The Speaker, Lok Sabha, Smt. Sumitra Mahajan presented the footballs to Members of Parliament as part of the Mass Awareness Programme launched by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to reach out to XI Million Children to create football fever across the country, at Parliament House, in New Delhi on March 29, 2017.

Lok Sabha Speaker Presents Footballs to Members of Parliament

March 30, 2017March 31, 2017 RMN News Footballs, Lok Sabha, Parliament

The Members of Parliament (MPs) of India participated Wednesday in a mass awareness programme for promoting sports culture in the country particularly the game of football.

The occasion was presentation of footballs to MPs of both Houses of Parliament by the Lok Sabha Speaker Smt. Sumitra Mahajan at a function.

The function was organized by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to promote Mission XI Million Programme for taking football across India in the run up to FIFA U-17 Football World Cup to be hosted in October this year.

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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.

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