Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch the first Khelo India School Games at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi Wednesday Jan 31,2018

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the first Khelo India School Games at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium in New Delhi on Wednesday Jan 31,2018

The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in the country at grassroots level and make India a sporting nation.

 In keeping with Prime Minister Modi’s vision, Khelo India is expected to help scout young talent from the schools in various disciplines and groom them as future sports champions.

Talented players identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels will be provided annual financial assistance of Rs. 5 lakh per annum for eight years

 Over the coming nine days, Under-17 players will vie for 199 gold medals, 199 silver medals and 275 bronze medals in across 16 disciplines -

1. Archery
2. Athletics
3.  Badminton
4. Basketball
5. Boxing
6.  Football
7. Gymnastics
8. Hockey
9.  Judo
10.  Kabaddi
11.  Kho-Kho
12.  Shooting,
13. Swimming
14.  Volleyball
15. Weightlifting and 
16. Wrestling. 

The inaugural games will conclude on February 08,2018