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Paralympics 2024: SAI has established a Para Centre under its NCOE Scheme at SAI Regional Centre in Gandhinagar: Anurag Thakur

Paralympics 2024: SAI has established a Para Centre under its NCOE Scheme at SAI Regional Centre in Gandhinagar: Anurag Thakur

Paralympics 2024: Under the “Promotion of sports among persons with disabilities” vertical of the Khelo India scheme, financial assistance is provided support District and State level games to the concerned National Sports Federations, namely, Special Olympic Bharat, All India Sports Council of Deaf and Paralympics Committee of India. Follow Insidesport.IN For more updates Paralympics 2024: […]

Paralympics 2024: Under the “Promotion of sports among persons with disabilities” vertical of the Khelo India scheme, financial assistance is provided support District and State level games to the concerned National Sports Federations, namely, Special Olympic Bharat, All India Sports Council of Deaf and Paralympics Committee of India. Follow Insidesport.IN For more updates

Paralympics 2024: SAI has established a Para Centre under its NCOE Scheme at SAI Regional Centre in Gandhinagar: Anurag Thakur

Paralympics 2024: Further, under the “Talent Search and Development” vertical of the Khelo India Scheme, 29 para-athletes have been identified as Khelo India Athletes in four para-sports disciplines and are being provided with Out of Pocket Allowance of Rs10,000 per month. In addition, the Sports Authority of India (SAI) has established a Para Centre under its National Centre of Excellence (NCOE) Scheme at SAI Regional Centre, Gandhinagar. The Centre is operational in the disciplines of Athletics, Swimming, Powerlifting and Table Tennis. The selected athletes are provided support in the form of expert coaches, sports equipment, boarding and lodging, sports kit, competition exposure, educational expenses, medical/insurance and stipend as per the approved scheme norms. Most of the other centres of SAI have also been made disabled-friendly.

This Ministry implements the Khelo India Scheme with the twin objectives of mass participation and promotion of excellence in sports under which various programmes have been launched under the different Khelo India verticals to realise the objective of broad-basing and promoting the culture of sports. These initiatives are undertaken in both rural and urban areas across the country.

This information was given by the Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Anurag Thakur in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

Paralympics 2024: SAI has established a Para Centre under its NCOE Scheme at SAI Regional Centre in Gandhinagar: Anurag Thakur

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