institutional support and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  major  differences  identified  between  India's  approach  to balancing  education  with  sports  and  that  of  the  U.S.  and  China, particularly concerning scholarships and university-level athlete programmes;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to strengthen sports infrastructure, coaching and grassroots talent identification, especially in rural, urban and semi-urban areas of Maharashtra during the last three years and the current year;
- (d) whether the Government  proposes to integrate sports with mainstream education via dedicated sports schools, university tie-ups or credit-based systems and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government plans to adopt best practices from the U.S. and China through new policies, pilot projects or enhanced budgetary allocations and if so, the details thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## ANSWER [DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA]

- (a) The Government has not conducted any formal comparative analysis of  sports  promotion  policies  in  the  United  States  (U.S.)  and  China regarding advanced training, integrated sports-education and institutional support.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) 'Sports' being a State subject, the responsibility of development of sports, including strengthening of sports infrastructure , coaching and grassroots talent identification in the country, rests primarily with the respective State/Union Territory Governments. The Union Government only supplements their efforts by bridging critical gaps.

The  Government  has  taken  various  measures  for  achieving excellence in sports in the country, including at the grassroot level. This Ministry runs various schemes for the promotion of sports across the country, including Maharashtra. These schemes include:

- (i) Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports;
- (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs);
- (iii) Cash Incentives to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their coaches;
- (iv) National Sports Awards;
- (v) Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons;
- (vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Program for Sportspersons;
- (vii) National Sports Development Fund (NSDF);
- (viii) Running Sports Training centres through Sports Authority of India (SAI); and
- (ix) National Centre for Sports Science and Research (NCSSR).

The details of these schemes are available in the public domain on the website of the Ministry (https://yas.nic.in ). The details of the sports infrastructure projects approved and their sanctioned  cost,  funds  released  and  their  physical  and  financial progress, under Khelo India Scheme and National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) across the country, including in the State of Maharashtra, are  available  in  public  domain  on  the  dashboards  of  the  Ministry  at https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in and http://www.nsdf.yas.gov.in/nsdfglance.html. Further,  the  Government  has  launched  Khelo  Bharat  Niti  2025, which seeks to create an inclusive and robust sporting ecosystem that nurtures  talent  from  the  grassroots  to  the  Olympic  podium  including Olympics 2036. (d) and (e) No such proposals are currently under consideration of the Central Government.

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