Centre calls all-party meeting on Jan 30 ahead of Budget Session of Parliament
The President will address both Houses of Parliament on January 31 at 11 am in the Lok Sabha Chamber in the Parliament House ahead of the Budget Session.
The government will make efforts to take indigenous sport kabbadi to the Olympics, Union minister Kiren Rijiju said on Thursday.
“A total of 2,880 athletes have been selected under Khelo India scheme for further training to excel in various national/international competitions,” he told Lok Sabha.
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Responding to supplementaries during the Question Hour, the Minister of State for Youth Affairs and Sports said kabaddi is an indigenous sport and that the government would make efforts to take it to the Olympics.
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Under the schemes, promising sports persons and teams identified are provided support of modern sports science and exposure abroad under experts of respective disciplines, among others, he said.
“Sports being a state subject, the responsibility of promotion of sports, including identification of young talent and its nurturing, rests with state governments,” he added.
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