Sports ministry data: India
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INDIA 2012
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Sports ministry data: India
Sports and games have always been seen as an integral component in all round development of human personality. Apart from being means of entertainment and physical fitness, sports have also played a great role in generation of spirit of healthy competition and bonding within the community. Achievement in sports have always been a source of national pride and prestige. However, unlike in the past the modern sports have become highly competitive. The use of modern equipments, infrastructure and advanced scientific support has changed the scenario of sports at international level. Keeping in line with the growing demands of advanced equipments, infrastructure and scientific support, Government of India has taken lot of initiatives. However, these efforts could not produce significant results on account of policy and inadequate budgetary support.
NATIONAL SPORTS POLICY 2001
National Sports Policy, 2001 envisages mainly broad basing and promotion of excellence in sports. The salient features of the National Sports Policy 2001 are as under : l Broad-basing of Sports and achievement of excellence; l Upgradation and development of infrastructure; l Support to the National Sports Federations and other appropriate bodies; l Strengthening of scientific and coaching support to sports; l Incentives to promote sports; l Enhanced participation of women, Scheduled Tribes and rural youth; l Involvement of the Corporate Sector in sports promotion; and l Promote sports mindedness among the public at large.
PANCHAYAT YUVA KRIDAAUR KHELABHIYAN (PYKKA)
With the objective of broad-basing of sports and mass participation in sports, the Government has in March 2008 approved the introduction of a centrally sponsored scheme titled Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan (PYKKA), which aims at providing basic sports infrastructure at the panchayat level over a period of 10 years through concerted efforts of all stakeholders, particularly the state governments, panchayats, educational institutes, sports promotion bodies and youth clubs. All the 2,50,000 village and block panchayats and equivalent units will be covered during this period. Apart from contributing to publish health, social inclusiveness, the promotion of indigenous games, and the expansion of the talent pool through the identification and nurturing of rural sports talent, PYKKA is also expected to stumulate the economic activities within the sports sector, as it would lead to an exponential growth in the demand for sports instructors, coaches, sports equipment and consumable and sports events and related support services. Under the Scheme, each village Panchayat and Each Block Panchayat would be given one time seed capital grant of Rs.1 lakh and Rs.5 lakh, respectively for undertaking development of sports infrastructure viz. development of playfield,
athletic track, fencing of playfield, goal posts, poles for net games, outdoor fitness equipments etc. The State share in this will be 25% for normal states and 10% for special category states. In addition, village panchayats and block panchayats would be given annual acquisition grant for procurement of sports equipments and annual operational grant to meet the operational expenses of non-competitoin nature including honorarium to kridashres. The Scheme also provides grants for conduct of sports competitions amongst rural population at block, district, state and national levels.
Grants-in aid also provided under the scheme for holding Inter-School Competitions, Sports Competitions for Women and North-East Games. The Planning Commission has allocated Rs.1500 crores for the 11th Plan Period. The total requirement of funds for the entire programme over the 11th and 12th Plan Period has been estimated at approximately Rs.5000 crores. The budget allocated each year was fully utilized. Out of the total allocation of budget of Rs.577 crore to the scheme for the last three years (2008-09 to 2010-11), Rs.449 crores has been released to States/UTs to develop playfields in more than 48,000 village/block Panchayats; and remaining Rs.128 crores has been utilized for annual competitions. Community coaches called 'Kridasrees' numbering more than 23,000 have been trained during these period. More than 22 lakh rural youth (men & women) particiated in the annual competition held in 2009-10.
PROMOTION OF URBAN SPORTS INFRASTRUCTURE
The Government has introduced a new scheme entitled 'Scheme of Assistance for the creation of Urban Sports Infrastructure' on pilot basis in 2010-11 for upgrading existing sports facilities and utilizing them as players' academies, and for training of coaches. Further, financial assistance is provided under the scheme to the State Governments and the National Playing Field Association for protection and preservation of playing spaces fields across the country. The scheme will be fully implemented from 12th FYR plan period.
