THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS
{COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)}
(a) The Ministry is implementing the Khelo India Scheme which, inter-alia, provide for development of sports facilities and infrastructure in the entire country, including Punjab. Salient features of the Scheme, having twelve verticals, are given in Annexure – I.
In addition, National Centre of Sports Science and Research (NCSSR) is to be established in the Netaji Subhash National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala(an existing institution of sports coach education, sports sciences, sports medicine and athlete training under the Sports Authority of India.) A sum of Rs. 5 crore has already been released by the Ministry for the purpose of creation of infrastructure and procurement of equipment. Besides, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar has been selected as one of the Universities for creation of Sports Science department therein and a sum of Rs. 1.80 crore has been released. This University proposes to conduct the following courses from July, 2018:
(i) Certificate Programe in Sports Anthropometry;
(ii) M.SC in Sports Bio-Chemistry;
(iii) M.Sc in sports Nutrition;
(iv) M.Sc. in sports Physiology;
(v) M.Sc. in Sports Phychology;
(vi) Masters in Sports Physiotherapy.
The NSNIS, inter-alia, also conducts short and long term academic courses in sports coaching, sports sciences and other related fields, including Post Graduate Diploma in Sports Medicine, and provides scientific back up to the elite sportspersons for achievements of high level performance.
A National Centre for Sports Coaching (NCSC) will also be established in the NSNIS, Patiala to enhance sports coaching, education in the country and also to create coaching development framework of the country and to conduct the research in technical, tactical and skill development aspect of coaching and training of athletes, A sum of Rs. 2 crore has been released for the purpose so far.
(b) & (c) The Ministry and its organizations have been collaborating with various other countries and foreign universities, prominent among them being Australia, Japan, etc., and Universities such as University of Canberra and Victoria University, Australia, Nippon Sports Science
University and University of Tsukuba, Japan, Birmingham University, United Kingdom, etc., with various objectives relating to development of Sports, including research and development in sports and sports science. The efforts are largely collaborative in nature on exchange basis, without any specific budget allocation.
(d) While many of the facilities of the organizations under this Ministry are disabled-friendly and efforts are on to make more of them suitable for persons with disabilities, the Sports Authority of India (SAI), an autonomous organization under the aegis of Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, has established an exclusive SAI Training Centre at SAI Regional Centre, Gandhinagar (Gujarat) in the discipline of Athletics, Swimming & Power Lifting. In order to meet the special needs of Para Athletes the sports infrastructure available at SAI Regional Centre, Gandhinagar has been upgraded so that regular training to the physically challenged athletes (Para Athlete) could be imparted. Further upgradation of the Centre is being undertaken with a total estimated cost of Rs.50 crore out of which Rs.20 crore is being provided by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment.
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