Anti-Doping Bill 2025 passed: independent panel, no athlete fine, Wada Demand Met | More sports news
New Delhi: An independent appeal panel, non-displays of financial sanctions on athletes, caught doping and ensured that the country’s anti-doping-anti-Watchdog operations have been ensured, which were introduced in Parliament by Sports Minister Mansuh Mandavia on Wednesday.After addressing the objections raised by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), the bill was placed in the Lok Sabha in the Lok Sabha, including the proposed ‘National Board for Anti-Doping in “to” National Board for Sports’ to reduce the comprehensive powers.The original Bill passed by both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha in 2022, presented by the then Sports Minister Anurag Thakur, faced a significant investigation from Wada for continuous intervention and reduced the freedom of the National Doping Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) for continuous intervention of the government. Through the formation of the Anti-Doping Board, the continuous control of the government on the NADA and the appeal panel threatened to ban Wada as its member and impose a ban on India and understood the National Dop Testing Laboratory (NDTL) in Delhi.After intensive discussion between the Sports Ministry under Mandavia and Wada officials, a revised version of the bill was introduced without adequate government intervention. Before the introduction of the bill, the supervision and control of NADA was used by a governing body headed by the Sports Minister. Lozen-based Wada, while modifying its anti-doping code, ensured that the National Anti-Doping Organization (NADOS) remains free from any government overrech, when the NADOS is controlled by their respective union, referring to the struggle of interests.
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Once the law becomes an Act, the Anti-Doping Board will no longer look after the appeal panel as was the case in the original bill passed in August 2022. Additionally, a section in the previous bill that allowed to implement financial restrictions from athletes, including proportional recovery of costs, was removed after objections to WADA.“The Appeal Panel and NADA’s institutional and operational freedom attempts to ensure autonomy in their decisions related to the revised bill operations, investigation and enforcement activities,” the objectives of the bill have been said.The revised version includes: “The board can call for such information from the disciplinary panel and the appeal panel and issue such instructions, as it may be necessary, for effective and timely discharge of your actions in relation to the anti-doping rule violation under this Act. Such directions will be limited to the proactive competence of disciplinary panels and not with any case, with the appeal and not in any case. No.,The revised bill tops India’s 2023 test data, which analyzes 5,000 or more samples last month.
Main features of bill
* To promote and strengthen anti-doping measures in sports and to provide a statutory framework for NADA, NDTL operations and to create a national board for anti-doping in sports.* Increase the institutional and operational freedom of the NADA to ensure autonomy in your decisions related to operations, investigation and enforcement activities.* Further align the provisions of the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 with international best practices and Wada Code.* Provide that such provisions of WADA code have been determined, which will be the strength of law in India