PROMOTION OF EXCELLENCE IN SPORTS THROUGH INSTITUTIONS
Sports Authority of India
The Sports Authority of India (SAI) was established by the Government of India in year 1984 as a registered society primarily to ensure effective maintenance and optimum utilization of the various sports infrastructure that were built in Delhi during Asiad, 1982. It is now the nodal agency in the country for broad basing sports and for training of sportspersons to achieve excellence in national and international sports. The Society for National Institute of Physical Education & Spots (SNIPES) was merged with SAI with effect from 1st May 1987. Subsequently Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala and its allied centres at Bangalore, Kolkata and Ghandhinagar and Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education at Thiruvananthapuram came under Sports Authority of India (SAI). It has now six regional centers at Bangalore, Gnadhingar, Kolkata, Sonepat, Bhopal and Imphal and two sub-centres at Guwahati (Assam) and Lucknow (UP). SAI also operates a High Altitude Training Centre (HATC) at Shillong (H.P.) SAI operates various schemes at sub-junior, junior and senior level, namely, National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC), Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC), SAI Training Centres (STC) and Special Area Games of Excellence (COE) for elite
sportsperson at each of its Regional Centres and one at National Institute of Sports, Patiala.
LAKSHMIBAI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL EDUCATION
This Institute was established initially as a College on 17th August 1957, the centenary year of the first war of India’s Independence. The University is located at Gwalior, where Rani Lakshmibai of Jhansi had laid down her life for the country’s freedom struggle. In recognition of the services rendered in the field of physical education and sports by the Institute, it was upgraded to a ‘Deemed University’ in 1995. The LNIPE is fully funded by the Government of India. The Institute offers the following full-time courses: (1) Bachelor of Physical Education (BPE) (4 years degree course) (2) Master of Physical Education (MPE) (2 years course) (3) M. Phil in Physical Education (1 year course) and (4) Ph.D in Physical Education. Apart from the above, following Certificate, Diploma and Post Graduate courses are also being conducted by the Institute : (a) Adventure Sports, (b) Special Sports, (c) Youth Affairs, (d) Information Technology; (e) Sports Coaching (f) Yoga and alternate therapy (g) Sports Management, (h) Sports Journalism. The Institute also conducts in-service training programmes in physical education for ex-army personnel, refresher/orientation course for physical education teachers in universities, colleges and schools. The Institute attracts students from abroad also. A North East Campus of LNIPE has been established at Guwahati (Assam) and has started functioning from 2010-11.
SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE TO NATIONAL SPORTS FEDERATIONS
Under this scheme, the Government of India provides assistance to National Sports Federations (NSFs) for conducting National Championships and International Tournaments in India, participation in international tournaments abroad, organizing coaching camps, procuring sports equipment, engagement of foreign coaches and disbursement of salaries to the Joint/Assistant Secretaries.
SCHEME RELATING TO TALENT SEARCH AND TRAINING
Under this Scheme, assistance is provided to promising sportspersons for training and training-cum-competitions in India and abroad, for purchase of equipment and scientific support. Supporting personnels such as coaches, sports scientists, doctors masseurs etc. are also assisted for undergoing specialized training and for attending seminars/conferences and major international sports events and for appearing in qualifying examinations. This scheme is implemented through Sports Authority of India (SAI).
NATIONAL SPORTS DEVELOPMENT FUND
This was instituted by the Central Government with a view to mobilize resources from the Government as well as non-governmental sources, including the private/ corporate sector and non-resident Indians, for promotion of sports and games in the country. In order to make contributions to the Fund, attractive 100% exemption from income tax is available on all contributions. To begin with, the Government made a contribution of Rs.2 crores during the year 1998-99. Further Government contribution is on matching basis to the contributions received from the other sources.
