Union Youth Affairs and Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur yesterday announced to setting up of one thousand Khelo India Centres across the country under the Khelo India Scheme in the next two months. He was inaugurating the sixth edition of the Khasdar Krida Mahotsav, a Sports Festival, conceptualised by Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari, at Yashwant Stadium in Nagpur yesterday. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was also present on the occasion. While emphasising the budget allocation to Sports, Anurag Thakur informed that the Central government has increased the Sports budget from 800 crore to 3,200 crore rupees.
Government to set up one thousand Khelo India Centers across country in next two months
