Khelo India Vision and Khelo India Scheme: pillars, targets and achievements
PIB backgrounder outlines the Khelo India Vision (launched in 2017) and the Khelo India Scheme’s pillars, district-level target, and July 2026 achievements.
- Khelo India Vision is a sports foundation programme that led to the Khelo India Scheme in 2017.
- Khelo India Scheme unified three earlier sports programmes into one framework for sports development.
- Khelo India Mission aims for State and Union Territory plans to set up one Khelo India Training Centre in every district.
- Khelo India Scheme promotes structured athlete pathways supported by sports science, psychology, and nutrition.
What happened: Khelo India Vision and Khelo India Scheme targets with reported achievements
The Government of India presented the Khelo India Vision and the Khelo India Scheme as a long-term, scheme-based approach to build a stronger foundation for Indian sport. The Khelo India Vision was launched in 2017, and the Khelo India Scheme was designed to unify earlier sports-development efforts into one framework with five operational pillars and district-level training-centre goals.
Khelo India Vision and Khelo India Scheme: background and earlier position
For UPSC, Khelo India is best analysed as a scheme architecture: how three legacy programmes were merged, how implementation is structured around training centres and athlete pathways, and how progress is communicated through scheme-level indicators (centres, academies, athletes, and infrastructure approvals).
