The purpose of the paper is to study the various schemes under Khelo India programme and its effect on India’s culture and schools. The study is based on secondary data compiled from various annual reports of Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India. Population of youth is largest all over the world in India. Promoting sports and participating in sports can help in building the community as well as youth in India. Khelo India Programme which has been launched by government of India aimed at enhancing sports participation and performance building of sports culture through competitions and sports talent search. The paper concludes that for all-round development of youth and the human personality sports and games have always been seen as an integral component.