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| BCCI under RTI? Cabinet to discuss |
| BCCI under RTI? Cabinet to discuss new Sports Bill today
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| INDIA
, 30-August-2011
0:41:11 AM |
| The Cabinet will discuss today a new Sports Bill that seeks to put the BCCI under the RTI Act and also cut sports czars down to size. Sports Minister Ajay Maken has said the proposed new Bill is aimed at bringing in transparency and accountability in all sports bodies.
Maken said yesterday that the Draft National Sports Development Bill will be discussed by the Cabinet today and if approved, it will be introduced in Parliament in the ongoing monsoon session itself. He added that the Bill once passed would bring in more accountability in the functioning of National Sports Federations (NSFs).
"We need reforms in sports, which we hope the National Sports Bill will bring. Our idea was to introduce the Bill in the monsoon session. The inter-ministerial consultation is over and it will be presented to the Cabinet tomorrow (Tuesday). If passed, it will then go to Parliament for resolution," he said. "I am hopeful that the Parliament will be unanimous on this Bill. I am hopeful it (Bill) will be cleared in this session," Maken added.
The new Bill proposes a 23-member advisory council comprising members from the government and sports federations. The panel will advise the Centre on recognising and de-recognising sports federations as well as on matters of strategy.
The move comes closely on the heels of a stinging indictment by the government's auditor in its report on the Centre's role in the mess that the Commonwealth Games (CWG) was. The sporting extravaganza was marred by massive financial irregularities, poor planning and implementation and major infrastructural goof-ups. Leading the charge in this multi-crore scam is former chairman of the Organising Committee, Suresh Kalmadi. Currently in jail, Mr Kalmadi along with his associates is accused of brazenly looting crores of public money while conducting the Games.
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