It has been decided to grade and incentivize 500 academies across India in collaboration with National Sports Federations (NSFs) under Khelo India Scheme: Kiren Rijiju
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Mar 11, 2021 12:42
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Under the “State Level Khelo India Centre” (SLKIC) vertical of the Khelo India Scheme, this Ministry has decided to establish 1000 Khelo India Centres (KICs) (one to two KICs in each district) across India. So far, 106 Khelo India Centres have been approved including 60 Sports Authority of India (SAI) Extension Centres. The objective is to promote sports at grassroots level and provide opportunities of employment to past champion athletes. The Scheme has provision for providing financial support at the rate of ₹ 5.00 lakh per annum as recurring grant per discipline and ₹ 5.00 lakh as one-time non-recurring grant per discipline.
