new delhi in the financial year 201718 the union sports ministry released rs 837 lakh under the khelo india scheme for sports persons with disabilities these funds were utilised for conducting various activities like community coaches training and holding of games at the district state and national level this was informed by the sports minister rajyavardhan rathore in the lok sabha on thursdayrathore said that a revamped khelo india scheme had a focused section on promotion of sports among persons with disabilities the revamped khelo india scheme which came into effect in october 2017 consists of twelve verticals including promotion of sports among persons with disabilities said rathore the information came in response to a question on the facilities provided to sports persons with disabilities by trinamool congress mp aparupa poddarunder this head a number of provisions have been made including financial assistance on case to case basis to statesuts and the sports authority of india sai for creation of specialised sports infrastructure for persons with disabilities this added rathore would be done keeping in view the funding available funds required for making stadia disabled friendly or barrier free will be accessed from the scheme for implementation of persons with disabilities act sipda of the department of empowerment of persons with disabilities the minister added in his answer the funds from sipda will be used for classification of players equipment training and preparation of teams for paralympic games and disciplines and competitions the minister informed funds will be utilised for classification of athletes training of indian classifiers and setting up or supporting specialised sports training centres for people with disabilities coaching development scholarships for coaching diploma both by differently abled persons and ablebodied persons seeking coaching for training para athletes and competitions rahtore added