Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) are the annual national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India held in January or February for two categories, namely under-17 years school students and under-21 college students. Every year best 1,000 kids will be given an annual scholarship of for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events.Sport minister Rathore hails Khelo India School Games, Business Standard, 8 Feb 2018.
The Training of Trainers Programme was held in December 2018–January 2019 in the first phase. A total of 160 young athletes were trained in 4 batches of 40 each in the December to January period. It will continue semi-annually or quarterly to include all the interested teachers, principals, vice-principals and physical education trainers.
History On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, inaugurated Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru–shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena.PM Modi launches Khelo India School Games, Times of India, 31 Jan 2018.Khelo India School Games in December, The Hindu, 6 Nov 2017. from the 2019 events, Khelo India School Games were renamed to Khelo India Youth Games after Indian Olympic Association came on board earlier in September 2018.Khelo India to become Khelo India Youth Games with IOA on board, Times of India, 13 Sept 2018. The second edition of the event was kicked off in Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex, a sports complex situated in Balewadi, Pune, by Sports Minister, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, and, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Devendra Fadnavis.
On 27 February 2019, PM Narendra Modi launched the Khelo India App at the Youth Indian Parliament in Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi to promote sports and fitness.
On 22 February 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the first edition of the Khelo India University Games in Cuttack to give athletes the exposure of multi-disciplinary events at the university level.
Games and medals The inaugural 2018 games had students competing for 209 gold medals across 17 sports.
Badminton, basketball, boxing, cricket (26 gold medals), gymnastics (20 gold medals), judo (16 gold medals), kabaddi, volleyball and wrestling (30 gold medals) were held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex. Athletics (36 gold medals), football, kho kho and weightlifting (16 gold medals) were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium. Swimming at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex (35 gold medals), hockey at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium and shooting at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range were other venues.
In December 2020 four indigenous games were added – Gatka, Kalaripayattu, Thang-Ta and Mallakhamba.
Execution Selection criteria Only selected school kids below the age of 17 years are eligible to compete. In the individual sports, top 8 sportsperson from the SGFI National School Games, 4 nominations from federation, one from Central Board of Secondary Education, one from the host State and 2 wild card entries for the individual events will be selected. In team sports, the top 4 from the National School Games, 2 nominations by the federation, 1 from the host State and one from the organising committee will be selected. For archery, badminton and shooting, the top 16 from the National School Games, 8 nominations by the federation, 1 from CBSE, 1 from host State, 1 from organising committee, and 6 from wild cards will be selected.
Talent hunt and scholarship To identify the talent at grassroot level, each sports has a dedicated talent hunt committee, who will identify top 2 sportsperson for each sports and they will be given an annual scholarship of INR 500,000 for 8 years.Is Khelo India School Games a success? Shocking revelations here, Financial Express, 7 Feb 2018. Additionally, medal winners in all Khelo India competitions will now be eligible for government jobs, as per a revised criteria.
Edition-wise medal tally Khelo India Youth Games Edition Year Host(s) Start date End date Sports Gold1st Team2nd Team3rd Team Ref I 2018 Delhi 31 January 2018 8 February 2018 16 209 Haryana Maharashtra Delhi38 26 38 10236 32 43 11125 29 40 94 II 2019 Maharashtra 9 January 2019 20 January 2019 18 403 Maharashtra Haryana Delhi85 62 81 22862 56 60 17848 37 51 136 III 2020 Assam 10 January 2020 22 January 2020 20447 Maharashtra Haryana Delhi78 77 101 25668 60 72 20039 36 47 122 IV 2021 Haryana 4 June 2022 13 June 2022 25 269 Haryana Maharashtra Karnataka52 39 46 13745 40 40 12522 17 28 67 V 2023 Madhya Pradesh 30 January 2023 11 February 2023 27 295 Maharashtra Haryana Madhya Pradesh56 55 50 16141 32 55 12839 30 27 96VI2024Tamil Nadu19 January 202431 January 202427278 Maharashtra Tamil Nadu Haryana57 48 53 15838 21 39 9835 22 46 103VII2025Bihar4 May 202515 May 202527285 Maharashtra HaryanaRajasthan58475315839275111724122460
See also National Games of India Khelo India Winter Games Khelo India Beach Games Khelo India Para Games Khelo India University Games
References
External links Khelo India, official website