Commonwealth Games 2010 expenditure seen at Rs 7907 cr

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NEW DELHI: Current projection of present estimates indicate that the expenditure on the Commonwealth Games (CWG) 2010 would be around Rs. 7907 crore. This was stated by Dr. M.S. Gill, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports, in a written reply to a question by Shri Jai Parkash Aggarwal in the Rajya Sabha. The details in this regard are as under:

( Rs. in crore )

S. No.	Project Details	Estimated amount
1.	Sports Authority of India (SAI) for development/renovation of its stadia	2195.00
2.	All India Tennis Association (AITA) for development of Tennis venue	62.75
3.	Organizing Committee (OC) for conduct of the Games	1628.00
4.	Sports infrastructure for Commonwealth Youth Games(CWYG) , Pune, which was a sub-event of CWG	210.00
5.	Civic infrastructure for CWYG, Pune	134.32
6.	Security arrangements for CWYG, Pune	7.16
7.	Security arrangements for CWG through Ministry of Home Affairs	277.00
8.	Delhi Development Authority for international zone etc. , Games Village and sports infrastructure	631.55
9.	Preparation of Teams	678.00
10.	Overlays	400.00
11.	Upgradation/ development of Competition /Training Venues at Delhi university, Jamia Millia Islamia and Delhi Public School, R. K.. Puram, Delhi	339.00
12.	Government of NCT of Delhi (GNCTD) for Civic infrastructure	770.00
13.	For Host Broadcaster, International Broadcasting Centre, Main Press Centre etc.	463.00
14.	For refurbishment of monuments	25.75
15.	For construction of Big Bore Shooting Range at Kadarpur, Gurgaon, Haryana	15.00
16.	For construction & operationalization of Sports Injury Centre at Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi.	70.72
	TOTAL	7907.23

For enhancing the playing capabilities and medal prospects of Indian sportspersons in the context of the Commonwealth Games, 2010, an amount of Rs. 678 crore has been approved by the Government towards training; domestic/international competitions in India; foreign exposure; equipments and scientific back-up for the sportspersons. The target of providing state of the art training is to about 1280 players belonging to 18 sports, in which competition would take place during CWG 2010. Out of total of Rs.678 crore, the amount likely to be incurred under each of the three components is as indicated below:

S.No.	Name of the Component	Amount to be incurred
1.	Training	375.00 crore
2.	Renovation/upgradation of SAI Centres	85.00 crore
3.	Sports science Back-up/Medical facilities	216.00 crore
	Total	678.00 crore

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