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2018

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Sports Authority of India (SAI) to be renamed as ’Sports India’, confirmed by Union Sports Minister
A
Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore
B
Smriti Irani
C
Anant Geete
D
Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The correct answer is Sports India. Former Union Ministers of Youth Affairs and Sports Rajyavardhan Rathore announced that the national sports body, Sports Authority of India (SAI), will now be known as ‘Sports India’.

Detailed explanation-2: -Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Anurag Singh Thakur launched the Khelo India’s new Dashboard today in New Delhi, which has all the statistical data related to the Khelo India Scheme and the Khelo India events.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Sports Authority of India (SAI), a successor organization of the IXth Asian Games held in New Delhi in 1982, was set up as a Society registered under Societies Act, 1860 in pursuance of the Resolution No. 1-1/83/SAI dated 25th January 1984 of the Department of Sports, Govt.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sujata Chaturvedi, IAS, Secretary, Department of Sports, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

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