{"id":33913,"date":"2022-12-09T03:10:17","date_gmt":"2022-12-08T21:40:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=33913"},"modified":"2025-04-20T02:47:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-19T21:17:01","slug":"khelo-india-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/khelo-india-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"Khelo India programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><strong>What\u2019s in today\u2019s article?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Khelo India<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Why in News?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Replying to a discussion in the Lok Sabha, Union sports minister said that the Sports ministry plans to open 1,000 Khelo India centres across states by August 15, 2023.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What is Khelo India programme?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Khelo India programme has been introduced to revive the sports culture in India at the grass-root level by building a strong framework for all sports played in our country.<\/li>\n<li>Talented players identified in priority sports disciplines at various levels by the High-Powered Committee will be provided annual financial assistance of INR 5 lakh per annum for 8 years.<\/li>\n<li>12 verticals under the Khelo India programme:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/XNBkx2tZt6-LIpciy34i8JfXee286WevB3NmtG4Aa91NOfitw_r27TplNNHjgUUUDAAMVV7HeVvmzL8fEQ_1h7rjvLc-f03ny0bjbm2wFdCsB2v7KRZWwrY55PGa5v79N1PtblEz1FKVwBsBQ-6Mkw\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Image Caption: Components of Khelo India<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>News Summary<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Union Sports Minister Anurag Thakur said that 1,000 Khelo India centres will be opened all over the country by August 15 next year.<\/li>\n<li>The minister was speaking in Lok Sabha during the ongoing Winter Session of the Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Key highlights: What are the steps taken by the government to promote sports?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Many Indian martial arts will go international<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The minister said Mallakhamb, Thang Ta, Yogasana, Gatka and Kalaripayattu will soon go international.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mallakhamb<\/strong> \u2013\n<ul>\n<li>As an ancient Indian sport, mallakhamb is a form of ancient martial arts intended as a training aid for wrestlers and ancient warriors.<\/li>\n<li>Mallakhamb means wrestling on a pole (a type of Indian gymnastics on a vertical pole).<\/li>\n<li>Wrestlers and warriors used to use the pole as a training apparatus to perfect martial arts moves which they could later use on opponents in the ring or the battlefield.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Thang Ta<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>Manipuri martial art<\/strong> which is dedicated to fighting skill and worship.<\/li>\n<li>It integrates various external weapons &#8211; the sword, spear, dagger, etc. &#8211; with the internal practice of physical control through soft movements coordinated with the rhythms of breathing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yogasana<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Yogasana is a sport that focuses on the physical aspect of yoga, where players have to perform yogic postures and are judged on their difficulty, balance, control, flexibility and endurance.<\/li>\n<li>The difference between yoga and yogasana is that yogasana only lays emphasis on the physical side of the discipline while <u>yoga also gives importance to the mental and spiritual aspects<\/u>.<\/li>\n<li>Yogasana was formally recognized as a sport in 2020, with the National Yoga Sports Federation being the official governing body for the sport in India.<\/li>\n<li>With an emphasis on promoting indigenous sports, yogasana was included in the <strong>Khelo India Youth Games 2021<\/strong>, along with kalaripayattu, gatka and mallakhamb.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gatka<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Gatka is a traditional martial art form of<strong> Punjab<\/strong> and is associated with the Sikh gurus.<\/li>\n<li>Gatka is a style of stick fighting between two or more practitioners, with wooden sticks (called Soti) intended to simulate swords.<\/li>\n<li>It was one of basic technique of self-defence for Sikh warriors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kalaripayattu<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>Kalaripayattu is the <strong>martial art form of Kerala<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It has different techniques like <strong>meipayattu<\/strong> (physical body exercise), <strong>vadipayattu<\/strong> (fight using sticks), <strong>valpayattu<\/strong> (fight using swords) and <strong>verumkaiprayoga<\/strong> (bare hand exercise).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Appointment of coaches<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Regarding the appointment of coaches, the Sports Minister announced that this year, 398 coaches have been appointed across 21 sports disciplines.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>Budget of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The budget of the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has increased to 3,062 crore for the year 2022-23.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>What are some other initiatives taken to promote sports?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The minister highlighted some of the initiatives taken by the Centre, such as \u2018Meet the Champions\u2019 initiative.\n<ul>\n<li>This initiative is aimed at making children aware about sports and nutrition with the help of the country\u2019s best sportspersons.<\/li>\n<li>It is a unique school visit campaign that was kicked off by Olympic Gold medallist Neeraj Chopra in December 2021.<\/li>\n<li>During the school visit, the champion athlete shares their experiences, life lessons, and tips on how to eat right and also give an overall inspirational boost to school children.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The minister also talked about the Khelo India Youth Games and Khelo India University Games.\n<ul>\n<li>So far, <u>four editions of Youth Games and two editions of University Games<\/u> have taken place.<\/li>\n<li>In these, 27,000 players have been able to showcase their talent to the country.<\/li>\n<li>In the recently concluded Khelo India Youth Games, <u>12 national records were broken, out of which 11 were broken by girls<\/u>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3><strong>Q1) What is silambam martial art?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>Silambam is an ancient martial art from Tamil Nadu. Its origin belonged to the early Dravidian era. The primary focus of the fighters is to use the bamboo stick as a weapon to defeat the opponents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Q2) What is the origin of Mallakhamb?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The earliest direct literary mention of mallakhamb appears in an early 12th-century text called Manasollasa, penned by Chalukya king\u00a0 Someshvara III, who ruled in present-day South India at the time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Khelo India aims to revive sports culture at the grassroot level by building a strong framework for all sports.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":33914,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-33913","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-mains-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33913","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=33913"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33913\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33914"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33913"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}