Sports bill key reforms and highlights: The sports bill passed on Monday, August 11, 2025 in the Lok Sabha. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia in the Government of India described it as the biggest improvement in Indian Games after independence. This bill was passed in the Lok Sabha when the opposition was creating a ruckus outside the House on the issue of vote theft. With this, the National Anti Doping Bill was improved and passed in the Lok Sabha.

Speaking on ‘The National Sports Governance Bill and the National Anti-DOPING (Amendment) Bill 2025’ in Lok Sabha.
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– Dr mansukh mandaviya (@Mansukhmandviya) August 11, 2025

What is special in the National Sports Governance Bill?

The sports bill passed amidst uproar in Parliament. After passing this bill, Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia said that it is unfortunate that there was no participation of opposition in this important bill and reform. Let us understand the new provision of this bill.

• According to the sports bill, the central government will have the power to issue instructions in the national interest. Along with this, the government will also have power to ban. With this, it can be understood that the government can ban Team India and players from playing international matches in some important cases. Generally, a situation of ban on the match between India and Pakistan arises.
• The Sports Bill proposed a proposal related to the National Sports Tribunal, which gives the powers to the civil court that it can settle the disputes that come from the selection of federations and athletes to the election. The decision of the civil court can only be challenged in the Supreme Court.
• A strictness has been implemented in the Sports Bill that all National Sports Federations (NSFs) will have to get permission from the Central Government from the Central Government first from the National Sports Board (NSB).
• The Sports Minister said that ‘these two bills will be given transparent, reliable and world class sports ecosystem, so that India can be fully prepared for 2036 Olympics’.
• Mansukh Mandavia said that ‘National Sports Governance bill emphasizes change. Despite being such a big country, our performance at the Olympic Games and International Level is not satisfactory. With the help of this bill, we can increase India’s sports capacity ‘.

‘National Sports Governance Bill’ to create an international level game ecosystem in India … pic.twitter.com/eeo377uvor

– Dr mansukh mandaviya (@Mansukhmandviya) August 11, 2025

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Relief is reported for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) as the Sports Ministry has changed the provision of RTI related to the National Sports Administration Bill. Under this change, only those institutions will be kept in this bill, which depend on government assistance and grants.

On July 23, Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia laid this bill in Lok Sabha, which provides 15 (2), “Under the RTI Act, 2005, a recognized institution will be considered a public authority regarding the exercise of its powers under this Act.”

This rule is complicated for the BCCI and the board has also been expressing opposed to it from time to time, as it does not depend on government assistance from other institutions under the National Sports Federation (NSF).

A source quoted by the news agency PTI said that the change in the bill defines the public authority as a unit that depends on government assistance financially. With this change, an attempt has been made to showcase the clear definition of public authority. If the change is not made, the bill may be stuck due to untouchability, which could have been challenged in the court again and again.

The source further informed that if a national sports organization is not taking government assistance, it can be questioned whether it has taken government assistance for the events in any way. This is because government assistance is not only related to money, it also includes infrastructure. BCCI has already said on this that it will issue a statement on it only after reading the provisions of the bill.

Once the Bill is enacted, the BCCI will have to register itself as NSF, as cricket is now Olympic Sport, which will be played in 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. A very important aspect of this is the National Sports Authority, which will have the powers of the civil court. Once established, its decisions will only be challenged in the Supreme Court.

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