National Sport Governance Bill and National AntiDoping Amendment Bill passed in Lok Sabha

The Bills were moved by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandviya and saw little discussion

Lok Sabha on Monday (August 11, 2025) passed the National Sport Governance Bill, 2025, and National Anti-Doping Amendment Bill, 2025, even as Opposition continued their protests against the SIR exercise in Bihar and the alleged vote fraud.

The Bills were moved by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandviya and saw little discussion.

Lok Sabha on Monday (August 11, 2025) passed the National Sport Governance Bill, 2025, and National Anti-Doping Amendment Bill, 2025, even as Opposition continued their protests against the SIR exercise in Bihar and the alleged vote fraud.

The Bills were moved by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandviya and saw little discussion. The National Sports Governance Bill seeks to regulate the various sports administrators in India. The Bill constitutes a National Sports Board (NSB) which will oversee all sports federations, including India’s richest sports body – the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI).

The second Bill National Anti-Doping Amendment Bill 2025 provides greater “operational independence” to the country’s Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) as prescribed by World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

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