New Delhi: In an apparent bid to clear the air about any federation being forced to come under the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), against its wishes and rules, the Union Sports Ministry has brought in a new clause in the revised draft of the National Sports Bill.<\/p>\n
The amended clause reads: \u201cThe National Anti-Doping Agency shall function as the apex body to implement anti-doping measures in sports in India and its code as amended from time to time shall be applicable and binding upon all National Sports Federation and the National Olympic Committee.<\/p>\n
\u201cProvided where the International Federation is not subject to rules\/ Code of the World Anti-Doping Agency or part thereof then the National Anti-Doping Agency shall not administer the rules\/ Code or part thereof as the case may be of WADA for that sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
The last portion of the clause is the addition, and though completely superfluous, it should provide some comfort to the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) that the proposed law is not trying to bring international cricketers \u201cunder the WADA Code\u201d through the backdoor as has been the popular perception.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Hindu<\/p>\n
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New Delhi: In an apparent bid to clear the air about any federation being forced to come under the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA), against its wishes and rules, the Union Sports Ministry has brought in a new clause in the revised draft of the National Sports Bill. The amended clause reads: \u201cThe National Anti-Doping Agency […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-from-the-newspapers"],"yoast_head":"\n