Question : MOU ON SPORTS TRAINING CENTRES

(a) whether any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) have been signed between the Sports Authority of India (SAI) and the State Governments including Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh with regard to sports training centres;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;

(c) whether any action/steps have been taken by the Government/SAI in this regard so far, State-wise;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor alongwith the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI AJAY MAKEN)

(a) & (b) The details of Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Sports Authority of India and State Governments (including Chhatishgarh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh) along with names of Training Centres are given below:–

Name of State	Names of State Training Centres	in respect of which MoU signed.
Andhra Pradesh	Secundrabad, Kurnool and Vishakhapatnam
Assam	Guwahati
Bihar	Patna
Chhatishgarh	Rajnandgaon and Raipur
Gujarat	Gandhinagar
Haryana	Kurukshetra, Bhiwani, Hissar and Sonepat
Himachal Pradesh	Dharamshala and Bilaspur
Jammu & Kashmir	Udhampur
Karnataka	Medikeri and Bangalore
Kerala	Calicut
Madhya Pradesh	Bhopal
Maharashtra	Kandivali and Aurangabad
Orissa	Cuttack, Dhenkanal and Koraput
Punjab	National Institute of Sports,Patiala,Mustana Sahib and Badal
Rajasthan	Jodhpur and Alwar
Tamil Nadu	Chennai
Uttar Pradesh	Lucknow and Bareilly
West Bench	Lebong and Siliguri

Name of State	Name of STCs in respect of which	MoU has not been signed.
Andhra Pradesh	Eluru and Medak
Assam	Golaghat
Goa	Goa
Jharkhand	Hazaribagh
Karnataka	Dharwar
Kerala	Trichur, Kollam and Thiruvanthapuram
Manipur	Imphal
Madhya Pradesh	Dhar, Indore, Jabalpur and Tikamgarh
Meghalaya	Shillong
Nagaland	Dimapur
Punjab	Ludhiana
Tamilnadu	Salem
Uttar Pradesh	Kashipur, Safai Etawah, Allahabad and Jhansi
West Bengal	Kolkata and Burdwan