Sports bill to be moved in LS today
New Delhi : The two key proposed legislations which many believe will reshape Indian sports administration — National Sports Governance Bill 2025 and National Anti-Doping (amendment) Bill 2025 – look set to sail through the Lok Sabha, as sports minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
will present the bills on Thursday.
'Mansukh Mandaviya to move that the bill (national sports governance bill 2025) to provide for the development and promotion of sports, welfare measures for sportspersons, ethical practices based on basic universal principles of good governance, ethics and fair play of the Olympic and sports movement, the Olympic Charter, the Paralympic Charter, international best practices and established legal standards and to provide for the resolution of sports grievances and sports disputes in a unified, equitable and effective manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.
Also to move that the bill be passed,' read the list of business for Thursday on the Lok Sabha website.
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