Khelo India gets more funds

New Delhi Feb 5: The Union budget was present on Feb 1 and the government schemes have also got a boost . The Khelo India scheme got RS 520.09 crore, an addition of Rs 170 crore from last year.

However, the Sports Authority of India received setback after its funding was reduced by Rs 66 crore to Rs 429.56 crore for the fiscal year 2018-2019.

Sources added that "Ministry of Youth Affairs increased only marginally from Rs 1938 crore to Rs 2196.35 crore, Rs 170 crore of the Rs 258 crore increase was allocated to the Khelo India programme."

Officials said that "The National Welfare Fund for sportspersons increased from Rs 334.31 crore to Rs 374.00 crore while National Sports Federations also benefited from a decent increase in its fund allocation. The NSFs will get a budget of Rs 341 crore (up from Rs 302.18 crore) for the current fiscal."