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Cabinet approves Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme
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Khelo India now backs factories, not just athletes: the sports-goods scheme to know for GS2
Cabinet clears Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme (28 Oct).
Why it matters: factual, Prelims-type
What you need to know
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The Union Cabinet chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme on 28 October 2026.
The scheme aims to build domestic manufacturing capacity for sports equipment under the Khelo India umbrella.
Sources: Topper IAS editorial (PIB / The Hindu / Indian Express)
Key facts
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- The Union Cabinet, chaired by PM Narendra Modi, approved the Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme on 28 October 2026.
- The scheme aims to build domestic manufacturing capacity for sports equipment.
- It sits under the Khelo India umbrella, the national programme for sports development.
- Khelo India is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Approval of central schemes rests with the Union Cabinet.
Prelims · Mains
How the exam will ask it
Prelims
- The Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme was approved by the Union Cabinet on 28 October 2026.
- The scheme seeks to strengthen domestic manufacturing of sports equipment under the Khelo India umbrella.
- Khelo India is administered by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.
- Sport is a State subject under the Seventh Schedule (Entry 33, State List), though the Centre runs national sports programmes.
Mains
GS2 (government policies and interventions; sports policy) and GS3 (industrial policy, manufacturing). Issue: dependence on imported sports equipment limits access and raises costs; the scheme links Khelo India's sports promotion to domestic manufacturing capacity. Implication: it can support local industry, jobs and affordable gear, but depends on quality standards, MSME participation and last-mile access; way forward is clear targets, outcome monitoring and coordination with States, since sport is a State subject.
Quick recall
Answer before you reveal
Nandini, whose milk price the Karnataka Cabinet raised by Rs 8 per litre from 1 November 2026, is the brand of which federation?
- GCMMF (Amul)
- Karnataka Milk Federation
- Tamil Nadu Aavin
- Kerala Milma
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Answer: B — Correct: Karnataka Milk Federation — Nandini is the brand of the Karnataka Milk Federation (KMF), the apex body of the state's dairy cooperatives. • GCMMF (Amul) — wrong: GCMMF markets Amul, the Gujarat cooperative brand, not Nandini. • Tamil Nadu Aavin — wrong: Aavin is Tamil Nadu's dairy cooperative brand. • Kerala Milma — wrong: Milma belongs to Kerala's cooperative federation, not Karnataka's.
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