Sports Ministry sanctions Rs 7.87 crore as allowance for Khelo India athletes

Of the total number of 2625 athletes, 1312 are training in Khelo India Academies and apart from the out-of-pocket allowance, the identified sports talent under the Khelo India Talent Development Scheme is given full support in terms of coaching, sports science, injury prevention, diet, lodging, and education. Each athlete in a KI academy is given an annual scholarship of Rs 5 lakh, of which Rs 1.20 lakh is directly transferred to the athlete's bank account as out-of-pocket allowance. The Khelo India Scheme acts as a feeder to other elite schemes of the government, including the Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS). Athletes like weightlifter Jeremy Lalrinnunga, shooter Saurabh Chaudhary, swimmer Srihari Nataraj are all Khelo India findings who have later been inducted into the core group or developmental group of TOPS. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttps://www.avitop.com/cs/members/neptunemaars.aspx

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