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The Sports Authority of India (SAI), an apex body for promotion, development and achieving excellence in sports at National/International level was set up by Government of India in 1984. SAI through its different sports promotional schemes, is spotting and nurturing the talented children in the sub-junior junior and senior age groups for providing them with requisite infrastructure, sports equipment, coaching facilities with scientific backup, competition exposure, etc.
Constant efforts are being made by the Government to improve the functioning of SAI and make it a more professional body. In this regard, the following major steps have been taken: creation of modern sports infrastructure supported by scientific back up for establishment of Regional Centres, sub-Centres and Special Area Games Centres; providing new and additional infrastructural facility at the existing centres; supply of latest equipment for training of elite sportspersons and modern sports training to National campers; engagement of Foreign Coaches to supplement and support the training programmes, wherever required; International Exposure to Indian coaches to upgrade their skills, methods and knowledge; establishment of Sports Science Faculties at various Regional Centres such as Gandhinagar, Kolkata, Banagalore and NS NIS Patiala and at SAI headquarters at New Delhi; encouragement to Research Activities and projects undertaken under the auspices of Human Performance lab (HPL) located at Jawahar Lal Nehru Stadium, New Delhi; scheme of Dope Test with the objective to upgrade the Dope Control Centre of SAI, which is the only centre with dope testing facility in the country; initiative to create Computerised sports Data bank and creating a network of various centres of SAI; and special efforts are being made to impart adequate training to improve our sportsperson’s performance in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games in 2006 and in Commonwealth Games, 2010.
This information was given by Shri Sunil Dutt, Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.
VBA/SK/3/2005
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