CURRENT AFFAIRS

2020

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The Ministry of Sports, government of India has decided to establish how many district level Khelo India centers all over the nation to engage the former champions in sports training and to ensure a source of income for them in the sports?
A
1500
B
750
C
1000
D
2000
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -"1000 Khelo India centres will be opened by 15th August 2023 across the country. Out of the 1, 000 centres, 733 centres have been already sanctioned, ” said Thakur in Lok Sabha.

Detailed explanation-2: -How many sports are played at the Khelo India Games? The Khelo India Youth Games began in 2018 with 18 sports - athletics, archery, badminton, basketball, boxing, football, gymnastics, hockey, judo, kabaddi, kho kho, wrestling, weightlifting, tennis, table tennis, volleyball, swimming and shooting.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bangalore: The Sports Ministry has approved 31 Khelo India Centres (KICs) across multiple districts in Karnataka, at a cost of Rs 1.55 crores.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Khelo India programme aimed to award a scholarship of 5 lahks each year for 8 years to 1000 selected athletes. Between 2017 to 2018 and 2019 to 2020, the initiatives incurred by the Government of India are cumulative of 1756 crores.

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