Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (MYAS) through Sports Authority of India has been implementing the following Sports Promotional Schemes in the age groups of 8-25 years in 27 sports disciplines to identify and nurture sports talent across the country.

 

•           National Sports Talent Contest Scheme (NSTC)

•           Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC)

•           SAI Training Centre (STC)

•           Special Area Games (SAG)

•           Extension Centre of STC/SAG

•           Centre of Excellence (COE)

 

For implementation of the above schemes, SAI has established 2 Academic and 10 Regional Centres across the country. Majority of sportspersons identified and nurtured under SAI Schemes belong to rural, tribal, coastal, hilly and backward areas of the country. At present, under SAI Schemes total 14143 talented sportspersons (9843 boys and 4300 girls) are provided with regular sports training on residential and non-residential basis.

 

SAI has established 23 sports centres under NSTC, STC & Extension Centres of STC/SAG in the State of Rajasthan, where 737 talented sportspersons, majority of them from rural and tribal area are being trained in the State.

 

This Ministry is also implementing a Central Sector Scheme, namely Khelo India which has twelve verticals to cater the entire population also covering talented youth / sportsperson from rural / tribal areas of the country including Rajasthan. The scheme has a dedicated vertical ‘Talent Identification and Development’ provides for financial assistance to identified talented players at various levels through different avenues and annual financial assistance, at the rate of Rs.5.00 lakh per annum, for a period of 8 years under a Long Term Athlete Development Programme is provided.

 

For implementation of SAI Sports Promotional Schemes across the country, the scheme-wise details of funds utilized are at Annexure, where total 42734 sportspersons were benefited during the last three years.

 

This information was given by Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Col. Rajyavardhan Rathore Retd in a written reply to the Lok Sabha today.

 

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Annexure

DETAILS OF FUNDS UTILIZED ON TRAINEES DURING LAST THREE YEARS UNDER THE SAI SCHEMES

	(Rs.in Crores)
SN	Schemes	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC)	0.75	1.15	1.55
2	Army Boys Sports Companies (ABSC)	6.00	10.80	12.30
3	SAI Training Centre (STC)	36.00	43.70	43.50
4	Special Area Games (SAG)	12.75	12.20	14.50
5	Centre of Excellence (COE)	4.50	3.95	4.15
6	SAI National /Regional Sports Academy (N/RSA)	15.00	5.20	5.20
	TOTAL:	75.00	77.00	81.20

 

 

DETAILS OF SAI SPORTS PROMOTIONAL SCHEMES DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS.

	Number of Trainees
SN	Schemes	2016-17	2017-18	2018-19
1	National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC)	1375	1367	1218
2	Army Boys Sports Companies (ABSC)	1352	1591	1556
3	SAI Training Centre (STC)	6498	6867	6540
4	Special Area Games (SAG)	2000	2167	2198
	Extension Centres of STC/SAG	1643	1937	2194
5	Centre of Excellence (COE)	477	479	437
6	SAI National /Regional Sports Academy (N/RSA)	339	499	0
	TOTAL:	13684	14907	14143

 

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