Parliament Question: Sports Academics Operated across the Country

Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.07.2025 Sports Academics Operated across the Country 187. Shri Appalanaidu Kalisetti: Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state: (a) the number of Central and State Government-run sports academies currently operational across the country, State/UT-wise; (b) the details of the sanctioned strength, current deployment and vacancies of coaches and technical staff in these academies, gender- wise including representation of women, SCs, STs, minorities and Persons with Disabilities (PwDs); (c) whether the Government has prescribed any coach-to-athlete ratio for these academies, and if so, the details thereof; (d) the number of skill development and capacity-building programmes conducted for coaches during the last five years and the number of coaches certified under these programmes; and (e) the details of the funds allocated and utilised for recruitment, training and upskilling of the coaches during the last five years and the current year, State/UT-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [DR. MANSUKH MANDAVIYA](a): At present, a total of 306 academies have been accredited for the training of Khelo India Athletes (KIAs) under Khelo India Scheme. The details of sports academies is at Annexure-I. (b): Against sanctioned strength of 1,096 Past Champion Athletes (PCAs) as coaches, 951 PCAs have been deployed and 145 posts are vacant under Khelo India scheme and the detail maintained is at Annexure - II. (c) to (e): In Khelo India Centre (KIC), the coach-to-athlete ratio is 1:30. In Khelo India State Centre of Excellence (KISCE), the coach is deployed as per custom support required for each state and the number of coaches ranges from 4 to 12 per KISCE. Skill development and capacity-building programmes are conducted for Past Champion Athletes (hired as coaches) through Netaji Subhas National Institute of Sports (NSNIS), Patiala from time to time. The detail of such course is as follows: S.No. Refresher Course PCAs Participation Phase-I 3-week 291 6-week 400 Phase-II 6-week 103 Total 794 The Past Champion Athletes (PCAs) appointed as coaches at Khelo India Centres (KICs) across India were provided capacity building training under a centrally organised Capacity Building Program. This program is continued in phase wise manner under hybrid model (online and offline) to ensure accessible and standardised training across all States and Union Territories. A financial sanction of ₹3,24,53,800/- was granted for Capacity Building Program for a total of 1,295 PCAs at various Khelo India Centres. However, the State/UT- wise data is not maintained in the Ministry. *****ANNEXURE-I ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 FOR 21.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI REGARDING ‘SPORTS ACADEMIES OPERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY’. Details of State-wise Academies S.N. State/UTs No. of Academies 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands 0 2 Andhra Pradesh 0 3 Arunachal Pradesh 5 4 Assam 4 5 Bihar 0 6 Chandigarh 4 7 Chhattisgarh 6 8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu 0 9 Delhi 9 10 Goa 13 11 Gujarat 1 12 Haryana 20 13 Himachal Pradesh 11 14 Jammu & Kashmir 10 15 Jharkhand 2 16 Karnataka 39 17 Kerala 16 18 Ladakh 0 19 Lakshadweep 0 20 Madhya Pradesh 16 21 Maharashtra 42 22 Manipur 10 23 Meghalaya 0 24 Mizoram 0 25 Nagaland 0 26 Odisha 8 27 Puducherry 0 28 Punjab 24 29 Rajasthan 7 30 Sikkim 0 31 Tamil Nadu 14 32 Telangana 20 33 Tripura 0 34 Uttar Pradesh 14 35 Uttarakhand 0 36 West Bengal 11 Total 306Annexure-II ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (b) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 187 FOR 21.07.2025 ASKED BY SHRI APPALANAIDU KALISETTI REGARDING ‘SPORTS ACADEMICS OPERATED ACROSS THE COUNTRY, Details of sanctioned strength, current deployment and vacancies in Sports academies Total No. of No. of No. of PCA Total Operational No. of Manpower Manpower S.N. State/UTs PCA PCA hired hired KIC KIC PCA Sanctioned Hired Sanctioned (Male) (Female) hired Andaman & 1 8 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 Nicobar Andhra 2 26 26 27 22 4 26 11 9 Pradesh Arunachal 3 54 52 58 35 20 55 12 12 Pradesh 4 Assam 66 65 68 45 19 64 11 7 5 Bihar 38 38 38 28 10 38 17 4 6 Chandigarh 2 1 8 4 1 5 11 6 7 Chhattisgarh 33 29 33 24 5 29 10 4 Dadra Nagar Haveli & 8 4 3 4 3 0 3 11 7 Daman & Diu 9 Delhi 13 7 14 6 1 7 14 0 10 Goa 2 2 2 2 0 2 10 10 11 Gujarat 33 29 33 20 9 29 18 9 12 Haryana 21 17 25 12 4 16 14 11 Himachal 13 18 15 18 13 1 14 10 9 Pradesh Jammu & 14 100 92 100 67 24 91 18 10 Kashmir 15 Jharkhand 24 24 24 17 7 24 18 10 16 Karnataka 32 29 32 22 5 27 11 8 17 Kerala 24 23 24 17 5 22 11 7 18 Ladakh 3 2 6 3 2 5 17 0 19 Lakshadweep 3 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 Madhya 20 52 49 52 27 11 38 18 10 Pradesh 21 Maharashtra 43 41 52 38 4 42 13 8 22 Manipur 35 30 35 15 13 28 13 4 23 Meghalaya 24 24 24 18 6 24 11 9 24 Mizoram 23 23 23 22 1 23 11 10 25 Nagaland 32 32 32 27 4 31 10 10 26 Odisha 31 22 31 13 9 22 18 16 27 Puducherry 4 0 4 0 0 0 10 0 28 Punjab 29 29 30 17 13 30 13 0 29 Rajasthan 60 42 61 34 7 41 8 0 30 Sikkim 11 11 11 8 3 11 11 9 31 Tamil Nadu 38 38 38 19 18 37 14 6 32 Telangana 33 33 33 27 3 30 11 9 33 Tripura 15 15 18 8 5 13 11 1134 Uttar Pradesh 80 80 84 64 17 81 14 0 35 Uttarakhand 30 29 30 20 9 29 10 0 36 West Bengal 13 13 13 12 1 13 0 0 Total 1057 966 1096 710 241 951 420 225 ------------