Sports & Welfare Activities
Sports & Cultural Activities:
The Food Corporation of India is actively promoting Sports & Cultural activities in the organization through the Sports Promotion Board, constituted in the year 1969, with Chairman and Managing Director as its ex-officio Patron and President respectively. At Zonal & Regional level similar Committees are functioning with Executive Directors & General Managers as their ex-officio Presidents.
- The Constitution of the Sports Promotion Board.
- The Office bearers/main functionaries of the Board.
FCI Sports Promotion Board (SPB) also organizes All India Inter Zonal Tournaments in Football, Cricket, Hockey, Badminton and Table Tennis every year. In addition to this, Sports Promotion Board also organizes one of the All India Public Sector Tournament allocated by the All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board (AIPSSPB).
FCI encourages its sports persons through participation in various prominent Tournaments as well as All India Public Sector Tournaments/National Championships in almost all major disciplines of sports. Further, FCI encourages its sports persons by providing financial assistance for their participation in accredited International events abroad.
Salient features of SPB’s activities and its schemes are given hereunder:-
(b) Affiliation:
FCI Sports Promotion Board and its Zonal Sports Promotion Committees are affiliated with under mentioned following National & State level Federations /Associations:-
1. Indian Football Association
2. Badminton Association of India
3. Table Tennis Federation of India
4. Indian Weight lifting Federation
5. Indian Power lifting Federation
6. Indian Hockey Federation
7. Bengal Hockey Association
8. All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board
9. West Bengal Wrestling Association
10. Delhi & District Cricket Association
11. Delhi Hockey Association
12. Delhi Soccer Association
13. Delhi Table Tennis Association
14. Delhi Badminton Association
The affiliation with the above Sports Federations/Associations allows FCI sports persons to participate in various tournaments organized by these Federations/Associations, and also represent these Federations/Associations in the National & International Championships. The affiliation with these Federations helps FCI teams in direct participation in the National Championships.
Our Football Team has been regularly participating in the Super Division/A Division League of India Football Association at Kolkata for the last many years. Our team has played alongside and against the players of well known football Clubs of Kolkata like East Bengal, Md. Sporting, Mohan Bagan etc., our Hockey, Cricket, Table Tennis and Badminton Teams have shown excellent performance at State/National level tournaments.
(b) Recruitment:
Recruitment of sports persons in the Corporation is done in accordance with Govt. of India policy guidelines and the provision of FCI (Staff) Regulations. There have been some exemplary instances in the past where eminent sports persons who had won laurels at International level have been directly recruited based on their spot performances at national & international level. Ninety posts have recently been approved for recruitment of meritorious sports persons in Cat. III. Zonal Sports Committees/Headquarter Sports Committee have been allocated 15 posts each with the direction to complete the recruitment process within next two years.
- Recruitment Policy of the Corporation
(c )Stipend Scheme
1.Food Corporation of India has been encouraging young, talented and budding students sports persons since 1986 through Stipend Scheme keeping with the objectives of National Sports Policy. The stipend are granted in the age groups of 15-21 years and 21-24 years at monthly stipend amounts of Rs. 5,000/- and Rs. 8,000/- respectively. About 150 promising sports persons showing potential for outstanding performances are granted stipend in the scheme.. The sports persons are given adequate exposure at State/National level, as part of the FCI Teams. The success of FCI SPB Stipend Scheme is evident from the outstanding performances of Ms. K. Malleshwari (Weightlifting), S/Shri Saurav Ganguly & Ajay Ratra (Cricket), Sharad Kamal & Prithviraj Bose (Table-Tennis) who were earlier on the stipend rolls of the Corporation.
Talent Search Scheme:
The Sports Promotion Board has recently introduce the Talent Search Scheme in lieu of 18 numbers quota of stipend scheme available with the Board in the following individual disciplines:-
1. Athletics
2. Swimming
3. Badminton
4. Table-Tennis
5. Weightlifting
6. Tennis
7. Wrestling
8. Boxing
9. Cycling
10. Gymnastics
11. Judo
12. Rifle Shooting
13. Ball Badminton
The above games are covered under the stipend/Recruitment scheme of the Corporation.
The salient features of the Talent Search Scheme are as under:-
1. The stipend quota of 18 available with SPB may be utilized for the proposed Talent Search Scheme with the aim of identifying budding talent in individual sports who have the capacity to make a mark in major National Tournaments.
2. National Sports Federations/major coaching centers may be approached to forward the names of meritorious sports persons for consideration under the scheme.
3. Concerned senior sports persons of FCI may be deputed by SPB at the venue of the national tournaments to identify the talented sports persons.
4. Applications may also be invited by giving a brief advertisement in the Press and displaying eligibility criteria and other details in FCI website to give wide publicity to the scheme.
5. Senior sports persons of FCI who have represented at least State teams in National tournaments may also be requested to recommend the names of talented sports persons.
6. 1/3rd of the total scholarship quota may be awarded to women players.
7. A committee headed by Secretary (SPB) may be constituted for evaluating the applications and recommend the names of sports persons for grant of scholarship.
