Lok Sabha passes National Anti-Doping Bill - All you need to know

Time of India

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Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya
The long-awaited National Sports Governance Bill was passed in the Lok Sabha here on Monday with Sports Minister
Mansukh Mandaviya
describing it as the "single biggest reform in Indian sports since independence" amid opposition protests over revision of electoral rolls in Bihar.
The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill was also passed when the Lok Sabha reassembled at 2pm after an early adjournment due to opposition protests.
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The opposition leaders were not present in the house when the bills were introduced for consideration and passage as most of them were detained while marching towards the Election Commission headquarters against the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar and alleged voter data fudging.
Purpose of the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill-2025:
To address
World Anti-Doping Agency
(
WADA
) objections to "government interference" in the
National Anti-Doping Agency
(
NADA
).
The original 2022 act was put on hold due to these objections.
But after two MPs participated in the consideration debate, speaking in the bill's support, the opposition members returned to the house and started raising slogans.
Amid the din, the bills were passed by a voice vote following which the House was adjourned till 4pm.
The National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill-2025 that seeks to incorporate the changes sought by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), which objected to "government interference" in the functioning of the country's Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
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Creation of a National Board for Anti-Doping in Sports with powers to oversee NADA and advise the government on anti-doping rules.
Board would have a chairperson + two members appointed by the central government.
The Board is retained but stripped of powers to oversee NADA or act in an advisory capacity.
NADA's "operational independence" is now explicitly asserted in the bill.
The act was originally passed in 2022 but its implementation had to be put on hold due to objections raised by WADA.
The world body objected to the institution of a National Board for Anti-Doping in Sports, which was empowered to make recommendations to the government on anti-doping regulations.
The Board, which was to comprise a chairperson and two members appointed by the central government, was also authorised to oversee the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) and even issue directions to it.
WADA rejected this provision as government interference in an autonomous body. In the amended bill, the Board has been retained but without the powers to oversee NADA or the advisory role it was previously assigned. The amended bill asserts NADA's "operational independence".
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