Khelo India Games 2023 to be take place in Haryana

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• The Khelo India Games were created to bring India's sports culture back to life. 
• Due to the COVID situation, the 2021 Khelo India Games have been postponed. 
• It is now scheduled to take place in Haryana in January 2022.
• Anurag Singh Thakur, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports will attend the games.
• Madhya Pradesh will host the Khelo India Youth Games in 2022-23. 
• The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet finally enacted Bhopal as the host city for the games.
• The cabinet also approved a 50-acre plot of land for the construction of an international sports center.
• For the first phase, the Madhya Pradesh government set aside Rs 176.59 crores. 
• The International Sports Complex will cost Rs 15.56 crore to operate and maintain.
• For the second and third phases, separate funds will be granted.
• The sports stadium will be equipped with a 10,000-seat hockey rink, a 4,000-seat football field, landscaping, parking, horticulture, guardrooms, gates, internal service roads, street lighting, and sewage systems.
• During the first phase, an indoor sports complex would be constructed in Bhopal's Nathu Barkheda hamlet. 
• A cricket stadium will be developed in the second and third phases.