Days after introducing a Bill on sports governance in Lok Sabha, the government has circulated amendments that practically take sports bodies like BCCI out of the ambit of the Right to Information (RTI) and restrict its application to federations that receive grants or other financial assistance from union or state governments.
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya had on July 23 introduced the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 in Lok Sabha, which provides for establishing National Sports Governing Bodies, a National Sports Board, National Sports Election Panel, and National Sports Tribunal for the development and promotion of sports.
However, within days, the government has introduced amendments to the Bill to bring only the sports bodies that receive government funds under the purview of the transparency regime.
It has omitted a provision that provided for bringing all sports bodies, including the BCCI, under the RTI regime. The amendments, which were circulated among MPs a couple of days ago, will come up in the House only during the discussion of the Bill, but the government still has an option not to move it.