The
Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri
Jitendra Singh has said that the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports
provides financial assistance to National Sports Federations(NSFs) under its Scheme of Assistance to National Sports
Federations towards participation of Indian sportspersons in international
tournaments abroad, conduct of national championships and international
tournaments in India, organizing coaching camps, engagement of foreign coaches,
procurement of sports equipments, etc.
In a written reply in
the Lok Sabha today Shri Singh said, in terms of provisions of the said Scheme,
expenditure towards boarding & lodging, travel, out of pocket allowance,
etc. of the sportspersons participating in international sports events abroad
and national championships is met out of the grants given by the Ministry to
NSFs.
He said, training and
coaching of sportspersons identified for nurturing and grooming for excellence
in sports at national and international level under various schemes of the
Sports Authority of India (SAI) such as National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC)
Scheme, Army Boys Sports Company (ABSC) Scheme, SAI Training Centres (STC) Scheme, Special Area Games (SAG) Scheme and Centres of Excellence (CoE)
Scheme is done at SAI centres, which have
state-of-the-art sports facilities. Further, national coaching camps are
organized for national level athletes at SAI and non-SAI venues having
state-of-the–art facilities, prior to their participation in international
sports events.
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