(a) whether Rural Sports Programme was launched in 1970-71 with a view to tap hidden talent in rural areas;
(b) if so, whether there is no such activity in rural areas of Tamil Nadu and no tournaments were organised by the Sports Authority of India;
(c) if so, the reasons therefor; and
(d) the details of the rural tournaments held during each of the last three years and the sport persons of rural areas selected for national level games?
THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SUNIL DUTT)
(a) Yes, Sir,
(b) & (c) No, Sir. Till 31.3.2004, the rural sports
tournaments at the Block and district levels were organized
by the State/UT Government from their own resources. Under
the revised scheme, financial assistance of Rs. 30,000/- per
discipline is payable for district level tournaments to
State Government through Sports Authority of India (SAI) and
directly to NGOs/NYKS by the Government of India. However,
the tournaments have to be organized by State
Governments/NGOs only. However, All India Rural Sports
Tournaments are being organized by SAI, which also provides
assistance to State Government agencies for selecting
sportspersons for the said tournaments. Tamil Nadu has been
participating in almost all the All India Sports
Tournaments.
(d) The details of All India Rural Tournaments organized
by Sports Authority of India during the last three years is
at Annexure ‘A’
The information regarding the sports persons of rural
areas of Tamil Nadu selected for national level games is at
Annexure ‘B’.
ANNEXURE ‘A’
ANNEXURE ‘A’ REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK
SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3781 FOR 19.4.2005 REGARDING
RURAL SPORTS PROGRAMME ASKED BY DR. K. DHANARAJU
Year Group Dates Venue No. of ParticipanTS 2002-03 Group – I Nov.24-27,2002 Anandpur 1143 Sahib (Punjab) Group – II Dec.15-18,2002 Davanagere 1386 Total: 2529 (Karnataka) 2003-04 Group – I Jan 8-11, 2004 PondicherrY 982 Group – II Nov.14-17,2003 Siliguri 906 (WB) Group – III Jan. 3-6, 2004 Ranchi 1114 (Jharkhand) Total 3002 2004-05 Group – I Jan 13-16,2005 Aurangabad 1001 (MaharashtRA) Group – II Dec.16-19,2004 Agra (UP) 1046 Group - III Jan 4-7, 2005 Korba 1052 (ChattisgaRH) Total : 3099 ANNEXURE ‘B’ ANNEXURE ‘B’ REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d) OF THE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3781 FOR 19.4.2005 REGARDING RURAL SPORTS PROGRAMME ASKED BY DR. K. DHANARAJU No of sportspersons of rural areas of Tamil Nadu selected for national level games Year 2002-03 Sl. No. Name of the Player Game 1. P. Gayatri Volleyball 2. S. Priya Volleyball 3. A. Serita Volleyball 4. A. Gowari Volleyball 5. Bakiya Raj Volleyball 6. Balasubramanium Volleyball 7. Suresh Volleyball 8. Raja Pandi Volleyball 9. Vigesh Athletics 10. P.Divya Priya Athletics 11. P. Radhika Athletics 12. R. Suganya Athletics 13. A. Aniteham Athletics 14. R. Esakki Kabaddi 15. N. Parkash Kabaddi 16. Baby Sangeeta Hockey 17. S. Dhanlaxmi Hockey Year 2003- 04 1. T. Vinoth Kho-kho 2. S. Viveki Kho-kho 3. R. Vjayanand Kho-kho 4. P. Ilamathy Kho-kho 5. N. Muthamil Kho-kho 6. Rasna Hockey 7. J. Kalaivani Hockey 8. M.G. Saranya Hockey 9. G. Manjunathan Wt. Lifting 10. M. Thangaraj Wt. Lifting 11. D. Kalden Tenzing Football 12. D. Selya Prabhu Volleyball 13. S. Suresh Kumar Volleyball 14. R.G. Rama Subamaniam Volleyball 15. R. Elayarasan Volleyball 16. C. Mathialagan Volleyball Year 2004- 05 1. A. Mariyappan Wt. Lifting 2. B. Gopala Krishna Athletics 3. S. Sarnath Kumar Athletics 4. C.Nikhil Chitrarosh Athletics 5. P. Petchiammal Athletics 6. P. Jamit Shiry Athletics 7. S. Subeshni Athletics 8. Shakuntala Devi Athletics