Newsinc24 Team 
The 2nd edition of Khelo India, winter sports games started. The 5-day event is being organised at the world famous ski-resort Gulmarg in north Kashmir's Baramulla district Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday inaufurated the event through video conferancin. In his address, Modi stressed the fact that sports has been given a place of pride in recent National Education Policy. Sports, which was considered extra-curricular activity earlier is now being treated as part of the curriculum and grading in sports will be counted in the education of the children, he said.
The Prime Minister said that sports has a global dimension and this vision has been guiding the recent reforms in the sports ecosystem. There is a holistic approach from the Khelo India Campaign to Olympic Podium stadium. Modi informed that Institutes of Higher education and Sports University are being established for sports. He emphasized the need to take sports sciences and sports management to the school level as that will improve the career prospects of the youth and will enhance India's presence in the sports economy. Athletes from 27 states and Union Territories are competing in the Games which will conclude on March 2.
