Parliament Passes National Anti-Doping Bill to Provide for the Constitution of NADA

Today, the Rajya Sabha passed the Anti-Doping Bill, 2022. The Bill was introduced in Lok Sabha on 17^th December 2021 and passed on 27^th July 2022 with some Official Amendments.

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It was transmitted to Rajya Sabha on 28^th July 2022. The salient features of the Bill are as follows:

Statutory framework in the form of legislation for the prohibition of doping in sports and enforcing anti-doping activities in the country.

The proposed Bill intends to accomplish:

(i) Building institutional capabilities in anti-doping and enabling the hosting of major sports events;

(ii) Protecting rights of all sportspersons;

(iii) Ensuring time-bound justice to athletes;

(iv) Enhancing cooperation among agencies in fighting doping in sports;

(v) Reinforcing India’s commitment to international obligations for clean sports;

(vi) Independent mechanism for anti-doping adjudication;

(vii) Providing legal sanctity to National Anti Doping Agency (NADA) & National Dope Testing Laboratory (NDTL);

(viii) Establishing more Dope Testing Labs;

(ix) Creating job opportunities both, directly & indirectly; and

(x) Creating opportunities for academic research, science and manufacturing relating to Anti-Doping.

With this, India joins the group of select countries which have their own anti-doping Law, and this establishes our commitments to Sport.

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