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SPORTS

Roadmap ready for through its 12 verticals by ing for participation in
international sports events
encouraging sports for
sports development all across gender and all are being assisted for their
training and competi-
age groups to harness the
power of sports through its tive exposures within the
lades in sports such as cross — cutting influence. country and abroad through
archery, athletics, badmin- The Ministry of Youth Affairs Annual Calendar of Train-
tehelka bureau
ton, boxing, hockey, shoot- and Sports supports athletes ing & Competitions. Target
ing, wrestling, weightlifting. for training and competition Olympic Podium scheme
Khelo India Scheme, through National Sports is being implemented
very time In- launched in 2017, aims at Federations and run- since 2014 for meeting the
dia does well at infusing sports culture ning high quality training requirements of customized
a multi-sport and achieving sporting facilities. training of medal prospects
event, there is a excellence in the country Sportspersons prepar- of mega sports events such
E chorus that we as Olympics, Asian games
have arrived on the world and Commonwealth Games.
stage. However, there is Further, the Government is
a strong need to concen- supplementing the efforts of
trate on creating new the States/UT Governments
infrastructure facilities and in bridging the gaps in
providing adequate foreign sports infrastructure under
exposure to our front-line Khelo India Scheme.
sportspersons.
Roadmap for developing erformance of
the sports in the country is sportspersons in
guided by twin objectives of P international events
National Sports Policy 2001 is dependent on the stage of
viz., broad-basing of sports development of sports in a
and promotion of excel- country. Stage of develop-
lence in sports. ment of sports in terms
The Minister of State for of sports infrastructure,
Youth Affairs and Sports, training/coaching meth-
Kiren Rijiju in a written ods, sports science etc., in
reply in the Lok Sabha some Asian countries such
informed on December 12, as China, South Korea and
2019 that with the launch of Japan is of different level.
Khelo India Scheme, there With the launch of Khelo
has been increased aware- India Scheme, there has
ness and participation of been increased awareness
people in sports and Indian and participation of people
athletes have earned acco- in sports and Indian athletes
have earned accolades in
(Rs. in crore) sports such as archery, ath-
letics, badminton, boxing,
Year Budgetary allocation Expenditure
hockey, shooting, wrestling,
2014-15 705.00 700.44 weightlifting.
2015-16 942.46 940.75 Chart shows budget
allocation and expenditure
2016-17 984.15 981.09 including for infrastructure
2017-18 1393.21 1229.32 development, of the Depart-
ment of Sports during last
2018-19 1381.52 1297.32 six years.
2019-20 1600.00 1105.54
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