The funds available under NSDF were used towards promotion of sports in general and specific sport disciplines and individual sportspersons for achieving excellence at the national and international level in particular; imparting special training and coaching in relevant sport disciplines to sportspersons, coaches and sports specialists; to construct and maintain infrastructure as may be required for promotion of excellence in sports; to supply equipment to Governmental and Non-Governmental organizations and individuals with a view to promote excellence in sports; to identify problems and take up research and development studies for providing support to excellence in sports etc.
SCHEME RELATING TO INCENTIVES TO SPORTS PERSONS
RAJIV GANDHI KHEL RATNA AWARD
The scheme was launched in the year 1991-92 with the objective of honouring sportspersons to enhance their general status and to give them greater dignity and place of honour in society. Under this scheme an amount of Rs.7.5 lakhs and a medal are given as award for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson in the preceding year.
ARJUNA AWARDS
The Arjuna Awards were instituted in 1961. To be eligible for the Award, a sportsperson should not only have had good performance consistently for the previous three years at the international level, with excellence for the year for which the Award is recommended but also should have shown qualities of leadership, sportsmanship and a sense of discipline. The awardee is given a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash award of Rs.5 lakhs. Not more than 15 awards are given every year.
DHYAN CHAND AWARD FOR LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENTS IN SPORTS AND GAMES
Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and games instituted in the year 2002. This award is given to honour those sportspersons who have contributed to sports by their performance and continue to contribute to promotion of sports even after their retirement from active sporting career. The award is given a statuette, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash award of Rs.5.00 lakhs. Not more than three awards are given every year.
DRONACHARYA AWARD
This Award was instituted in 1985, honours eminent Coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams and enabled them to achieve outstanding results in international competitions. The awardee is given a statuette of Guru Dronacharya, a certificate, ceremonial dress and a cash prize of j 5.00 lakhs. Not more than 5 awards are given every year.
MAULANA ABUL KALAM AZAD (MAKA) TROPHY
This was instituted in 1956-57. The top overall performing university in the Inter- University Tournaments is given the Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy, Youth Affairs and Sports 1223 which is a rolling trophy. A small replica of the MAKA Trophy is also awarded for retention by the University. In addition, the University also gets a cash prize of j 10 lakh. The second and third best universities also receive cash awards amounting to j 5 lakh and j 3 lakh respectively.
RASHTRIYA KHEL PROTSAHAN PURUSKAR
With a view to recognize the contribution made to sports development by entities other than sportspersons and coaches, Government has instituted a new award entitled Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puruskar from the year 2009, which has four categories, namely, community sports development, promotion of sports academies of excellence, support to elite sportspersons and employment to sportspersons. The awards consist of a citation and a trophy in each of the above mentioned categories. There is no cash award.
SPECIAL AWARDS TO WINNERS IN INTERNATIONAL SPORTS EVENTSAND THEIR COACHES
This scheme was introduced in the year 1986 to encourage and motivate outstanding sportspersons for higher achievement and to attract the younger generation to take sports as a career. Under the scheme, special cash awards are given to sportspersons and their coaches for winning medals in recognized international sporting events held in a year at the following rates.
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Name of Championship/Game Gold Medal Silver Medal Bronze Medal
First Position Second Position Third Position
For Winning
(i) Olympics Games j 50 lakhs j 30 lakhs j 20 lakhs
(ii) Asian Games/Commonwealth j 20 lakhs j 10 lakhs j 6 Lakhs
Games
(iii) World Championships j 10 lakhs j 5 lakhs j 3 lakhs
(iv) Asian and Commonwealth j 3 lakhs j 2 lakhs j 1.5 lakhs
Championships
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Cash award is also given to coaches who have trained the medal winners for at least 240 days immediately proceeding the tournament. Award money to a coach is 50% of the award money given to the sportsperson coached. In case, there is more than one coach award money is distributed among them equally. Amount of award money for winners of medals in Commonwealth Games 2010 and Asian Games 2010 was doubled in October 2010.
