The Sports Authority of India has released a total of 7.22 crore rupees as an Out of Pocket Allowance (OPA) for a total of 2,509 Khelo India Athletes across 21 disciplines, including for the months of January to March 2022. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in a statement said that a financial assistance of 6.28 lakh rupees is allocated for each residential athlete training at the accredited academies as per the annual Khelo India scholarship scheme. That includes an out of pocket allowance of 1.20 lakh rupees.  

The Out of Pocket Allowance is transferred directly to the athlete's bank account, whereas the rest of the amount is spent on the athlete's training, fooding, lodging and education at the Khelo India Academy where the athlete are trained. It also includes expenses towards travel to hometown, diet charges while at home and other miscellaneous expenses incurred by the athletes. The funding has been done as per the Khelo India Talent Development  Scheme.