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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Sports Ministry has inaugurated three new KISCE at Delhi, Lucknow and Chennai. With this how many KISCE are now operational in India?

A	32
B	21
C	17
D	27

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The total number of KISCEs now stands at 27, which is spread across 26 States and Union Territories. This has been done with the vision to propel India into one of the top 10 countries in the 2028 Olympics.

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: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -Khelo India was formed by merging three schemes namely Rajiv Gandhi Khel Abhiyan (RGKA), Urban Sports Infrastructure Scheme (USIS), and National Sports Talent Search Scheme (NSTSS).

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