New Delhi / Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], October 20 (ANI): Union Sports and Youth Welfare Minister Anurag Thakur on Thursday introduced that Khelo India Youth Games 2022 can be organised in Madhya Pradesh.
Union Minister Thakur handed over the torch of Khelo India Youth Games 2022 to Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on the event.
CM Chouhan thanked Sports Minister Anuraj Thakur and Prime Minister Narendra Modi for offering the chance to host the fifth Khelo India Youth Games.
CM Chouhan stated, “The Khelo India games will not be organised at a single place. It will be organised across the state which include Indore, Bhopal, Ujjain, Gwalior, Jabalpur, Khargone, Mandal and Balaghat. Besides, it will be played in New Delhi as well. The players will also enjoy the tourism along with their games.”The Madhya Pradesh authorities is repeatedly encouraging sports activities exercise. The finances of the division was solely 5 crores in 2003, now it has elevated to Rs 350 crores. 11 sports activities academies of 18 sports activities have been established within the state. Besides, 171 sports activities coaching centres have been constructed within the final six years.
The state has made a spot within the high 10 with 38 medals within the Khelo India Youth Games, 2021. The state has made a historic efficiency in Mallakhamb within the Khelo India Youth Games, 2021. The state has clinched 66 medals within the latest nationwide video games.
International-level sports activities coaching is being given to 900 proficient gamers. Foreign coaches are being invited to offer coaching to the gamers within the state.
Eight gamers skilled from Madhya Pradesh Academy participated in Tokyo Olympics 2022. Two gamers within the males’s hockey crew and 4 gamers within the girls’s hockey crew had been chosen from Madhya Pradesh within the Commonwealth Games, 2022.
The state capital Bhopal has been a nursery for hockey for years. ‘Chief Minister Cup’ from 2015, ‘Vidhayak Cup’ and ‘Sansad Cup’ from 2017 has been organised within the state frequently.
The state authorities organised ‘Youth Mahapanchayat’ on the event of the 116th start anniversary of Chandrashekhar Azad, July 23 by which over one lakh youths of the state participated.
Besides, the state organised numerous sports activities competitions at village stage, block stage, district stage and state stage with the participation of the general public. (ANI)