Scheme of Sports And Games For The Persons with Disabilities

List of Topics

• Introduction
• Grant for sports coaching and purchase of consumables & non-consumable sports equipment for Schools
• Grant for Training of Coaches
• Grant for holding District, State & National level competitions for the disabled.

Introduction

1. The ‘Scheme of Sports & Games for the Disabled’ is a Central Sector Scheme being introduced by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports in 2009-10 during the XI Plan Period. The objective of the Scheme is broad-basing participative sports among the disabled.
2. Competitive sport among the high performing disabled sports persons, their participation in national and international competitions, training and equipment and other support including training the trainers, is funded, separately, by assisting the Paralympic Committee of India, Special Olympics Bharat and the All India Sports Council for the Deaf, hereinafter, referred to as PCI, SOB and AISCD respectively, under the Scheme of Assistance to National Sports Federations.
3. The Scheme of Sports & Games for the Disabled has the following components:-
   • Grant for sports coaching and purchase of consumables & non-consumable sports equipment for Schools
   • Grant for Training of Coaches
   • Grant for holding District, State & National level competitions for the disabled.

2. Grant for sports coaching and purchase of consumables & non-consumable sports equipment

1. The Scheme will be implemented on pilot basis for a period of 5 years in the special schools as well as the normal inclusive schools catering to disabled students.
2. Selection of the schools for the grant will be made through open invitations and will be on the basis of the recommendations of the Apex Committee, composition of which is given below the table 1:
3. Schools recommended by the Apex Committee and approved by the Ministry will be eligible for the grants at the rates mentioned in para 2.5 and 2.8 below towards payment of stipend to the sports coaches and purchase of consumable and non- consumable sports equipments for the next five years.
4. 250 disabled students will be covered in each State/UT in preferably 5 schools. Coverage of 250 students in fewer or more schools may also be considered by the Committee subject to adequate justification.
5. One coach will be attached for students upto 50 and two coaches if disabled student strength is beyond 50. Engaged coach will be given a stipend of Rs. 10,000 per month for the entire period of pilot project i.e., 5 years. In case, the School wishes to have the services of the coach beyond the 5 year period, it shall wholly be the responsibility of the school to meet the stipend cost.
6. The engagement of the coaches will be purely on contract basis, for which the Schools will obtain prior approval of the Ministry. The Special Schools will have the right to terminate the services of the coach, mid way, in case of unsatisfactory performance or any other valid reason.
7. Detailed guidelines for engagement of stipendiary coaches will be formulated and circulated by the Apex Committee.
8. Grant for purchase of consumable and non-consumable sports equipments will be given at the rate of Rs. 30,000 upto 25 students; Rs. 75,000 beyond 25 but within 50 students; and on pro-rata basis beyond 50 students.
9. Apex Committee will have the flexibility in fixing the norms for grant to schools within the overall ceilings prescribed in the Scheme.
10. An Internal Committee of the grantee School including the Principal, the stipendiary coach, among others, would purchase consumable & non consumable sports equipment of standard quality and at reasonable rates prevalent in the State, by following a transparent procedure.
11. The Apex Committee, while selecting the schools for grant out of those who have applied for grant, will give preference to those having basic sports infrastructure for at least 2 sports disciplines, and which allow use of its infrastructure for non-student disabled persons also and which are in a position to provide a sum of at least Rs.5000/- per annum, as its matching contribution for maintenance & utilization of sports equipment. The Ministry may impose any other condition, as deemed fit, for granting assistance under this scheme.
12. Grant to the identified schools towards payment of stipend to the sports coaches and purchase of consumable and non-consumable sports equipments will be released to the Schools directly with the approval of the above-mentioned Apex Committee through cheque/demand draft/electronic transfer by way of normal advance of 75% of grant as 1st instalment and remaining 25% advance on submission of statement of expenditure. 1st instalemnt will be released on submission of full documents containing list of consumables & non consumables to be purchased/procured and details of coaches to be engaged. etc. Grant for the 2 nd year or subsequent years will be given only on submission of utilization certificate, as per the prescribed proforma (Annexure-I), for the grant sanctioned for the preceding year.

3. Grant for Training of Coaches

1. A grant of Rs. 30,000 per district per annum for training of coaches of different levels (Level 1, 2, 3 and 4) will be given to the nodal agency, which could be SOB, PCI, AISCD or any other agency. 150 districts will be covered in year one, 300 in year two, 450 in year three and 600 in year 4.
2. The Apex Committee will decide about the nodal agency after considering the requests of the applicant organizations to act as nodal agency for training of community coaches keeping in view their organizational capabilities etc of applicant. The engagement of the nodal agency will be initially for one year.
3. The nodal agency will provide coaching to PTIs/PE Teachers/Sports Instructors/Volunteers/Parents/ Teachers in Special Schools and normal inclusive schools in the districts as per detailed Annual Action Plan, drawn up by the nodal agency and recommended by the Apex Committee and approved by the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
4. Selection of districts for training of coaches will be made by nodal agency, with the approval of the Apex Committee, in equitable manner, that is, selection of districts from States/UTs will be in proportion to their total number of districts. Those districts will be given preference which have a higher population of disabled people.
5. Nodal agency will provide coaching to at least 50 such persons in each district. The Special Schools and the normal inclusive schools catering to disabled students in the selected districts would provide the equipment & infrastructure support for such coaching. At the conclusion of such training, coaches who are found fit, will receive certificates from the nodal agency certifying them to coach the disabled in the Schools/Institutions in their respective districts as well as other districts, if called upon to do so.
6. After such training, the coaches called ‘Level 1’ or ‘Community Coaches’ will conduct sports training/sports programmes in the Schools/Institutions of the Disabled in their respective districts/other districts under the overall supervision of higher level coaches/coordinators of the PCI/SOB/AISCD. In addition, these Community Coaches may be also called upon to assist in the conduct and coordination and other technical support during District, State & National level competitions for the Disabled, if so required.
7. The coaching camps at the District level, would be organized by the nodal agency in consultation with the District Disability Officer/District Sports/Designated Nodal Officer.
8. Grant for training of coaches will be given to the nodal agency through Cheque/DD/electronic transfer in two installments in the ratio of 75:25 The financial assistance under 2nd installment will be released on submission of the statement of expenditure for the assistance released under 1 st installment and on submission of Utilization Certificate to the Ministry, as per prescribed proforma (Annexure-I). The nodal agency would also submit complete details of the coaching camps, viz., number and names of participants, number of camps held, disciplines, name of trainees and/or any other information that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, may call for.
9. The total number of trained ‘Level 1 or Community Coaches’, Level 2, Level 3 and Level 4 coaches during the next four years will be as table

4. Grant for holding District, State & National level competitions for the disabled

1. Grants for conduct of the sports competitions for disabled at district, State/UT and national level will be given to the nodal agency, which could be SOB, PCI, AISCD or any other agency. The nodal agency identified for the training of coaches could also be made as nodal agency for conduct of sports competitions.
2. The Apex Committee will decide about the nodal agency after considering the requests of the applicant organizations to act as nodal agency for conduct of sports competitions keeping in view their organizational capabilities etc of applicant. The engagement of the nodal agency will be initially for one year. Nodal agency will conduct competitions for the disabled in the Sub Junior, Junior, and Senior Categories, separately for men and women.
3. Grant for district level competitions
4. Grant for State/UT level competitions
5. NATIONAL LEVEL COMPETITIONS

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ref : https://yas.gov.in/sports/scheme-sports-and-games-disabled