{"id":25116,"date":"2026-03-09T11:14:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T05:44:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=25116"},"modified":"2026-03-09T16:13:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T10:43:17","slug":"asmita-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/asmita-project\/","title":{"rendered":"ASMITA Initiative"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>ASMITA Initiative Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs &amp; Sports launched the nationwide athletics league at 250 locations across the subcontinent under the ASMITA (Achieving Sports Milestone by Inspiring Women Through Action) programme.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About ASMITA Initiative<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It was <\/span><b>started in 2021.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is part of <\/span><b>Khelo India\u2019s gender-neutral mission<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to promote sports among women through leagues and competitions.<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ASMITA leagues not only aim to increase the participation of women in sports but also to utilize the leagues as a platform for the <\/span><b>identification of new talent<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across the length and breadth of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Objective:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Inclusive and grassroots-driven sports development.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Khelo India ASMITA league is a <\/span><b>core component of the \u2018Khelo Bharat Niti,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2019 promoting sports for nation-building and women\u2019s empowerment.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Sports Authority of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (SAI) supports <\/span><b>National Sports Federations<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in conducting <\/span><b>Khelo India women\u2019s leagues<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> across multiple age groups at both zonal and national levels.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Till now, the ASMITA League has witnessed participation of almost 3 lakh women in 33 disciplines across 2600 leagues.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Nodal Ministry:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><b>Key Facts about Khelo India<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>flagship Central Sector Schem<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e of the Ministry of Youth Affairs &amp; Sports, Government of India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is aimed at promoting <\/span><b>mass participation and sporting excellence.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Khelo India Games have been declared an \u2018Event of National Importance\u2019 in 2020 under the Sports Broadcasting Signals Act, 2007.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ddnews.gov.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/10004183940RUH-1024x682.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DD News<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ASMITA Initiative is part of Khelo India\u2019s gender-neutral mission to promote sports among women through leagues and competitions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":91718,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5946,21,22,23],"class_list":{"0":"post-25116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"tag-asmita-initiative","9":"tag-prelims-pointers","10":"tag-upsc-current-affairs","11":"tag-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","12":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25116"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91750,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25116\/revisions\/91750"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}