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Union Budget 2024: Khelo India gains top billing to foster sports growth
Updated On: 23 July, 2024 03:23 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
The government has invested heavily in Khelo India over the years as the programme continues to unearth talent from all parts of the country
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India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (3L) gestures, as Tamil Nadu, Chief Minister, M. K. Stalin (3R) looks on, during the inauguration ceremony of `Khelo India Youth Games 2023 (Pic: AFP)
Khelo India, which is the government`s flagship project to promote sports at the grassroots level, was once again the biggest beneficiary in the Union Budget 2024 for the sports ministry as it was assigned Rs 900 crore from the overall allocation of Rs 3,442.32 crore on Tuesday.
Khelo India`s share, announced in the budget presented by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman here, is Rs 20 crore more than the revised allocation of Rs 880 crore during the previous financial year.
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