Agarwal, however, conceded that there were issues regarding testing of a few Rio-bound sportspersons as they were not available at their "whereabouts" provided by them as mandated under the Anti-Doping Administration Management System (ADAMS) of the World Anti-Doping Agency but NADA was able to get their testing done later on.
"All Rio-bound athletes have been tested. Some of the athletes have been tested at least once, some have been tested twice and some thrice. Some athletes could not be tested on the second occasion because they were training abroad and in their case they have been tested at least once," Agarwal, who joined last month, told PTI in an interview.
"I am quite confident that the Indian contingent at the Rio Olympics will have no doping violation by any of them this time. We also hope there will be no doping violation from other countries. Since we are very strict as far as our athletes are concerned, we also expect same strictness from other countries so that there is fair play," said the 1986 batch senior IPS officer of Jammu and Kashmir cadre.
The Indian contingent at the 2004 Olympics was rocked by doping as two weightlifters -- Sanamacha Chanu and Pratima Kumari -- tested positive for banned substances while another lifter Monika Devi was barred from leaving for 2008 Olympics just a day before she was to board the Beijing flight. There was, however, no such incident prior and during the 2012 London Olympics.
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"There have been a few cases, though I cannot disclose them. In such cases we issue notices and three such whereabouts failure is treated as a doping violation.
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Sportspersons included in the reserve testing pool need to provide their 'whereabouts' and they will have to be available for dope testing at specified times.
Agarwal also confirmed that discus thrower Seema Punia had undergone dope test recently at her "hometown". Seema had recently cancelled a press conference citing an impending dope test.
India was recently named as the third most doped country in the world in a report published by WADA for cases related to 2014 and Agarwal said it was not a happy situation and he would work to get the country rid of that tag.
Agarwal laid out some of the targets he would want to achieve during his tenure for which he said the government would need to increase the budgetary allocation drastically.
"First, we have to spread awareness that athletes should not use doping as shortcut to success. It is harmful to their health as well to their career. We want to educate the athletes regarding this on a massive scale and bring awareness so that we can prevent doping," he said.
"Thirdly, we want to make NADA the hub of dope testing and anti-doping activities in South Asian region. Currently also samples come to NADA from neighbouring countries for testing. We want to be leader in South Asia in eliminating doping.