The government's flagship Khelo India programme to scout and nurture athletes astatine the grassroots level was the biggest beneficiary arsenic the allocation for sports was hiked substantially by Rs 351.98 crore successful the Union Budget presented by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman present connected Saturday.
The ambitious strategy has been allocated Rs 1,000 crore for the fiscal twelvemonth 2025-26.
This is Rs 200 crore much than the assistance of Rs 800 crore successful 2024-25.
Overall, the Ministry for Youth Affairs and Sports was designated Rs 3,794.30 crore, an wide leap of Rs 351.98 crore.
The summation is important considering determination is nary large sporting lawsuit similar the Olympics, Commonwealth oregon Asian Games lined up successful the adjacent 1 year.
The assigned magnitude for assistance to National Sports Federations has besides been hiked marginally from Rs 340 crore to Rs 400 crore.
India is presently pushing done with an ambitious bid to big the 2036 Olympic Games for which a missive of intent has been submitted to the International Olympic Committee.