Khelo India Mission aims to make India a Top 10 sporting nation by which year?

Explanation

The Khelo India Mission's target year for entering the Top 10 sporting nations is 2036. The PIB note frames the Mission as a Union Budget 2026-27 announcement that moves Khelo India into a long-term, outcome-driven, mission-mode approach for transforming India's sports ecosystem. The Mission builds on the talent-nurturing work already started under the Khelo India programme and is meant to create a pipeline from grassroots participation to elite performance. Its time-bound vision is clear: India among the Top 10 sporting nations by 2036 and among the Top 5 by 2047. That is why 2036, not the nearer or later years in the options, is the answer.

Why the other options are wrong

• (A) 2028 is too early; the PIB vision places the Top 10 target at 2036, not within the next two years after the Budget announcement.
• (B) 2032 is not the official target year; the time-bound goal is Top 10 by 2036.
• (D) 2040 does not match either official milestone; PIB gives 2036 for Top 10 and 2047 for Top 5.

Concept

This tests a current governance scheme under sports policy and youth development. RAS often asks such target-year questions because flagship missions combine welfare, budget priorities and measurable public-policy outcomes.

Source

• Press Information Bureau

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