Govt’s new bill plans setting up of National Sports Board

NEW DELHI: The Union govt is acceptable to present a sports governance Bill successful the Parliament league starting Monday. It has been drafted arsenic portion of India's preparations to fortify its bid for Olympic Games 2036.The projected bill, prepared by the sports ministry, has been approved by the Cabinet, which has asked it to travel up with a amended rubric for the same. Sources said the measure gains value considering that sports governance is an important parameter for bid evaluation.Recently, India officially presented Ahmedabad's bid to big the 2036 Olympic and Paralympic Games.The measure provides for mounting up of a National Sports Board (NSB), a cardinal authorization liable for granting designation to nationalist sports governing bodies (NSGBs) and ensuring compliance.

The NSB volition person the flexibility and autonomy to hole requisite guidelines and regulations for governance of sports.The Bill mandates the enactment of an jock committee successful each NSGB for practice of athletes. Officials said NSGBs volition person 5 members, including 2 sportspersons of outstanding merit and 2 members from the jock committee, with dependable practice of women. The NSGBs volition beryllium governed by the Olympic Charter and different regulations.

There volition beryllium mandatory practice of sportspersons of outstanding merit and members from the jock committee successful the wide assemblage and the enforcement committee.There is besides a connection successful the measure for a National Sports Election Panel for ensuring escaped and just elections to NSGBs. Further, to trim the fig of tribunal cases, the Bill proposes mounting up of a National Sports Tribunal, which volition service arsenic a single-window strategy for solution of disputes.It proposes to allocate Rs 10 crore for mounting up the NSB and the tribunal.