Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, Anurag Singh Thakur inaugurated the Sports Science Centre in Udupi yesterday. Speaking on the event, he stated that the federal government is making efforts to remodel India right into a sporting gentle energy. It has elevated the sports activities funds from 854 crores earlier than 2014 to three,100 crore rupees this yr and spent 2700 crore rupees to boost sporting infrastructure as in opposition to 630 crore rupees earlier.

For Khelo India Games, the federal government is spending 3,136 crore rupees for a interval of 5 years. These initiatives are yielding fruits as India went on to win seven medals within the Olympics, 19 within the Paralympics and the very best of 61 medals within the Commonwealth Games and India additionally gained the Thomas cup. He stated that the encouragement to sports activities within the nation has offered confidence immediately that Indian sportspersons not simply compete however compete to win medals.