(a) whether the Government is providing any assistance to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) for conducting the World Cup cricket tournament;
(b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the number of sportspersons and countries participating therein and the locations where the said games is being conducted;
(c) whether there are reports that some stadia are still not ready for the purpose; and
(d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
(SHRI AJAY MAKEN)
(a): Government has given custom duty exemption for temporary imports of sports equipments
and import of sports consumables required for the ICC Cricket World Cup (CWC), 2011. Venue -
related assistance such as security and other logistic support is being extended by the State
Governments concerned.
(b): BCCI has informed that fourteen countries are participating in ICC CWC – 2011. There
are 29 matches in India at 8 venues viz. Mumbai, Delhi, Mohali, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Nagpur,
Ahemadebad and Chennai. 12 games are in Sri Lanka and 8 games in Bangladesh. All 8 venues are
ready to stage the matches.
(c) & (d) Eden Gardens in Kolkata was not fully completed. Accordingly, ICC shifted the
India – England match on 27.02.2011 to Bengaluru.