Khelo India: National Programme for Development of Sports, branded as Khelo India (), aims at improving India's sports culture at the grass-root level through organized talent identification, structured sporting competitions and infrastructure development. It is a

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programme launched in 2017-18 under the tenure Prime Minister

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and Sports Minister's Vijay Goel and

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Competitions

Khelo India Youth Games Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG), formerly Khelo India School Games (KISG), are the annual national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held in January or February for two categories, namely under-17 years school students and under-2 ...

** Editions: 2018, 2019,

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Khelo India University Games (KIUG), is a national level multi-sport event held in India, where athletes from universities across the country compete in different sports disciplines. The inaugural edition held in Odisha started on 22 February and concluded on 1 March 2 ...

** Editions: 2020, 2022 *

Khelo India Winter Games Khelo India Winter Games are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot winter games of India. Events include Skiing, Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, Snow rugby, Ice stock sport, Snow baseball, Mountaineering, Snowshoe running, Ice hockey, F ...

** Editions: 2020

Khelo India Centres of Excellence

Khelo India State Centres of Excellence (KISCE) are sports facilities across India, built upon existing facilities, aiming to provide basic facilities for sportspersons with potential. Each centre will cater to three sporting disciplines.

Competitions

Khelo India Centres of Excellence

See also

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