**Executive Summary**
This document is the answer from the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports to Unstarred Question No. 2329 in Lok Sabha, to be answered on December 15, 2025, regarding the expansion and modernisation of sports infrastructure in India. It addresses questions about the Khelo India Scheme (KIS), high-performance coaching, sports science labs, public-private partnerships, and improvements in sports participation. All scheme details are available in the public domain on the websites of the Ministry and the Sports Authority of India.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Khelo India Scheme (KIS)**:
* The Government has expanded sports infrastructure under KIS.
* Details on projects (approved cost, funds released, progress) are available on the Ministry's dashboards: https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in.
* Details on Khelo India Centres (KIC), Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) and Khelo India Accredited Academies (KIAA) along with sports disciplines covered under these centres across the country are available on the public domain on the dashboard of the Ministry at https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in.
* **State Government's Role**:
* Development of sports, high-performance coaching, sports science labs, data analytics, and PPP models are primarily the responsibility of State/Union Territory Governments as 'Sports' is a State subject.
* The Union Government supplements State/UT efforts by bridging critical gaps.
* **Schemes Implemented by the Ministry**:
* Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports.
* Assistance to National Sports Federations.
* Cash Incentive to Medal Winners in International Sports Events and their Coaches.
* National Sports Awards.
* Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons.
* Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Program for Sportspersons.
* National Sports Development Fund.
* Running Sports Training Centres through Sports Authority of India.
**Impact Analysis**
**State/Union Territory Governments**
* **Impact**: Primarily responsible for developing sports infrastructure and facilities, including high-performance coaching, sports science labs, and encouraging PPP models.
* **Action Required**: Continue development efforts to promote sports, while the Union Government will supplement these efforts by bridging critical gaps.
**Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports**
* **Impact**: Responsible for supplementing the development efforts of the State/Union Territory governments by bridging critical gaps. Also responsible for the implementation of multiple schemes that will aid in sports development.
* **Action Required**: Continue implementing existing schemes for sports development and making information available on the Ministry's website.
**Athletes, Coaches, and Sports Federations**
* **Impact**: Will benefit from the expanded infrastructure, improved coaching facilities, financial assistance, and various welfare programs.
* **Action Required**: Utilise the available resources and opportunities to improve performance and contribute to India's emergence as a global sporting nation.
Key Entities Referenced
Khelo India Scheme (KIS): A national program for the development of sports infrastructure, sports science, and grassroots participation in India.
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports: The central ministry responsible for promoting sports in India and implementing related schemes.
Public-Private Partnership (PPP): A model encouraged for the development of sports infrastructure.
Government of India
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
Department of Sports
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2329
TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2025
Expansion and Modernisation of Sports Infrastructure
2329. Smt. Shambhavi:
Shri Atul Garg:
Shri Rajesh Verma:
Dr. D. Purandeswari:
Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has expanded sports infrastructure under
the Khelo India Scheme (KIS) through new stadiums, athletic tracks,
sports hostels and district-level centres of excellence particularly in
Samastipur and Khagaria, Ghaziabad and Rajahmundry Lok Sabha
Constituencies;
(b) whether high-performance coaching facilities for Olympic sports
modernised with scientific training, physiotherapy and nutrition support
and if so, the details thereof;
(c) whether the Government plans to establish sports science labs and
data-analytics centres across the country, if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the State Governments and private academies are being
encouraged to adopt Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models for sports
infrastructure and if so, the details thereof; and
(e) whether these measures have led to improved grassroots
participation, medal performance and India’s emergence as a global
sporting nation and if so, the details thereof?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS
[ DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA ]
Page 1 of 2(a) Yes, Sir. The details of the sports infrastructure projects approved
and their sanctioned cost, funds released and their physical and
financial progress, under Khelo India Scheme across the country are
available in public domain on the dashboards of the Ministry at
https://mdsd.kheloindia.gov.in. Further, the details of Khelo India Centres
(KIC), Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) and Khelo India
Accredited Academies (KIAA), along with sports disciplines covered
under these centres across the country are available in the public
domain on the dashboard of the Ministry at
https://dashboard.kheloindia.gov.in.
(b) to (e) ‘Sports’ being a State subject, the responsibility of development
of sports, including developing high-performance coaching facilities for
Olympic sports modernised with scientific training, physiotherapy and
nutrition support, establishing sports science labs and data-analytics
centres, adopting Public-Private Partnership (PPP) models for sports
infrastructure and improving grassroots participation and medal
performance, rests primarily with the State/Union Territory
Governments. The Union Government supplements their efforts by
bridging critical gaps. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
implements the following schemes for the promotion of sports in the
country, including for developing sports infrastructure and facilities,
increasing grassroots participation, improving medal performance for
India’s emergence as a global sporting nation:
(i) Khelo India - National Programme for Development of Sports;
(ii) Assistance to National Sports Federations;
(iii) Cash Incentive to Medal Winners in International Sports Events
and their Coaches;
(iv) National Sports Awards;
(v) Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons;
(vi) Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay National Welfare Program for
Sportspersons;
(vii) National Sports Development Fund; and
(viii) Running Sports Training Centres through Sports Authority of
India.
Details of the above schemes are available in the public domain on the
websites of this Ministry and the Sports Authority of India.
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