Sports Ministry conducts Mass Awareness Programme to promote Sports culture in country

In a bid to promote the Mission XI Million Programme, the Sports Ministry today organised a Mass Awareness Programme for promoting football near the Gandhi statue at Parliament House, which saw the participation of Members of Parliament from various parties.

Speaking on the occasion, Sports Minister Vijay Goel said,” The FIFA U-17 World Cup is being organised in partnership with the All India Football Federation (AIFF) and in order to create football culture, Mission 11 Million has been initiated that aims to take football to 11 million children across India through 15000 schools and mass contact programmes.”

He said various activities are being organised across all states to promote and popularise the three phase programme by organising workshops and festivals etc. He said the key idea of Mission XI Million is that every child should have the opportunity to play the world’s most popular sport.