Justice mahajan commitee constituted for redrafting national sports dovlopement codes

Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on 28 July 2015 constituted a Working Group on re-drafting National Sports Development Code of India (NSDCI). The aim of constituting the working group is to make the NSDCI more relevant from both sports governance and legal angles.

The nine-member Working Group will be headed by Justice CK Mahajan (retd.), Former Judge of Delhi High Court.

Terms of Reference of the Committee

• To examine the existing NSDCI from both sports governance and legal angles and fine-tune/revise the same with the purpose of making it more precise and succinct.
• To make specific recommendations on preparation of Electoral College and streamlining of State/District bodies
• The Committee will submit the revised draft of the NSDCI within three months.

NSDCI was drafted in 2011 by amalgamating all the orders/notifications/instructions/circulars issued till 2001 with necessary modifications and it came into force with immediate effect from 31 January 2011.