The Government has
appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal,
retired Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, as a one
member Committee on 07.07.2011 to enquire into all the aspects of the issues relating to
prevalence of Doping. The terms of
reference of the enquiry Committee are as under:-
i)
To determine the facts and circumstances
leading to large scale recent incidents of alleged doping in Athletics
discipline.
ii)
To examine reasons for such large scale
prevalence of doping and modus operandi
involved, including availability of the prohibited substances in and around
training campus/competitions.
iii)
To enquire into the role of
agencies involved, if any.
iv)
To suggest remedial measures to
improve the protocols of dope testing
and its integrity and promotion so
that such lapses, if any, do not
happen in future.
v)
Any other issues.
The report of the Committee is still
awaited.
The Government has taken the
following steps to curb the menace of doping in sports:-
i)
Increasing the frequency of
testing of athletes during in competition and out of competition including Core probables undergoing training at various centres for London
Olympics, 2012.
ii)
Surprise checking of rooms of
Athletes, Coaches and Support Personnel at training institutes and surprise
collection of samples.
iii)
Distribution of educational
material related to dope related issues amongst Sportspersons, Coaches & Support Personnel.
iv)
Increase in Seminar/Workshops/Teaching
Sessions with Athletes and Coaches.
v)
Closer surveillance and vigilance on Coaches and
Support Personnel through their Employers
This
was stated by Shri Ajay Maken,
Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written
reply to a question by Shri Ram Sundar
Das, Shri Ravneet Singh and
Kumari Meenakshi Natarajan
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