Lok Sabha Question No. 399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-01
Subject: Target Olympic Podium Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, ARJUN RAM  MEGHWAL, P.P. CHAUDHARY, P.P. CHAUDHARY, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA, GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI, OM BIRLA, OM BIRLA, PARASURAMAN K., DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 399

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01-12-2015

## TARGET OLYMPIC PODIUM SCHEME

## †399.  SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

SHRI ARJUN MEGHWAL:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

SHRI GAJENDRA SINGH SHEKHAWAT:

SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

SHRI OM BIRLA:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has decided to provide financial assistance to the top sports persons of the country from the National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) for training as a preparation for Olympics, 2016 under Target Olympic Podium Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details of the said Scheme;
- (c)  the  number  of  sportspersons  who  have  applied  for  financial  assistance under the said scheme along with the action taken by the Government thereon so far;
- (d) whether the Government has selected such needy and talented sportspersons;
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the training provided/to be provided;
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (g)  the  details  of  coaches  (Indian/  Foreign)  appointed  by  the  Government  for 2016 Olympics as well as for promotion of sports in rural areas; and
- (h) whether the sports persons who have secured qualification to the Rio 2016
- Olympics have been left out of the Target Olympic Podium Scheme?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a) & (b): The Ministry has formulated a programme namely 'Target Olympic Podium Scheme' (TOP Scheme) within the overall ambit of the National Sports Development  Fund  with  the  objective  of  identifying  and  supporting  potential medal prospects for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. The selected athletes are being provided financial assistance for their customized training at Institutes having world class facilities and other necessary support.

- (c) to (f): 106  sportspersons  have  been  identified  so  far  by  a  committee, which  was  headed  by  Shri  Anurag  Thakur,  MP  and  consisting  of  eminent sportsperson through a process of research and consultation with the National Sports Federations and National Coaches/ Experts of the relevant disciplines. Financial  assistance  is  being  provided  for  customized  training  and  other support  after  scrutiny  of  the  proposals  from  them.  The  list  of  sportspersons selected under the scheme is given in the statement at Annexure - I. So far, 88 sportspersons  have  applied  for  assistance.  Assistance  of  Rs.6.22  crore  has been sanctioned / released.
- (g): 9  sports  disciplines  viz.  Athletics,  Archery,  Badminton,  Boxing,  Hockey, Shooting,  Tennis,  Weightlifting  and  Wrestling  have  been  identified  for  Rio Olympics  2016  and  training  of  sportspersons  in  these  9  sports  disciplines  is going on as per details given below:
- (h): Yes madam, in a few cases for various reasons.

| Sports discipline   | Indian Coach                                                                                           | Foreign Coach                                                                                          |
|---------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Archery             | 5                                                                                                      | 1                                                                                                      |
| Athletics           | 20                                                                                                     | 6                                                                                                      |
| Badminton           | 6                                                                                                      | 5                                                                                                      |
| Boxing              | 16                                                                                                     | 10                                                                                                     |
| Hockey              | 6                                                                                                      | 2                                                                                                      |
| Shooting            | 10                                                                                                     | 5                                                                                                      |
| Tennis              | Tennis players being professional are on international circuit as per their individual training plans. | Tennis players being professional are on international circuit as per their individual training plans. |
| Weightlifting       | 6                                                                                                      | -                                                                                                      |
| Wrestling           | 21                                                                                                     | 3                                                                                                      |

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ANNEXURE-I

ANNEXURE REFERRED  TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (C)  TO  (F)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 399 FOR 01.12.2015 ASKED BY SHRI BHAIRON  PRASAD  MISHRA  AND OTHERS, HON'BLE  MEMBERS  OF PARLIAMENT,  LOK  SABHA  REGARDING  TARGET  OLYMPIC  PODIUM SCHEME.

|   S No | Name                  | Discipline   |
|--------|-----------------------|--------------|
|      1 | Vikas Gowda           | Athletics    |
|      2 | Seema Punia           | Athletics    |
|      3 | Arpinder Singh        | Athletics    |
|      4 | Khushbir Kaur         | Athletics    |
|      5 | K T Irfan             | Athletics    |
|      6 | Saina Nehwal          | Badminton    |
|      7 | P V Sindhu            | Badminton    |
|      8 | P Kashyap             | Badminton    |
|      9 | K Srikanth            | Badminton    |
|     10 | Guru Saidutt          | Badminton    |
|     11 | H.S Prannoy           | Badminton    |
|     12 | MC Mary Kom           | Boxing       |
|     13 | Sarita Devi           | Boxing       |
|     14 | Pinki Rani            | Boxing       |
|     15 | Devendro Singh        | Boxing       |
|     16 | Shiva Thapa           | Boxing       |
|     17 | Mandeep Jangra,       | Boxing       |
|     18 | Vijender Singh        | Boxing       |
|     19 | Vikas Krishan         | Boxing       |
|     20 | Abhinav Bindra        | Shooting     |
|     21 | Gagan Narang          | Shooting     |
|     22 | Sanjeev Rajput        | Shooting     |
|     23 | Ayonika Paul          | Shooting     |
|     24 | Apurvi Chandela       | Shooting     |
|     25 | Heena Sidhu           | Shooting     |
|     26 | Shewta Singh          | Shooting     |
|     27 | Malaika Goel          | Shooting     |
|     28 | Jitu Rai              | Shooting     |
|     29 | P N Prakash           | Shooting     |
|     30 | Vijay Kumar           | Shooting     |
|     31 | Rahi Sarnobat         | Shooting     |
|     32 | Anisa Sayyed          | Shooting     |
|     33 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting     |
|     34 | Ankur Mittal          | Shooting     |

