The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs & Sports, Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that 57 athletes (25 in individual events and 16 members each of men and women Hockey team) have already qualified for participation in Rio Olympics 2016. More sportspersons are expected to qualify for participation in Rio Olympics 2016 as the qualification process will go on upto the first week of July 2016.
Preparations for improving the performance of the sportspersons and teams of the country in international sports events including Rio Olympics 2016 is an ongoing exercise. Coaching camps, customized training within the country and abroad with scientific back-up, competition exposures and engagement of foreign coaches are planned accordingly.
He said, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports have formulated a Scheme namely, ‘Target Olympic Podium (TOP) Scheme’ with the objective of identifying and supporting potential medal prospects for 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Focused disciplines are Athletics, Archery, Badminton, Boxing, Wrestling and Shooting.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today the Minister said, 106 athletes have been identified so far through a process of research and consultation with the National Sports Federations and National Coaches/ Experts of the relevant disciplines. Financial assistance is being provided to these athletes for customized training and other support. The list of athletes identified under TOP Scheme is:
| S No | Name | Discipline |
| 1 | Vikas Gowda | Athletics |
| 2 | Seema Punia | Athletics |
| 3 | Arpinder Singh | Athletics |
| 4 | Khushbir Kaur | Athletics |
| 5 | K T Irfan | Athletics |
| 6 | Saina Nehwal | Badminton |
| 7 | P V Sindhu | Badminton |
| 8 | P Kashyap | Badminton |
| 9 | K Srikanth | Badminton |
| 10 | Guru Saidutt | Badminton |
| 11 | H.S Prannoy | Badminton |
| 12 | MC Mary Kom | Boxing |
| 13 | Sarita Devi | Boxing |
| 14 | Pinki Rani | Boxing |
| 15 | Devendro Singh | Boxing |
| 16 | Shiva Thapa | Boxing |
| 17 | Mandeep Jangra, | Boxing |
| 18 | Vijender Singh | Boxing |
| 19 | Vikas Krishan | Boxing |
| 20 | Abhinav Bindra | Shooting |
| 21 | Gagan Narang | Shooting |
| 22 | Sanjeev Rajput | Shooting |
| 23 | Ayonika Paul | Shooting |
| 24 | Apurvi Chandela | Shooting |
| 25 | Heena Sidhu | Shooting |
| 26 | Shewta Singh | Shooting |
| 27 | Malaika Goel | Shooting |
| 28 | Jitu Rai | Shooting |
| 29 | P N Prakash | Shooting |
| 30 | Vijay Kumar | Shooting |
| 31 | Rahi Sarnobat | Shooting |
| 32 | Anisa Sayyed | Shooting |
| 33 | Manavjit Singh Sandhu | Shooting |
| 34 | Ankur Mittal | Shooting |
| 35 | Mohd Ashab | Shooting |
| 36 | Kynan Chenai | Shooting |
| 37 | Sushil Kumar | Wrestling |
| 38 | Yogeshwar Dutt | Wrestling |
| 39 | Bajrang | Wrestling |
| 40 | Amit Kumar | Wrestling |
| 41 | Rahul Aware | Wrestling |
| 42 | Babita Kumari | Wrestling |
| 43 | Vinesh Phogat | Wrestling |
| 44 | Varsha Gautham | Sailors |
| 45 | Aishwarya Nedunchezhiyan | Sailors |
| 46 | Tarundeep Rai | Archery |
| 47 | Atanu Das | Archery |
| 48 | Jayanta Talukdar | Archery |
| 49 | Mangal Champia | Archery |
| 50 | Viswash | Archery |
| 51 | Ranjit Naik | Archery |
| 52 | Deepika Kumari | Archery |
| 53 | Bombayla Devi | Archery |
| 54 | Rimil Buruily | Archery |
| 55 | Laxmi Rani Majhi | Archery |
| 56 | Dola Banerjee | Archery |
| 57 | Snehal | Archery |
| 58 | Sanjay Boro | Archery |
| 59 | Atul Verma | Archery |
| 60 | Binod Swansi | Archery |
| 61 | Madhu Vedwan | Archery |
| 62 | Priyanka Pawar | Athletics |
| 63 | Tintu Luka | Athletics |
| 64 | Debashree Majumdar | Athletics |
| 65 | M.R. Poovamma | Athletics |
| 66 | Anilda Thomas | Athletics |
| 67 | Ashwini Akkunji | Athletics |
| 68 | Jauna Murmu | Athletics |
| 69 | Sini Jose | Athletics |
| 70 | Mandeep Kaur | Athletics |
| 71 | Chavi Sharawat | Athletics |
| 72 | Anju Thomas | Athletics |
| 73 | Nirmala | Athletics |
| 74 | Arpitha M. | Athletics |
| 75 | K. Ganapathy | Athletics |
| 76 | Manish Rawat | Athletics |
| 77 | Sandeep Kumar | Athletics |
| 78 | Devender Singh | Athletics |
| 79 | Sumit Sangwan | Boxing |
| 80 | Sarjubala Devi | Boxing |
| 81 | Chain Singh | Shooting |
| 82 | Maana Patel | Swimming |
| 83 | Inderjeet Singh | Athletics |
| 84 | Navjeet Kaur | Athletics |
| 85 | Gurmeet Singh | Athletic |
| 86 | Jisna Mathew | Athletics |
| 87 | Dipa Karmakar | Gymnastics |
| 88 | Geeta Phogat | Wrestling |
| 89 | Narsingh Yadav | Wrestling |
| 90 | Leander Paes | Tennis |
| 91 | Sania Mirza | Tennis |
| 92 | Rohan Bopanna | Tennis |
| 93 | Gurpreet Singh | Shooting |
| 94 | Amit Saroha | Para-Athletics |
| 95 | Sharad Kumar | Para Athletes |
| 96 | Devendar | Para Athletics |
| 97 | Karamjyoti | Para Athletics |
| 98 | Narender | Para Athletics |
| 99 | Deepa Malik | Para Athletics |
| 100 | H N Girisha | Para Athletics |
| 101 | Sandeep Singh Maan | Para Athletics |
| 102 | Sharath Gayakwad | Para Swimming |
| 103 | Jwala Gutta | Badminton |
| 104 | Ashwini Ponnappa | Badminton |
| 105 | Manu Atri | Badminton |
| 106 | Sumeeth Reddy | Badminton |
Source : Govt of India, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, 15-December, 2015