Report No. 276
E. Bill pending before the Lok Sabha
The National Sports Ethics Commission Bill, 2016
5.76 This Bill was introduced as private member bill by Shri Anurag Singh Thakur, MP in the Lok Sabha in 2016 with the following objective119:
To provide for the constitution of a National Sports Ethics Commission to ensure ethical practices and fair play in sports including elimination of doping practices, match fixing, fraud of age and sexual harassment of women in sports and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
5.77 It was introduced in pursuance to United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 58/5, adopted on 17.11.2003, recognizing sports as a means to promote education, health and peace120.
5.78 This Bill of 2016, till date, remains pending in the Lok Sabha.