Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is providing residential coaching to sportsperson: Check eligibility criterion here
5 years, 1 month ago

Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is providing residential coaching to sportsperson: Check eligibility criterion here

India Today  

During the Rajya Sabha session on Monday, 02, 2019, Kiren Rijiju, Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports informed that the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has been providing training to talented sportspersons falling under the age group of 8-25 years. Sportsperson get assistance in form Coaching Sports equipment Boarding Lodging Sports kit Competition exposure Educational expenses Medical/ insurance and stipend as per the scheme norms. Eligibility criteria for selection of sportspersons for regular training under various schemes are in public domain and are available at https://sportsauthorityofindia.nic.in and https://kheloindia.gov.in Training residential trainees get The residential trainee athletes undergo regular sports coaching/ training in the morning and evening sessions under the expert guidance of coaches. Selection criterion A number of athletes in residential training facilities depend upon merit-cum-choice of the identified potential talent.

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Mandaviya: Khelo India Scheme has Identified 2781 athletes, enhanced global sports performance
1 month, 1 week ago

Mandaviya: Khelo India Scheme has Identified 2781 athletes, enhanced global sports performance

The Hindu  

Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Monday said the Khelo India Scheme has identified 2781 athletes across 21 sports, including para-athletics, and is providing them with essential support as part of the Khelo India Talent Development programme. “The Khelo India Scheme identifies and nurtures talent through its Khelo India Talent Development program by supporting athletes across 21 sports, including para-athletics, based …

The Sports School (TSS), Bengaluru, Opens Admission for Academic Year 2025 - 2026
1 month, 3 weeks ago

The Sports School (TSS), Bengaluru, Opens Admission for Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Live Mint  

VMPL Bangalore, November 25: The Sports School is "one of its kind", institution for students to learn as they play. The Sports School offers professional level training in Cricket, Football, Tennis, Badminton and Swimming, without compromising on their academics and sports in subjects like Math, Social etc. With a mission to use sports as a medium of education in the …

SPORTS | Nation-wide talent hunt scheme KIRTI launched
10 months ago

SPORTS | Nation-wide talent hunt scheme KIRTI launched

The Hindu  

The Khelo India Rising Talent Identification programme was launched by the Union Sports Minister, Anurag Singh Thakur, at the Sector-7 Sports Complex here on Tuesday. I urge every child to register through the MyBharat portal and the onus will be on us to go to them and provide the opportunity through KIRTI,” said the Sports Minister. 𝑲𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒐 𝑰𝒏𝒅𝒊𝒂 𝑹𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑻𝒂𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒕 …

AP School Commissioner Offers to Train Talented Students for National-Level Athletes
1 year, 3 months ago

AP School Commissioner Offers to Train Talented Students for National-Level Athletes

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Commissioner of School Education and School Games Federation of Andhra Pradesh president S. Suresh Kumar offered to train at least two talented students from each school as national-level athletes. He made the offer at the executive committee meeting of school games secretaries from all districts in the state at the Samagra Shiksha office on Saturday. Suresh Kumar said state …

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Declares Khelo India Youth Games Open in Bhopal
1 year, 11 months ago

Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan Declares Khelo India Youth Games Open in Bhopal

News 18  

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Monday evening inaugurated the fifth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games at a glittering function, kick-starting a sporting extravaganza that will see participation from nearly 6,000 athletes from across the country in 27 disciplines. “The Khelo India Youth Games will be historic in Madhya Pradesh,” Chouhan said on the occasion. Union …

Amit Shah inaugurates Khelo India Youth Games, says event will help young talent
2 years, 7 months ago

Amit Shah inaugurates Khelo India Youth Games, says event will help young talent

Hindustan Times  

Panchkula: Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday inaugurated the fourth edition of the Khelo India Youth Games in a grand ceremony at the Panchkula stadium. Union home minister Amit Shah, Union minister Anurag Thakur and Haryana CM Manohar Lal Khattar at the inauguration ceremony of the Khelo India Youth Games on Saturday. While hosts Haryana won the first edition …

Department of Personnel and Training Welcomes 'Sports Quota', Centre Adds Indigenous Sports to Recruitment List
4 years, 4 months ago

Department of Personnel and Training Welcomes 'Sports Quota', Centre Adds Indigenous Sports to Recruitment List

News 18  

Sports in India received a further push from the government as the Centre added 20 more sports disciplines to their list of sports eligible for direct recruitment of meritorious sportspersons in Group C level government posts. Here are the various sports disciplines under which sportspersons are eligible to apply for government jobs: archery, athletics, atya-patya, badminton, ball-badminton, basketball, billiards and …

SAI Launches Online Training Programme for Principals, Physical Education Teachers
4 years, 5 months ago

