(a) the details of the programmes being run by the Government to search talents from the rural areas of the North-Eastern States including Assam; and
(b) the details of the number of beneficiaries under the programmes during the last five years, State-wise?
THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)
FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS
{ SHRI KIREN RIJIJU }
(a) The Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is running various schemes for promotion of sports culture as well as attaining excellence in sports across the country, including North-Eastern States. These schemes include:-
(i) Khelo India Scheme (ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations; (iii)Special Awards to Winners in International sports events and their Coaches; (iv) National Sports Awards, Pension to Meritorious Sports Persons; (v) National Sports Development Fund; and (vi) Sports Training Centres run through Sports Authority of India. The Ministry is also promoting rural and indigenous/tribal games under the ‘Khelo India Scheme’ and through the ‘Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat’ (EBSB) programme.
Most athletes selected and benefitting under these schemes come from the rural areas, including from North-Eastern States.
Details of the above schemes are available in the public domain on the websites of this Ministry and the Sports Authority of India.
(b) State-wise details of number of beneficiaries under the programmes during the last five years from North-Eastern States is at Annexure.