New Delhi:(Page3 News Network)-The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports Shri Jitendra Singh has said that Sports Authority of India (SAI) implements various Sports Promotion Schemes i.e. National Sports Talent Contest (NSTC), Army Boys Sports Companies (ABSC), SAI Training Centres (STC), Special Area Games (SAG), Centres of Excellence (COE) and Come & Play to nurture sports talents to achieve excellence at National and International level. The Special Area Games Schemes being implemented by SAI is specially oriented towards scouting and nurturing sports talent in rural, hilly, tribal and coastal areas of the Country.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Singh said, data on the number of sportspersons belonging to tribal community who participated in various national/international sports competitions is not maintained at Central level. No distinction is made among participants of various national/international sports competitions and all Schemes of the Department of Sports are inclusive in nature.
Shri Singh said, Trained Coaches of National Institute of Sports (NIS) were being posted/provided at the State / District Coaching Centre of various States on demand by Sports Authority of India (SAI). Since SAI is facing acute shortage of Coaches in different Sports disciplines for its various Sports Promotional Schemes, a policy decision was taken to post coaches for SAI’s own Schemes only. To tackle the shortage of coaches, SAI has initiated the process of recruitment of 200 coaches.
