National Sports Federation in category "Priority" and "General" category may avail assistance as indicated below. National Sports Federations in "Others" category shall, however, be entitled for assistance for holding National Championships only as per provisions of para 8.7. 8.1 Coaching Camps Financial assistance will be provided for approved Coaching camps at scales to be notified by the SAI. This will cover to and for journeys by AC II Rail for senior players and by 2nd Sleeper Class for Junior and Sub Junior players from place of residenceto the coaching camp and back to the place of residence, board & lodging, training Kits, medical coverage and insurance. Scales of ration will be decided by SAI in consultation with Government of India on the basis of actual requirement of trainees as assessed by National Institute of Nutrition. Scales of ration and training kits will be notified by SAI after obtaining the approval of Government. Provided that all coach(es), doctor (s) and physiotherapist(s) shall be entitled to travel in AC II. The assistance will only be extended to SAI or the concerned federations and not to the coaches. For coaching camps organized in North East region, except Sikkim, economy class air fare may be given between Calcutta and the place of coaching and back to Calcutta. 8.2 Equipment Assistance will be provided by the SAI for required equipment for national camps. The equipment will be owned and maintained by the SAI. 8.2.2 National Sports Federations may also be assisted for purchase of sports equipment/sports sciences equipment for training/competition upto 75 per cent of the cost. Requests for purchase of equipment may be made to MYAS on prescribed proforma (Annexure V). These should be accompanied by a list of equipment to be purchased. In case the equipment is to be purchased from indigenous suppliers it should be purchased from suppliers on the rate contract of SAI. In case it is to be imported it should be from firms recommended by International Federations. 8.3 For Participation in International Competitions and Training Abroad Subject to availability of funds, assistance for participation in international tournaments and for training abroad in case of teams/sportspersons may cover the following: 8.3.1 Air Passage Cost : This will include to and for international/domestic travel by excursion/economy class, visa fees, airport tax, incidentals on account of inter-airport transfers, and insurance. 8.3.2 Board and Lodging for teams including Coaches Senior Teams Priority Category A Sports For participation in Olympics, World, Asian, Commonwealth, SAF and Afro-Asian Championships/Games or mandatory required international pre-qualifying tournaments for these championships, full assistance may be provided. In addition free board and lodging as per the approved norms may be provided for two other training-cum-competition exposures to be agreed upon in the Long Term Development Plan (LTDP) meetings per year. Allowances for board and lodging will be provided on the recommendation of Federation supported by details of rates for boarding and lodging indicated by the organisers. For remaining exposures limited to a maximum of four only in year, air passage cost may be provided as at para 8.3.1 above. GENERAL CATEGORY SPORTS Board and lodging for participation in Olympics, World, Asian and Commonwealth Championships/Games or pre-qualifying tournament for these championships may be provided in case the teams qualify for such participation, two exposures at air passage cost may be allowed. JUNIOR TEAMS: PRIORITY CATEGORY For the Junior teams in addition to participation in World/Asian Cups/Championships for which full assistance may provided, two exposure with all costs paid may be allowed. In addition, one exposure at air passage cost only may be allowed. General Category; For the Junior teams two exposures with all costs paid may be allowed. Sub-Junior Teams: For the Junior teams two exposure with all costs paid and one exposure at air passage cost only may be allowed. 8.3.3 Hiring/Transportation of Equipments: For hiring of equipment locally, actual amount required wherever necessary, may be advanced. Horses along with their diets for equestrian events and boats/yachts etc. shall be treated as equipment for reimbursement of hiring/transportation. Out of pocket allowance @ USD 20 per day is to be provided to players for participating in major International events like Olympics, Asian, Commonwealth and SAP Games 8.4 For Proposal at "No Cost to Government" National Federation will not be required to obtain prior approval of the Government in future. In the event that any Federation seeks approval at 'No Cost', the selection procedures as laid down in the guidelines must be followed. Participation at 'No Cost' shall not be allowed in major multi-discipline international sports events like Asian Games/Commonwealth Games and Olympic Games. 8.5 For Proposal "At Cost to the Government" National Federations should forward proposals in the prescribed proforma (Annexure VI) to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at least three months prior to the event along-with selection committee minutes. These proposals should be in consonance with the LTDP already approved. Generally speaking, and subject to the availability of funds and the standards achieved by the team, the Government will clear all proposals which have been previously agreed upon in the meetings between the MYAS and the NSF at the time of the LTDP discussions. 