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The National Sport Governance Bill has been approved by President Draupadi Murmu on Monday. This bill promises to improve India’s sports administration. The Gazette notification issued by the Central Government states that the President’s approval was received on Monday.
The bill was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 23 July and was passed there on 11 August. A day later, the Rajya Sabha passed it after discussion for more than two hours.
The introduction of the National Sports Bill started in 1975. But every time this bill could never go to Parliament due to political reasons.
RTI will not apply to BCCI BCCI will still not come under the purview of RTI. The Sports Ministry has amended the National Sports Governance Bill. According to this, now only those sports organizations have been brought under its purview, which take government grants and assistance. BCCI does not take any grant from the Sports Ministry. However, various organizations have been demanding many times to bring BCCI under the purview of RTI (Right to Information).
The bill was introduced on 23 July Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia introduced the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on 23 July. The bill has provisions to create National Sports Governance Body, National Sports Board, National Sports Election Panel and National Sports Tribunal for the development of sports. There has also been a demand to send this bill to GPC in Parliament.
Started from 1975 The introduction of the National Sports Bill began in 1975. But due to political reasons it could never reach Parliament. In 2011, the National Sports Code was formed, which was later tried to convert into the bill, but it was also stuck. It has now been brought to bring transparency and international level arrangements in sports management as part of the 2036 Olympic bidding.
The objective of the National Sports Bill …
What are national anti-doping bills National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025 is a law that has been brought in India to create the system of preventing doping according to international standards. Its main objective is to ensure that the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) of India works completely independently and the government does not directly interfere.
Why was it brought?
- The National Anti-Doping Act passed in 2022, but WDA (World Anti Doping Agency) expressed some objections to it.
- WADA had an objection that the National Board for Anti-Doping in Sports built in India had the right to monitor and direct NADA, which he considered “government intervention”.
- If the WADA rules were not followed, India might have to face restrictions in international sports competitions.
What were the changes in 2025?
- The board (National Board for Anti-Doping) will remain, but now it will not have the right to monitor or direct NADA.
- NADA has been given Operational Independence (complete freedom of operation).
- This means that the decisions related to doping will be taken only by NADA experts and officers, not the government or any political appointed person.
What will be the benefit?
- India’s anti-doping system will correspond to the WADA rules.
- Players will get fair investigation and hearing in doping cases.
- There will be credit in India’s international sports and there will be no danger of any ban or suspension.