SCHEME OF SPORTS FUND FOR PENSION TO MERITORIOUS SPORTS PERSONS
This scheme was launched in the year 1994. Under this scheme, those sportspersons, who are India citizens and have won gold, silver and bronze medals in Olympic Games, World Cup/World Championships, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games and Paralympic Games and have attained the age of 30 years and have retired from active sports career are eligible for life pension under this Scheme at the following enhances rate, which are effective from 1 July 2008. 1224 India 2012
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(a) Medalists at the Olympic Games Rs.10,000/- p.m.
(b) Gold medalists at the World Cups/ Rs.8,000/- p.m.
World Championships in Olympic and
Asian Games disciplines
(c) Silver or Bronze medalists of the Rs.7,000/- p.m.
World Cups/World Championships
in Olympic and Asian Games disciplines
(d) Gold medallists of the Asian/ Rs.7,000/- p.m.
Commonwealth Games
(e) Silver and Bronze medalists of Asian/ Rs.6,000/- p.m.
Commonwealth Games
(f) Gold medalists of Para-Olympic Games Rs.5,000/- p.m.
(g) Silver medalists of Para-Olympic Games Rs.4,000/- p.m.
(h) Bronze medalists of Para-Olympic Games Rs.3,000/- p.m.
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NATIONAL WELFARE FUND FOR SPORTSPERSONS
The National Welfare Fund for sports persons was set up in March 1982 with a view to assisting outstanding sportspersons of yesteryears, living in indigent circumstances who had won glory for the country in sports. Assistance from the Fund is given in the form of lump sum financial assistance ex-gratia to sports persons or their families in case of sustaining a fatal injury during training for, or participation in, an international competition; sportsperson sustaining injury other than a fatal injury, families of sportsperson living in indigent circumstances, for medical treatment of sportspersons, for sports promoters (referees, coaches and umpires) living in indigent circumstances. Assistance is provided to those whose monthly income from all sources is less than r 2,00,000/- per annum. The fund is managed & operated by a Committee with the Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports as the Chairperson.
OTHER INITIATIVES
SCHEME FOR PROMOTION OF SPORTS AMONG PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
The Department formulated a scheme for promotion of sports and games among disabled during 2009. The objective of the Scheme is broad basing participative sports among the disabled. The Scheme of Sports & Games for the Disabled has the following components : (i) Grant for Sports coaching and purchase of consumables & nonconsumable sports equipment for Schools. (ii) Grant for Training of Coaches (iii) Grant for holding District, State & National level competitions for the disabled. The successful implementation of the Scheme will go a long way in integration of the disabled in the mainstream of the society.
SCHEME OF ASSISTANCE FOR ANTI-DOPING ACTIVITIES
Doping is the deliberate or inadvertent use by sportspersons of a substance or method banned by Medical Commission of International Olympic Committee/World Anti Youth Affairs and Sports 1225 Doping Agency (WADA). In pursuit of gold and glory, large number of sportspersons all over the world are tempted to or use performance enhancing substances in an effort to gain a competitive edge over others. India is no exception to this malaise. Recognizing the urgent need for embarking upon a concerted effort to check doping in collaboration with the global anti-doping community, the Government of India became one of the members of the Foundation Board of WADA, set up with the initiative of the International Olympic Committee.
NATIONAL ANTI DOPING AGENCY (NADA)
This is the national organization responsible for promoting, coordinating and monitoring the doping control programme in sports in the country. The Anti Doping rules of NADA are compliant with the Anti Doping Code of WADA. NATIONAL DOPE TESTING LABORATORY (NDTL) It is responsible for testing dope samples and conducting advance research on the subject by maintaining close association with the WADA and WADA accredited laboratories. NDTL achieved WADA accreditation in September 2008 after undergoing probation from October, 2006. The NDTL has now become the 35th WADA accredited laboratory in the World and 6th in the Asian Region.