8.5.1 For Proposal "At Cost to the Government" National Federations should forward proposals in the prescribed proforma (Annexure VI) to the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports at least three months prior to the event along-with selection committee minutes. These proposals should be in consonance with the LTDP already approved. Generally speaking, and subject to the availability of funds and the standards achieved by the team, the Government will clear all proposals which have been previously agreed upon in the meetings between the MYAS and the NSF at the time of the LTDP discussions. 8.6 Coaches The Government of India may appoint foreign coaches and meet the expenditure on salary and other benefits as per contract. Wherever the foreign coaches are training the sportspersons, these shall be included as members of the team when being sent for foreign exposure. SAI may prepare a scheme after obtaining the approval of Government for imparting training to support personnel like masseurs, GTMT experts and doctors. Each National Federation relating to Priority and General Category disciplines will be required to appoint a National Coach from a Panel offered by SAI only and the Government of India will reimburse the salary of the National Coach upto Rs. 15,000/- per month. The National Coach will be selected by a Committee as per composition indicated in para 10.5. 8.7 National Championships 8.7 National Sports Federations will be assisted for organising one National level Championship @ Rs. 2.00 lakh for seniors, Rs. 4.00 lakh for Junior Championship and Rs. 6.00 lakh for sub-junior championship in a year. In addition, NSFs will also be assisted for upto six regional championships as preparatory to nationals @ Rs. 1.00 lakh per championship. In case the federations organize the championship for men and women separately, only 50% of the admissible grant will be sanctioned for each category. The assistance indicated above shall be primarily for provision of boarding and lodging and transportation to the participants. Assistance at the rate of Rs. 300/- per head per day for 'A' class cities and at the rate of Rs. 200/- per head per day in other venues will be reimbursed, subject to the ceilings of 90% of the admissible grant. Balance amount will be utilized for hiring of infrastructure and cost of consumables, provision of certificates and medals for conducting tournaments. Federations shall take steps for mobilizing resources from sponsors and other sources for meeting other expenditure for organization of the tournament. The Federations shall take steps to ensure participation of all the affiliated units in the national level championship. In case less than 75% of the affiliated units participate, the scale assistance will be reduced by 25% and no grant shall be provided in, case less than 50% of the affiliated units participate/Federations who will fail to organize championship for junior and sub-junior categories will not be entitled for grant for Senior category. Application on the prescribed proforma (Annexure VII) will be sent to MYAS with a copy to ED (teams), SAI, three months before the date of the championship. 8.8 International Tournaments National Sports Federations will be assisted for holding of international tournaments in India as per the following scales (1) World Cup/World/Commonwealth/Asian Championship : Rs. 10.00 lakhs; (2) Other International tournaments : Rs. 6.00 lakhs The application for financial assistance in prescribed proforma (Annexure VIII) will have to be submitted to MYAS with a copy to ED (Teams), SAI three months before the date of the championship. 8.8.2 The reimbursement of expenditure on boarding, lodging and transportation will be @ Rs. 1,000/- per head per day in 'A' class cities and Rs. 700/- per head per day in other cities subject to ceiling of Rs. 9.00 lakhs for tournament at (i) and Rs. 5.40 lakhs for tournament at (ii) above. In addition, Rs. 100,000/- in case of category (i) and Rs. 60,000/- in case of category (ii) above will be given to Federation/Association for actual rent of playfields and cost of consumable equipment including certificate and medals. The application for financial assistance will have to be submitted to Government three months prior to the event along-with details indicating the number of countries, players and officials expected to participate in the event. 8.8.3 75% of the amount indicated at paras 8.7 and 8.8 above will be released before the event. The balance will be released on receipt of a report from the National Sports Federation/Association giving a statement of actual expenditure certified by a practising Chartered Accountant on the basis of participation of sportspersons per day in the event. The accounts of Associations/Federations shall be open to scrutiny by Government Agency or person designated by it in this behalf. 8.9 Subject to availability of funds, National Sports Federations, may be assisted for meeting expenses on local hospitality of foreign teams visiting India under Cultural Exchange Programme on quid pro-quo basis i.e. similar facilities being extended to Indian teams while visiting the said country. Local hospitality shall cover boarding, lodging, internal travel and such other expenses as are provided for the Cultural Exchange Programmes. Application in this respect may be submitted in the proforma at Annexure VI for teams going abroad and in proforma at Annexure VIII for teams coming to India, under such programmes. These applications will be submitted to MYAS 3 months before the event with a copy to SAI. 8.10 Government shall provide financial assistance to the Federations to meet the pay and allowances of Joint Secretaries/Assistant Secretaries as per Guidelines issued vide ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports letters No. 1-27/86-D(SP) dated 3rd September, 1998 and No. 1/28/88-SP IV dated 21st February, 1989 (Annexure IX).
