Sports Ministry has constituted a
Committee under the chairmanship of Justice Mukul Mudgal, retired Chief Justice
of the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, to examine, in details, the comments
and suggestions received from various quarters and make appropriate
recommendations to fine-tune the draft National Sports Development Bill.
The Ministry on 22nd
February, 2011 published on its website a Preliminary Exposure draft on the
proposed National Sports Development Bill and invited all stakeholders, including sports
bodies, sportspersons and general public to submit their comments and suggestions on
the draft within 30 days. A large number of responses have been received on the
Preliminary Exposure draft.
The other Members of the Committee will be the
following:-
1. Shri Prakash Padukone, eminent retired athlete
2. Ms. Ashwini Nachappa, eminent retired athlete.
3. Ms. Jhanja Tripathi, Secretary & Executive
Director,
Railways Sports Promotion Board
4. Representative of Indian Olympic Association
(to be nominated by President, IOA)
5. Joint Secretary (Sports) of Sports Department,
Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports.
The term of reference
of the Committee shall be as follows:-
i)
To examine
all comments and suggestions received, from both sports governance and legal
angle.
ii)
To make
specific recommendations on each comments/suggestion with specific reference
to sports administration, sports development and welfare of sportspersons.
iii)
To make
specific comments on role
delineation between the Government, the National Olympic Committee, National
Sports Federations, Sports Authority of India and others.
iv)
To make
specific comments on the sports arbitration mechanism.
v)
To make
specific recommendations on incentivizing good governance in sports.
vi)
Any other
recommendations the Committee may like to make.
The Committee has been
asked to give its report
and recommendations in two week.
RM/JL