8. The eligibility criteria for the scheme maybe the same as proposed for stipend scheme.
(d) In-service Incentive Scheme:
The Sports Promotion Board of FCI encourages its sports persons by granting incentives under the in-service incentive scheme for medal winning performance at National and International events.
- The In-service Incentive Scheme
(e) Leave & travel facilities:
FCI employees selected for sporting events of National/International importance are treated as ON DUTY for the period of actual days of participation and for the period spent in pre-participation Coaching Camps. Various other facilities viz., Accommodation, Refreshment & Kit etc. have all been substantially enhanced recently.
- Allowance being paid to sports persons
(f)Cultural Activities:
FCI Sports Promotion Board also extends assistance to promote cultural activities for the welfare of the employees in Zones/Regions/Headquarters. The Zonal/Regional Committees conduct competitions at Zonal/Regional level in almost all the Zones in the cultural activities such as Dramas, One-Act plays, Instrumental music, Mono acting, Dance etc, to promote the awareness of Indian culture amongst the employees. The Committees also encourage the employees’ children for participating in such events by giving prizes for their performances in the field of fine arts, education as well as sports and games.
(g) Prominent sports persons:
Many FCI sports persons have contributed in bringing laurels for the Corporation as well as the country. The names of some of the outstanding and prominent sports persons (game-wise) are given as under:-
Khel Ratna/Padma Sri/Arjuna Awardee
Ms. K. Malleshwari Weightlifting
Padma Sri/Arjuna Awardee
Ms. Shiny Wilson Athletics
Arjuna Awardees:
Sh. Satish Kumar Athletics(Deaf & Dumb)
Athletics:
Sh. Syam Kumar GR. Ms. Sany Joseph, Ms. Rita Sen, Ms. Rinku Atta, Ms. Shantimol Philips, Ms. Pranati Mishra, Ms. Savatri Sur, Ms. E.B. Shyla, Ms. K.S. Bijimol, Ms. Susma Behra, Sh. Baiju, Sh. SA. Kujur, Sh. Mahvir Ram Lohra.
Badminton:
Sh. Davinder Dhillon, Sh. Kaushik Pal, Sh. Alwin Francis, Sh. N. Srujan and Sh. Anshuman Borah
Cricket:
Sh. Debang Gandhi, Sh. Amarjeet Kaypee, Sh. Vipin Vats, Sh. Amitava Roy, Sh. Arup Bhattacharjee, Sh. Ashish Wiston Zaidi, Sh. Akash Malhotra, Shri Paras Dogra, Sh. Pankaj Thakur, Sh. Naveen Negi and Sh. Alok Bhattacharjee (an International Umpire).
Football:
Sh. Atnu Bhattacharjee, Sh. Alok Mukhrjee, Sh. Victor Amalraj, Sh. Sarup Das, Sh. Narender Thapa, Sh. Babu Mani, Md. Farid , Sh. Sudip Chkarvati, Sh. Devasis Sarkar and Md. Quadeer Sheikh.
Hockey:
Sh. Thoiba Singh (Olympian), Sh. Kuljajit Meetai & Sh. Navbeer Singh
Powerlifting:
Sh. Sandeep Gosain, Sh. Ashok Sharma and Ms. Chhaya Bhatt.
Table Tennis:
Sh. Sivananda Seshadri
Swimming:
Ms. Mukta Goel and Sh. Goutam Purket
Weightlifting:
Sh. G. Ganashekar, Sh. N. Shivraj and Ms. K. Kalyani
(h)Budget allocation:
An amount of Rs. 3.7 crores has been allocated to Sports Promotion Board for running sports & cultural activities of FCI smoothly during financial year 2012-13 which includes expenditure on sports activities, stipend grant, organization of All India FCI Inter Zonal Tournaments & Cultural Competitions and grant of financial assistance to sports persons for their participation in International events abroad.
Event-wise performance of the FCI sportspersons for the period 1st April 2011 to 31st March, 2012 is given as under:-
(i) Performance amongst All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board’s activities:-
The FCI Sports Promotion Board was awarded 2nd Runners-up Trophy for excellence in sports amongst Public Sector Undertakings including Banks by the “All India Public Sector Sports Promotion Board” in the Award Function held at Bhopal on 9th July, 2011.
Trophy awarded on the basis of performance of all Public Sector Undertakings in various disciplines.
(ii) Badminton
a) Sh. Alwin Francis and Sh. Mayank Behal won the GOLD medal in Men’s Double event of the All India Inter Institutional Badminton Championship held at Vijayawada from 15th to 17th July, 2011.
b) FCI team won the Runners-up Trophy in the All India Inter Institutional Badminton Championship held at Vijayawada from 15th to 17th July, 2011
c) Sh. Manish Rawat won the Gold Medal in Delhi State Badminton Championship held at New Delhi in August, 2011.
d) Sh. Mayank Behal secured 3rd place in All India Ranking Badminton Tournament held at Mumbai in August, 2011.
(iii) Cricket
a) FCI cricket team won the DDCA Premier Division League Championship held at New Delhi. In the process FCI team defeated leading Clubs/Institutions viz. ONGC, Air India, Subhania, Indian Air Force and Sonnet etc.