| 35          | Mohd Ashab               | Shooting            |
|-------------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 36          | Kynan Chenai             | Shooting            |
| 37          | Sushil Kumar             | Wrestling           |
| 38          | Yogeshwar Dutt           | Wrestling           |
| 39          | Bajrang                  | Wrestling           |
| 40          | Amit Kumar               | Wrestling           |
| 41          | Rahul Aware              | Wrestling           |
| 42          | Babita Kumari            | Wrestling           |
| 43          | Vinesh Phogat            | Wrestling           |
| 44          | Varsha Gautham           | Sailors (Yachting)  |
| 45          | Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan | Sailors (Yachting)  |
| 46          | Tarundeep Rai            | Archery             |
| 47          | Atanu Das                | Archery             |
| 48          | Jayanta Talukdar         | Archery             |
| 49          | Mangal Champia           | Archery             |
| 50          | Viswash                  | Archery             |
| 51          | Ranjit Naik              | Archery             |
| 52          | Deepika Kumari           | Archery             |
| 53          | Bombayla Devi            | Archery             |
| 54          | Rimil Buruily            | Archery             |
| 55          | Laxmi Rani Majhi         | Archery             |
| 56          | Dola Banerjee            | Archery             |
| 57          | Snehal                   | Archery             |
| 58          | Sanjay Boro              | Archery             |
| 59          | Atul Verma               | Archery             |
| 60          | Binod Swansi             | Archery             |
| 61          | Madhu Vedwan             | Archery             |
| 62 Priyanka | Pawar                    | Athletics           |
| 63          | Tintu Luka               | Athletics           |
| 64          | Debashree Majumdar       | Athletics           |
| 65 M.R.     | Poovamma                 | Athletics           |
| 66          | Anilda Thomas            | Athletics           |
| 67          | Ashwini Akkunji          | Athletics           |
| 68          | Jauna Murmu              | Athletics           |
| 69          | Sini Jose                | Athletics           |
| 70          | Mandeep Kaur             | Athletics           |
| 71          | Chavi Sharawat           | Athletics           |
| 72          | Anju Thomas              | Athletics           |
| 73          | Nirmala                  | Athletics           |
| 74          | Arpitha M.               | Athletics           |
| 75 K. 76    | Ganapathy Manish Rawat   | Athletics Athletics |

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|   77 | Sandeep Kumar    | Athletics                |
|------|------------------|--------------------------|
|   78 | Devender Singh   | Athletics                |
|   79 | Sumit Sangwan    | Boxing                   |
|   80 | Sarjubala Devi   | Boxing                   |
|   81 | Chain Singh      | Shooting                 |
|   82 | Maana Patel      | Swimming                 |
|   83 | Inderjeet Singh  | Athletics                |
|   84 | Navjeet Kaur     | Athletics                |
|   85 | Gurmeet Singh    | Athletic                 |
|   86 | Jisna Mathew     | Athletics                |
|   87 | Dipa Karmakar    | Gymnastics               |
|   88 | Geeta Phogat     | Wrestling                |
|   89 | Narsingh Yadav   | Wrestling                |
|   90 | Leander Paes     | Tennis                   |
|   91 | Sania Mirza      | Tennis                   |
|   92 | Rohan Bopanna    | Tennis                   |
|   93 | Gurpreet Singh   | Shooting                 |
|   94 | Amit Saroha      | Para-Athletics           |
|   95 | Sharad Kumar     | Para Athletes            |
|   96 | Devendar         | Para Athletics           |
|   97 | Karamjyoti       | Para Athletics           |
|   98 | Narender         | Para Athletics           |
|   99 | Deepa Malik      | Para Athletics           |
|  100 | H N Girisha      | Para Athletics           |
|  101 | Sandeep          | Para Athletics           |
|  102 | Sharath Gayakwad | Para Swimming            |
|  103 | Jwala Gutta      | Badminton (Women) Double |
|  104 | Ashwini Ponnappa | Badminton (Women) Double |
|  105 | Manu Atri        | Badminton (Men) Double   |
|  106 | Sumeeth Reddy    | Badminton (Men) Double   |

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