The Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Youth Affairs and Sports Shri Sarbananda Sonowal has said that 'Sports' is a State subject. Promotion & development of sports including setting up of a grievance redressal mechanism, is the responsibility of the concerned National Sports Federation (NSF) and the State Governments.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Sonowal said, however, Government has laid down guidelines for redressing the grievances relating to prevention of sexual harassment of women athletes, selection of players, prevention of age fraud etc. The Guidelines of 2001 laid down the principles, which now stand subsumed in the National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI) 2011. The guidelines aim at protection of sportspersons' interests and their welfare, and quick and impartial redressal of their grievances. Under the guidelines, each NSF is required to introduce a machinery for redressal of players' grievances. This machinery is required to be vested with the authority to redress grievances speedily. Appeal and other procedures are, therefore, to be codified and circulated.
In a written reply in the Lok Sabha today Shri Sonowal said, however, Government has laid down guidelines for redressing the grievances relating to prevention of sexual harassment of women athletes, selection of players, prevention of age fraud etc. The Guidelines of 2001 laid down the principles, which now stand subsumed in the National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI) 2011. The guidelines aim at protection of sportspersons' interests and their welfare, and quick and impartial redressal of their grievances. Under the guidelines, each NSF is required to introduce a machinery for redressal of players' grievances. This machinery is required to be vested with the authority to redress grievances speedily. Appeal and other procedures are, therefore, to be codified and circulated.
