The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth
Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that Sports Authority of
India implements a Special Area Games Scheme to scout and nurture sports talent
from amongst the tribal, hilly, rural, coastal and far flung areas of the
country. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today he said, the Scheme also
envisages tapping of talent from indigenous games and martial arts and also
from regions/committees, which are either genetically or geographically suited
to achieve excellence in a particular sports discipline. The main objective of
the Scheme is to train meritorious sports persons in the age group of 12-18
years, with age being relaxed in exceptional cases. Currently, there are 20 SAG
Centres functioning across the country with 1885
trainees. Of the total, 1683 are residential trainees (981 boys & girls),
and 202 are non-residential trainees (108 boys & girls).
Details of SAG trainees inducted during the last three
years in various sports disciplines are as under:-
|
Sl.
No.
|
Year(s)
|
Boys
|
Girls
|
Total
|
|
1.
|
2010-2011
|
1116
|
794
|
1910
|
|
2.
|
2011-2012
|
1116
|
841
|
1957
|
|
3.
|
2012-2013
|
1089
|
796
|
1885
|
|
|
Total:
|
3321
|
2431
|
5752
|
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