Development of world class stadium in South Tamil Nadu

Development of world class stadium in South Tamil Nadu

The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that the Central Government is implementing the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA) scheme, under which it is proposed to construct a sports complex (comprising outdoor playfield and indoor sports hall) in each block of the country, including rural areas of the South, both for outdoor and indoor sports disciplines, on land measuring about six - seven acres at a cost of Rs. 80 lakh each (Total Rs. 1.60 crore). There is also provision of Rs. 15 lakh for sports equipment to be provided by Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. It is proposed to have sporting facilities for both indoor and outdoor disciplines. Annual Sports competitions viz., Rural Sports Competitions, Women Sports Competitions, North-East Games and Special Area Games (for LWE affected regions) shall be held under RGKA upto the National level. The grants for holding the above competitions have also been enhanced. Archery is one of the disciplines covered under the RGKA.

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today Shri Sonowal said, in addition, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) had been inducting talented sports persons in Gymnastic discipline. Details are given below. As on date there is no Archery discipline under Southern Region.
 

					Residential			Non - Residential
Scheme	Centre	Region	State	Discipline	Boys	Girls	Total	Boys	Girls	Total
*STC	Trivandrum	Kerala Region	KER	Gymnastics	0	0	0	13	0	13
*SAG	Tellichery	Kerala Region	KER	Gymnastics	0	8	8	14	5	19
*STC	Dharwad	South	KTK	Gymnastics	6	5	11	0	0	0
STC	Secundrabad	South	AP	Gymnastics	11	0	11	11	7	18
NSTC	VPS, Vijaywada	South	AP	Gymnastics	0	0	0	6	6	12
				TOTAL:	17	13	30	44	18	62
	* 2 STC & 1 SAG disciplines discontinued.

 
KER : KERALA
KTK : KARNATAKA
AP : ANDHRA PRADESH
 
STC : SAI TRAINING CENTRE
SAG : SPECIAL AREA GAMES
NSTC : NATIONAL SPORTS TALENT CONTEST