Khelo Bharat Niti 2025
Also called: National Sports Policy 2025 · Topic: Politics of Planned Development · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
Khelo Bharat Niti 2025 is India's National Sports Policy, announced in July 2025. A policy sets out the government's goals and direction; schemes are the tools that carry it out. It aims to build a strong, inclusive (open to everyone) and performance-driven sports system. It also aims to join sport with education and treats sport as a driver of economic growth. It gives no money to States and Union Territories. Sport is a State subject in the Constitution and States run most schools, so this missing funding matters when the policy is put into practice.
Example
In 2026, the Union Cabinet approved a revamped Khelo India Scheme along with enhanced Assistance to National Sports Federations. The two have a combined outlay of ₹36,441 crore for 2026-27 to 2030-31 and are aligned with this policy. Later in 2026, the Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme (₹1,856.67 crore) was approved to carry out the policy's economic side: making India a hub for manufacturing sports goods.
Don't confuse with
- Khelo India Scheme: a funded scheme for sports participation, talent and infrastructure. Khelo Bharat Niti is the parent policy that such schemes put into practice.
- Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme: a supply-side scheme for making sports equipment. It is a tool used to implement the policy and is not the policy itself.