Natl Sports Bill to be put up before Cabinet

If approved it will be introduced in the monsoon session

PTI | August 30, 2011



Sports minister Ajay Maken on Tuesday said the draft of national sports development bill will be discussed by the Cabinet on Wednesday and if approved it will be introduced in the Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session itself.

Maken said the Bill once passed would bring in more accountability in the functioning of National Sports Federations (NSFs).

"We need reforms in sports, which we hope the national sports bill will bring. Our idea was to introduce the Bill in the monsoon session. The inter-ministerial consultation is over and it will be presented to the Cabinet on Wednesday. If passed, it will then go to the Parliament for resolution," he said.

"I am hopeful that the Parliament will be unanimous on this Bill. I am hopeful it (Bill) will be cleared in this session," Maken told reporters on the occasion of hockey legend Dhyan Chand's 106th birth anniversary, regarded as National Sports Day in the country.

"We need reforms in sports which this Bill will bring in.

The Bill will bring in transparency in NSFs," he added.

He said if passed by the Parliament the Bill would make it mandatory for NSFs to have 25 per cent reservation for sportspersons in their executive board.

Terming Dhyan Chand as the brightest star of Indian sports, Maken said there was an urgent need to develop a sports culture in the country to produce many more champions like the hockey legend.

"We have built world class infrastructure during the Commonwealth Games but only infrastructure can't help. We need to encourage sports culture first as this will fetch us medals and not infrastructure alone," he said.

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