<P> Khelo India School Games (KISG), meaning Play India School Games, held annually beginning from 31 January 2018, are the national level multidisciplinary grassroot games in India for the under - 17 years school kids . Every year best 1000 kids will be given an annual scholarship of INR500, 000 for 8 years to prepare them for the international sporting events . </P> <P> Small state of Haryana (102 medals including 38 golds, 26 silvers and 38 bronzes) was the top team in 2018, followed by Maharashtra (111 medals including 36 golds) and Delhi (94 medals including 25 golds). </P> <P> On 31 January 2018, Prime Minister, Narendra Modi, declared open the inaugural Khelo India School Games at the opening ceremony based on Guru--shishya tradition held at Indira Gandhi Arena . </P> <P> The inaugural 2018 games had students competing for 209 gold medals across 16 sports . Badminton, basketball, boxing (26 gold medals), gymnastics (20 gold medals), judo (16 gold medals), kabaddi, volleyball and wrestling (30 gold medals) were held at the Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium Complex . Athletics (36 gold medals), football, kho kho and weightlifting (16 gold medals) were held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium . Archery was held at the India Gate war memorial, Swimming at the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Swimming Complex (35 gold medals), hockey at the Dhyan Chand National Stadium and shooting at the Dr. Karni Singh Shooting Range were other venues . </P>

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