New Delhi, Sep 13: The eagerly-anticipated National Sports Board, which will have paramount authority to grant or suspend affiliation to federations and monitor their financial conduct as part of the National Sports Governance Act, will be constituted by December end.
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has promised full implementation of the Act by end of January next year and the constitution of the NSB would be the most significant milestone of that process.
“The National Sports Board will be constituted in the next three months and the process has already been set in motion for this. Also in the works is the framing of regulations for the implementation of the act,” a sports ministry source said on Saturday when asked about the timeline of the entire procedure but did not reveal the specifics.
The regulations of the act imply the set of criteria and principles that would be laid down for its execution. This would include the criteria for grant of affiliation to National Sports Federations among other aspects.
The NSB will comprise a chairperson, and its members (number yet to be decided) and will be appointed by the central government from “amongst persons of ability, integrity and standing who possesses special knowledge or practical experience in the field of public administration, sports governance, sports law and other related fields.”
The appointments will be done on the recommendation of a search-cum-selection committee headed by the Cabinet Secretary. The details of other members of this panel are not yet known but the Act states that they would be required to have wide experience in public administration, sports administration and also be recipients of national sports awards.
Once constituted, it would be mandatory for all National Sports Federations to seek affiliation from the Board to be eligible for central government funding. (PTI)