SAI Launches Online Training Programme for Principals, Physical Education Teachers

News 18  

The Sports Authority of India, in association with the Education Boards CISCE and CBSE, will host an online programme for training of Physical Education teachers from CISCE Schools on 'Khelo India Fitness Assessment of School Going Children'. On August 7, various school principals or head of institutes will be encouraged and motivated and made aware about the need to empower …

Actively organise state-level Khelo India Games to identify talent: Kiren Rijiju to states
4 years, 5 months ago

Actively organise state-level Khelo India Games to identify talent: Kiren Rijiju to states

India TV News  

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday asked the states to actively organise the Khelo India Games for identifying a larger pool of talent from the grassroots level. "The annual competitions being organised at the national level under the Khelo India Scheme, like the Khelo India Youth Games and University Games, have helped to identify sporting talent from all states. "States …

How sports is essential in education and can be a future profession too
4 years, 6 months ago

How sports is essential in education and can be a future profession too

India Today  

Sports or Physical Education is an integral part of a person’s overall well-being and is imperative for a healthy mind and body balance. Many schools and educational institutes lay ample emphasis on including sports as a necessary part of education, however, how you introduce sports to them makes all the difference at school level and thereafter. Physical Education as part …

Rijiju to hold 2-day online meet with state sports ministers
4 years, 6 months ago

Rijiju to hold 2-day online meet with state sports ministers

The Hindu  

Union Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju will hold discussions with sports ministers of all states and union territories from July 14 to figure a way forward as sporting activities begin to resume amid the gradual lifting of the COVID-19 lockdown. The two-day online meeting will review the action taken during the pandemic, and discuss resumption of sporting activities at the state …

1000 district-level Khelo India Centres to be established
4 years, 6 months ago

1000 district-level Khelo India Centres to be established

The Hindu  

After deciding to set up Khelo India State Centres of Excellence, the Sports Ministry has now planned to extend its support to grassroots sports by establishing 1000 district-level Khelo India Centres that would be helmed by former sportspersons, starting with 100 in the current financial year. These centres would either be run by a past champion on their own or …

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launches Khelo India Community Coach Development programme
4 years, 7 months ago

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju launches Khelo India Community Coach Development programme

Firstpost  

The course module will equip physical education teachers and community coaches with the right set of knowledge and skills to help children of all ages to take up a variety of fitness activities Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju has launched the Khelo India Community Coach Development programme for 15,000 physical education teachers and coaches around the country. “Community coaches and physical …

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju calls for state, district bodies to act in unison to bolster growth of grassroots football in India
4 years, 8 months ago

Sports minister Kiren Rijiju calls for state, district bodies to act in unison to bolster growth of grassroots football in India

Firstpost  

Developing football at the grassroots is the best way to grow the sport in India, Rijiju said while addressing a 700-strong online audience, including national team coach Igor Stimac and Zlatko Dalic, who guided Croatia to the 2018 World Cup finals Sports minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday asked the top corporate houses, state and district bodies to actively participate in …

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju lauds CBSE's decision to organise Fitness Week in schools
5 years, 2 months ago

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju lauds CBSE's decision to organise Fitness Week in schools

India Today  

Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju on Friday, November 8, 2019, lauded the Central Board of Secondary Education's decision to observe Fitness Week later this month as part of the Fit India Movement. In a step aimed to inculcate the habit of fitness among school children, the CBSE will be observing Fitness Week in the seconds and third weeks of November. Said …

Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 7.87 crore as allowance for Khelo India athletes
5 years, 3 months ago

Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 7.87 crore as allowance for Khelo India athletes

The Hindu  

The Sports Ministry has sanctioned Rs 7.87 crore as out-of-pocket allowance for 2,625 Khelo India athletes training in 99 Khelo India academies and other centres across the country. These athletes were selected to train in various sporting disciplines under the Khelo India Talent Development Scheme, which is a grassroot level talent identification and nurturing endeavour of the government. Of the …

Anantapur: Camps bring out hidden talent among the youth
5 years, 8 months ago

Anantapur: Camps bring out hidden talent among the youth

Deccan Chronicle  

Anantapur: B. Anusha, a native of Bandlapalli, an interior village in Narpala mandal, never thought she would be taking part in the camp for National Cricket Academy U-19 Girls, but encouragement by the Rural Development Trust and Anantapur sports village changed her life. Not only Anusha, thousands of other students of various age groups are also associated with the Anantapur …

Here's how sports and education work well together
6 years, 1 month ago

Here's how sports and education work well together

India Today  

Globally, a sport as an industry has a unifying appeal. This programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root levels by building a strong framework for all sports played in the country and with the aim to establish India as a great sporting country The twelve areas have been identified under this scheme, which …

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