COMMONWEALTH GAMES DELHI, 2010
The Commonwealth Games (CWG), a mega and a multi-disciplinary event, was successfully organized at Delhi from 3rd to 14th October, 2010. The competitions were held in 17 sports and 7572 athletes/coaches/officials from 71 countries participated in these Games. The Opening and the Closing Ceremony were held at Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, the flagship stadium for the CWG.
The performance of the Indian Contingent at the Commonwealth Games was quite exceptional, resulting in an unprecedented haul of medals, which were more than double the medals India had won at the last Commonwealth Games held at Melbourne in 2006. India also finished second in the medals tally, ahead of the major sporting nations such as England, Canada, South Africa, etc with a total of 101 medals, the highest ever in any major multidisciplinary sporting event India had won. The results have created a euphoric environment in the country and no doubt raised the hopes and expectations of the people for greater successes in the future.
This dramatically improved performance by the Indian sports persons, has been a result of the intensive training provided to them over the past two and a half years under the 'Scheme for Preparation of India Teams for Commonwealth Games'. This Scheme had been conceptualized and formulated, with the objective of achieving excellence in multi-disciplinary sports events. The Scheme had been designed, after intensive consultations with the National Sports Federations and other stakeholders in the field of sports. The shortcomings in the previously conducted training programmes were identified and suitably addressed in the new Scheme.
ASIAN GAMES 2010 GUNGZHOU, CHINA
Indian contingent consisting of coaches, managers, technical officials etc participated in 16th Asian Games 2010 held at Guangzhou (Chine) from 12-27 November 2010. Indian sportspersons put up a commendable performance and got record number of medals. India stood at 6th position in the medals tally, which is India's best since inception of Asian Games. India got 64 medals (14 Gold, 17 Silver and 33 Bronze). 1226 India 2012 30 States and Union Territories
PART II
Government expenditure on sports
2008-2017/ Govt got Rs 119cr in the decade as corporate funds
January 6, 2018: The Times of India
In the past decade, the government has received over Rs 119 crore as corporate funds in sports. The largest amount received in a year was Rs 42 crore in the year 2016-17 and thesecond highest amount came in 2008-09 with the BCCI pitching in with Rs 35 crore.
This came out in a response to a question in Lok Sabha, where TRS MP Dr Boora Narsaiah Goud asked if the government was proposing to seek corporate funding of sports mandatory. Sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said promotion of sports was already recognised as a corporatesocial responsibility activity.
2010-14:grants released
Feb 05 2015
From 2010-11 to 2013-14, the government released grants worth 350 crore to 65 national sports federations. Various organizations linked with hockey got the largest chunk of these grants, amounting to 40.7 crore. India's national sport was followed by wrestling, boxing and shooting.The government also provided grants to federations governing sports that are not considered mainstream. For instance, during this period, the Tennis Ball Cricket Federation of India, located in Gorakhpur, got a grant of 46 lakh from the government while the Tug of War and Jump Rope federations got grants of 47.3 lakh and 46 lakh respectively
Central expenditure: 2017-18
Rumu Banerjee, Centre’s sports spend: 3 paise per head daily, January 5, 2018: The Times of India
The Centre spends three paise per person per day on sports. This was revealed by the sports ministry in Parliament during a discussion on a career in sports.
However, this investment per sportsperson goes up when one adds funds provided by the state government as sports is a state subject.
Admitting that the ministry of youth affairs and sports spends three paise per capita per day, sports minister Rajyavardhan Rathore said that the total outlay of the department of sports under the ministry during the year 2017-18 was Rs 1,393.21 crore. “As per figures of the Census 2011, the population of India is 121crore. Thus, per capita per day spend of the outlay of the department of sports of this ministry alone is around 3 paise,” he said.
“Apart from the central and state governments, many NGOs are also involved in development of sports in the country... Therefore, the actual per capita per day spend of India on sports is certainly higher than 3 paise at present,” added Rathore, and also cited the involvement of corporates in promoting sports through CSR activities.
