Update on Fund Released Under NSDF Scheme

Update on Fund Released Under NSDF Scheme

For imparting customized training to elite athletes, who are medal prospects in the forthcoming London Olympics 2012 and other major international sports events, the Sports Ministry has released financial assistance worth Rs. 1018.90 Lakh as on 23.7.2012, from National Sports Development Fund (NSDF) to the 52 sportspersons and 4 Coaches and six supporting staff under Operation Excellence 2012. The assistance sanctioned is towards extensive training abroad, engagement of personal coaches both foreign and Indian, competitions exposures abroad, scientific back-up in terms of sports psychologists, physiotherapists, masseurs, etc.

The details of NSDF assistance released under OPEX LONDON 2012 as on 23.07.2012 are as follows:

S. No.		Name of the sportsperson/ discipline			Purpose	Amount released so far	Remarks
1		4 Men Gymnasts & 2 Coaches (AshishKumar, Rakesh Patra,Iqrar Hasan, AlokRanajan + VladimirChertkov, PravinSharma)			80 days training at South Essex Gymnastics Club (UK) during June-Aug 2011 for men gymnasts	Rs 56.83 lacs	SAI to submit accounts statement for settlement
2		5 Women Gymnasts & 2 Coaches (DipaKarmarkar, B. Aruna,Rucha Divekar, RomaJogalekar,Meenakshi + JPChakraborty, KalpanaDebnath)			70 days training at Dynamo Club of Gymnastics, Moscow (Russia) during June-Aug 2011 for women gymnasts	Rs 33.08 lacs	As above
3.1		Indian Boxing Team (Men – 7 players & 4 others)			Participation in 21stPresident’s Cup Boxing Tournament in Jakarta (Indonesia) by Men Boxing Team from July 2-9, 2011	Rs 6.47 lacs	Accounts settled
3.2		Indian Boxing Team (Men – 4 players & 2 others)			Participation in 16thInternational Boxing Tournament in Almaty, Kazakhstan (May 9 – 14, 2011)	Rs 3.17 lacs	Accounts settled
3.3		Indian Boxing Team (Women – 6 players & 2 others)			Participation in Arafura, Darwin, Australia (May 7 – 14, 2011)	Rs 14.20 lacs	Accounts settled
4		Ronjan Sodhi, Shooter			217 days training under Mr. Serafino Carlini during July 11 to July 12	Rs 110.20 lacs	On going
5		Manavjit Singh Sandhu, Shooter		217 days training under Mr. Serafino Carlini during July 11 to July 12		Rs 113.33 lacs	On going
6	Shri Mansher Singh, Shooter		110 days training under Mr. Serafino Carlini during September 2011 to July 2012			Rs 14.64 lacs	Training re-scheduled for 25 days only and completed
7	Shri Abhinav Bindra, Shooter		155 days training under Dr. Uwe Riesterer at ISC, Germany during September 2011 to July 2012			Rs 131.58 lacs	On going
8	Ms ShagunChowdary, Shooter		105 days training under Ms Daniela Del Din in Italy/San Marino during March 2012 to July 2012			Rs 37.03 lacs	On going
9	Sanjeev Rajput, Shooter		24 days training during June – July 2012 under Mr. NemanjaMirosavljev			Rs 8.54 lacs	On going
10	JoydeepKarmarkar, Shooter		50 days training during June – Aug 2012 under Mr HeinzReinkemeier			Rs 22.32 lacs	On going
11	Heena Sidhu, Shooter		Services of Dr. Pierre Beauchamp, Sports Psychologist for 60 days during April – July 2012			Rs 7.36 lacs	On going
12	Naresh Kumar Sharma, Shooter (Paralympics)		81 days training in two sessions at German Shooting Federation under Mr. Manfred Gohras and at Shooting School, Hannover (Germany) during June – August 2012			Rs 21.80 lacs	On going
13	Ms KrishnaPoonia Athlete (Discus Throw)		Training at Mac Wilkins Productions, Concordia University Throw Center (USA) from July to Oct 2011 & April to June 2012;Training under Mac Wilkins in London in July 2012; Training at IAAF High Performance Training Centre Potchefstroom Campus, South Africa during Jan – Mar 2012			Rs 58.01 lacs	On going
14	Om PrakashKarhana, Athlete (Shot Put)		Training at DOBO SE Szombathely (Hungary) from 06.06.11 to 26.07.12			Rs 58.73 lacs	On going
15	Vikas GowdaAthlete (Discus Throw)		Training at John Godina’sWorld Throw Center (USA) from 06.06.11 to 31.12.11			Rs 39.94 lacs	Accounts settled
16	Ms MayookhaJohny, Athlete		Training under Dr. JorgRamlow from November 2011 to July 2012 in Berlin (Germany)			Rs 31.08 lacs	On going
17	4 Women Athletes (PreejaSreedharan, KavitaRaut, Sudha Singh, O.P. Jaisha)		Training under Mr. ClaudioBerardelli from November 2011 to July 2012 in Kenya/ Italy			Rs 81.13 lacs	On going for MsSudha Singh; for others, training completed as per revised schedule
18	SomdevDevvarman, Tennis player		For hiring Mr. Scott McCain as full time Coach from April 2011 to July 2012			Rs 28.71 lacs	On going
19	Sania  Mirza, Tennis Player		For hiring Mr. Roger Anderson as full time Coach from 15.06.11 to 31.07.12			Rs 40.72 lacs	On going
20	MaheshBhupathi, Tennis Player		For hiring Mr. Scott Davidoff as full time Coach from 06.06.11 to 31.07.12			Rs 42.66 lacs	On going
21	Rohan Bopanna, Tennis Player		For hiring Mr. ShayamalVallabhjee as full time Coach from 01.07.11 to 31.07.12			Rs 17.37 lacs	On going
22	Yuki Bhambri, Tennis Player		For hiring personal coach, travel grant etc. from June 2011 to July 2012			Rs 13.02 lacs	Training schedule revised up to June 2012
23	Leander Paes, Tennis Player		For hiring personal coach, travel grant etc. from June 2011 to July 2012			Rs 8.25 lacs	On going
24	Sanam Singh, Tennis Player		For hiring personal coach, travel grant etc. from June 2011 to July 2012			Rs 9.75 Lacs	Training schedule revised up to June 2012
25	J. Vishnuvardhan, Tennis Player		For hiring personal coach, travel grant etc. from December 2011 to May 2012			Rs 4.25 lacs	On going
26	Karan Rastogi, Tennis Player		For hiring personal coach, travel grant etc. from December 2011 to May 2012			Rs 4.73 lacs	Training completed
Total amount released so far						Rs 1018.90 lacs

 

S.No	Discipline-wise	Number of sportspersons
1.	Shooting	8
2.	Shooting (Paralympics)	1
3	Athletes	8
4.	Tennis Players	9
	Total	26

In addition, two teams of 4 male Gymnasts and 5 female Gymnasts were sponsored by NSDF for training; participation of Indian Boxing Team in three competitions was also financed from NSDF. Training expenses in respect of Ms MC Mary Kom, Boxer will be borne by NSDF.

-PIB