{"id":324077,"date":"2025-01-21T18:34:37","date_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:04:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=324077"},"modified":"2025-01-21T18:34:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T13:04:37","slug":"need-for-revitalizing-rural-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-for-revitalizing-rural-sports\/","title":{"rendered":"Need for Revitalizing Rural Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post on<strong> Need for Revitalizing Rural Sports <\/strong>has been created based on article <strong>\u201cGo, kho kho, go\u201d<\/strong> published in The Hindu on 21<sup>st<\/sup> January 2025.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPSC Syllabus Topic: <\/strong>GS paper 2- Sports and affairs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Context:<\/strong> The article argues that India needs to invest more time and resources into promoting rural sports like kho kho, alongside other underrepresented sports, to improve its international sporting achievements.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>How popular is kho kho globally and in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Kho kho is not widely popular globally, and even in India, where it originated, it has limited recognition.<\/li>\n<li>India is not a major global sporting power, although it excels in cricket and chess.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>What recent achievements have been made in kho kho and why it is significant?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>India won both the men\u2019s and women\u2019s titles at the inaugural Kho Kho World Cup in New Delhi, led by Pratik Waikar and Priyanka Ingle, respectively.<\/li>\n<li>These victories highlight India\u2019s dominance in kho kho, a rural-centric game, but also underline the need for its broader global recognition.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>\u00a0What are recent notable achievements in other games?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Cricket: India won the T20 World Cup last year, despite its current struggles.<\/li>\n<li>Chess: D. Gukesh became World Chess Champion, and Koneru Humpy regained the Women\u2019s World Rapid Chess Championship.<\/li>\n<li>However, despite historic achievements like the double gold at the Chess Olympiad, chess has not received sufficient acclaim or support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>How did India perform at the Paris Olympics and What does this indicate about Indian sports?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>India won six medals but failed to meet expectations, finishing 71st, below Pakistan and Kyrgyzstan.<\/li>\n<li>It highlights systemic issues in sports management and the need for federations to review their functioning.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><strong>What can other sports learn from cricket in India?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has improved infrastructure, shared revenue growth with players, and successfully managed the sport despite criticism.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What steps can governments take to promote diverse sports?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li>Develop better infrastructure for varied sports like kho kho.<\/li>\n<li>Nurture underrepresented sports at both central and state levels.<\/li>\n<li>Evaluate whether initiatives like Khelo India justify their large budgets.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post on Need for Revitalizing Rural Sports has been created based on article \u201cGo, kho kho, go\u201d published in The Hindu on 21st January 2025. UPSC Syllabus Topic: GS paper 2- Sports and affairs Context: The article argues that India needs to invest more time and resources into promoting rural sports like kho kho,&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/need-for-revitalizing-rural-sports\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Need for Revitalizing Rural Sports<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10320,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1230],"tags":[212,8131,10498],"class_list":["post-324077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-9-pm-daily-articles","tag-gs-paper-2","tag-social-issues","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324077"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324077\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}