:
(a) the places where the centres of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are functioning in the country;
(b) the sports facilities available at these centres; and
(c) the steps being taken to make them useful?
:
(a) the places where the centres of the Sports Authority of India (SAI) are functioning in the country;
(b) the sports facilities available at these centres; and
(c) the steps being taken to make them useful?
THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SUNIL DUTT)
(a) to (c) The Sports Authority of India (SAI) has 6 Regional Centres at Bangalore, Gandhinagar, Kolkata, Chandigarh, Bhopal and Imphal & 4 sub-centres at Guwahati, Hazaribagh, Nagercoil and Lucknow.
The Sports Authority of India (SAI), at present, is implementing the following Sports Promotional Schemes in the entire country to identify talent in various sports disciplines in the age group of 8-25 years so as to train them to excel at National and International level:-
(1) 83 Schools plus 16 adopted Akharas under National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC) Scheme (8-14 Years)
(2) 08 Army Boys Sports Company(ABSC) (8-14 Years)
(3) 17 Special Area Games (SAG) (14-21 Years)
(4) 58 SAI Training Centre (STC) (14-21 Years)
(5) 08 Centre of Excellence (COX) (17-25 Years)