New Delhi (03/08/2022): The Anti-Doping Bill which was passed by the Lok Sabha earlier this year on July 28th, 2022 was introduced today in Rajya Sabha and the bill was passed unanimously with voice vote. The bill seeks to prohibit athletes, support personnel and other people from engaging in doping in sport.
The bill aims at strengthening anti-doping activities in sports and offer a statutory framework for the functioning of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA).
Union Minister Anurag Thakur remarked that India will be among the few countries to have their own rules regarding doping in sports and said that “This bill will give strength to self-reliant India.”
