PM Narendra Modi launches Khelo India School Games
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first Khelo India School Games at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday.
Addressing the gathering, PM Narendra Modi said Sports is an important means of personality development and should occupy a central place in the lives of the youth.
Khelo India is not only about winning medals. It is an effort to give strength to a mass movement for playing more. We want to focus on every aspect that would make sports more popular across the nation, PM Modi added.
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The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India, especially at the grass-root level. It aims at building a strong framework for all sports played in our country and establish India as a great sporting nation.
The National Capital plays host to the Khelo India School Games, being organised for the first time. This national level event is for under-17 players. It will see various disciplines being held at venues like Jawahar lal Nehru Stadium, Major Dhyan Chand Stadium, Karni Singh Shooting Range and SPM Swimming Complex. 16 teams from north, south and northeast India will be vying for glory during these games.
There will be 16 sporting events like Archery, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Boxing, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Kabbaddi, Kho-Kho, Shooting, Swimming, Volleyball, Weight Lifting and Wrestling.
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