Khelo Bharat Niti 2025: A bold blueprint to make India a sporting superpower

Replacing the two-decade-old national sports policy of 2001, the Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday, gave its nod to the National Sports Policy (NSP) 2025, setting the blueprint for reshaping the country's sporting ecosystem, with a clear focus on establishing India as one of the sporting powerhouses, and a strong contender to hosting major international events, including the 2036 Olympic Games.

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Titled Khelo Bharat Niti 2025, the new policy is built around five goals—achieving sporting excellence globally, boosting the sports economy, advancing social development through sports, turning sports into a grassroots people's movement and embedding sports into the education system.

Among its most transformative measures is a plan to create a pipeline for sporting talent that stretches from the village block level to international arenas.

The policy envisions strengthening sports programs from the grassroots to the elite level. It focuses on early talent identification, nurturing, and the creation of robust training systems, competitive leagues, and world-class infrastructure across rural and urban India.