(iv) Football
a) FCI (South Zone) Team won the All India Football Tournament held at Hayangudi with a cash prize of Rs. 50,000/- and a trophy.
b) FCI (North East Zone ) Team won the Bishnuram Medhi Running Silver Cup Tournament.
c) FCI (East Zone) Team Secured Runners-Up position in Traders Cup Football Tournament org. by Indian Football Association (WB).
(v) Hockey
a) FCI Team won the Group “B” League org. by Bengal Hockey Association.
b) FCI (North Zone) Team won the Traders Cup Hockey Tournament held at Nainital during July, 2011.
(vi) Table-Tennis
- Sh. Ashish Duklan won the Gold Medal in following tournaments:-
a) St. Columbus open Table-Tennis Tournament held at New Delhi from 25th to 28th April, 2011.
b)2nd Subeydar Sajjan Singh Memorial Open Table-Tennis Championship held at New Delhi during April, 2011. .
-Sh. Sameer Sahni secured second position in followingTournaments:
a)LAVA Open Ranking Table-Tennis Tournament.
b)Gymnco Delhi State Ranking Table-Tennis Tournament held at New Delhi.
- Sh. Sivananda Seshadri has been adjudged the current Tamilnadu State Rank-1.
He also Won Runners-up Trophy as member of Tamil Nadu State in the National Table Tennis Championship held at Lucknow from 23rd to 29th Jan., 2012.
(vii) Athletics
Athletics Federation of India has appointed Sh.G. Syamkumar as Coach of Indian Athlete Team specially to impart coaching to Ms. Mayookha Johny (long Jumper) who has qualified for the LONDON OLYMPICS
(viii) Weightlifting - Ms.Padma Rani won three Bronze medals in 27th Women Senior National Weightlifting Championship held at Behrampur from 24th to 28th Dec., 2011
(ix) Power lifting
- Ms Chaya Bhatt won Gold medal in National Bench Press Championship held at Jabalpur from 23rd to 26th Feb., 2012. S/Shri Ashok Sharma, Mahesh Khandelwal and Ramesh Kapoor also won GOLD MEDALS in their respective weight categories viz. 83 Kg., 59 Kgs. and 105 Kg. in Master Category.
7. Sports Calendar for the year 2011-12
Sports & Cultural Activities organized during 2011-12 are given as under:-
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Winners Runner-up |
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All India FCI Inter Zonal Football Tournament |
25-30 Nov., 2011 Guwahati |
NE ZONE EAST ZONE |
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All India FCI Inter Zonal Cultural Competition |
13 & 14 January, 2012 Bhubneshwar |
NORTH WEST ZONE |
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All India FCI Inter Zonal Cricket Tournament |
28th Jan. to 1st Feb.2012 Pune |
NORTH EAST ZONE |
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All India FCI Inter Zonal Hockey Tournament |
22 – 26 Feb., 2012 Chandigarh |
NORTH EAST ZONE |
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All India FCI Badminton & Table Tennis Tournament |
16 – 18 March, 2012 Bangalore |
Badminton Men Section |
In addition to above FCI also organised All India Public Sector Football Tournament at Ranchi from 9th to 14th Dec., 2011.
8. Review meeting by Hon’ble Minister of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution.
A review meeting on sports activities in the Corporation was taken by Prof. K.V. Thomas Hon’ble Minster of State (Independent Charge) Ministry of Food, Consumer Affairs & Public Distribution on 5th March, 2012 at Institute of Food Security, FCI, Gurgaon. During the review, Hon’ble Minister was also apprised about the various schemes land activities undertaken by the Sports Promotion Board, FCI for promotion of Sports land sportspersons. Eminent sportspersons of FCI were felicitated by the Hon’ble Minster in recognition of their contribution in the field of sports. The efforts made by Sports Promotion Board were appreciated by the Hon’ble Minister in the meeting.
Sports guidelines/instructions issued by Sports Promotion Board are given as under:
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Annexure No. |
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Constitution of the Sports Promotion Board |
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List of Office bearers/main functionaries of the SPB |
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Appointment of meritorious outstanding sportsmen to Category - III & IV posts in the Corporation |
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4. |
Award of Scholarship by FCI to the talented students in the field of sports |
Annexure - IV |
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5. |
Re-naming of Scholarship Scheme |
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6. |
Revised Scheme of grant of stipend to the students upcoming in the field of sports |
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Revised Scheme of grant of stipend to the students upcoming in the field of sports (revised guidelines) |
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8. |
Grant of In-service Incentive to sportspersons for medal winning performance at National and International events |
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Revision of allowances to sportspersons |
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Enhancement of kit allowance, incidentals, out-of pocket allowance and Cash Awards to sportspersons |
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Enhancement of accommodation charges for sporting events |
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Guidelines for practice leave being granted to sportspersons |
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Code of conduct for sports men/women |
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Accounting procedure for maintenance of Accounts by Regional/Zonal Sports Promotion Committee towards sports activities of the Corporation |
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Submission of audited accounts/strict compliance of code of conduct/finalization of draw etc. |