'We aim to be in top ten in US Olympics 2028': Kiren Rijiju

Rijiju congratulated the winners and lauded the spirit of the participants. He said that we are moving forward with new thinking for sports and for their promotion, the Government of India has started the "Khelo India programme" in 2016-17. Under the programme, the government is planning to organise four types of games next year, namely university games, youth games, school games and indigenous games, the Minister said. Rijiju said the government is vociferous in improving the conditions of sports and the economic status of the sportsperson in the country. The Guest of Honour, Anoop Kumar, Dronacharya Awardee in Boxing, said boxing is a wonderful science of self-defence. Day by day the government is promoting sports and providing a platform for sports. Technique or tactics, fitness and fighting spirit are essential to excel in any sport. For the year 2019-20, Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya, District Karnal, Haryana was selected as a venue for the organisation of 65th SGFI National Boxing Championship, under category-U14(boys). There were around 300 participants from 31 states/UTs across the country. It was organised from November 25 to 29. 11 gold, 11 silver and 22 bronze medals were distributed to the winners in different weight categories on the occasion. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://raptorx3.uchicago.edu/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=975&extra=