chandigarh union youth affairs and sports minister anurag thakur informed the rajya sabha during the winter session of the parliament that concluded on friday that the central government does not have any proposal to increase the number of sports authority of indiasai centres or sports trainees in these centres in punjabpresently 602 athletes are being trained on residential and nonresidential basis in total 11 centres in punjab including national centre of excellence ncoe sai training centres stcs extension centres of stc indigenous games and martial arts igma and akharas functional for implementation of different sports promotional schemes of sai thakur said that the sai sports promotional schemes are reviewed from timetotime and a decision to increase sai centres or trainees in it is taken as per the recommendations of the review committeesreplying to a question raised by aam aadmi partyaap mp raghav chadha the union minister clarified that sports being a state subject the responsibility of promoting and developing sports including establishment of sports infrastructure in the country rests primarily with the respective state governments however the central government through its various sports promotional schemes like khelo india scheme and sai promotional schemes supplements the efforts of the state governmentsthe union sports minister further added that at present a total of 189 centres including the ncoes sai training centres their extension centres are functional across the country for providing training facilities to the sportspersons as many as 8968 athletes are receiving training in 36 sports disciplines in these centres the selected athletes are provided support in the form of expert coaches sports equipment boarding and lodging sports kit competition exposure educational expenses medical insurance and stipend as per the approved scheme normshe further added that the establishment of sai training centres in a state or union territory depends on various factors like popularity of sports gaps in infrastructure availability of funds and land support and proposal of respective state governments