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Sports Ministry Approves ₹14.30 Cr For 143 Khelo India Centres

(New Delhi)Sports Ministry Approves ₹14.30 Cr For 143 Khelo India Centres in 7 States
These centres will be set up in Maharashtra, Mizoram, Goa, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur.
Each centre will be entrusted with one sports discipline.
The Khelo India centres have been launched by the Sports Ministry in partnership with state governments to ensure the availability of grassroot-level infrastructure across the country.
As per Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju “It is our endeavour to make India one among the top 10 countries in the 2028 Olympics. To fulfil this goal we need to identify and nurture a large number of talented sportspersons from an early age,”
In June 2020, the ministry had planned to open up as many as 1,000 new Khelo India centres over a period of four years, with at least one centre in each district of the country.
The responsibility of hiring coaches for these centres lies with the respective state governments