One Member Committee on Doping in Sports

Tuesday, 29 November 2011 16:01

Written by Swati Sharma

New Delhi (ABC Live) Indian Government has appointed Justice Mukul Mudgal, retired Chief Justice of the High Court of Punjab & Haryana, as a one member Committee on 07.07.2011 to enquire into all the aspects of the issues relating to prevalence of Doping. The terms of reference of the enquiry Committee are as under:-

i) To determine the facts and circumstances leading to large scale recent incidents of alleged doping in Athletics discipline.

ii) To examine reasons for such large scale prevalence of doping and modus operandi involved, including availability of the prohibited substances in and around training campus/competitions.

iii) To enquire into the role of agencies involved, if any.

iv) To suggest remedial measures to improve the protocols of dope testing and its integrity and promotion so that such lapses, if any, do not happen in future.

v) Any other issues.

The report of the Committee is still awaited.

The Government has taken the following steps to curb the menace of doping in sports:-

i) Increasing the frequency of testing of athletes during in competition and out of competition including Core probables undergoing training at various centres for London Olympics, 2012.

ii) Surprise checking of rooms of Athletes, Coaches and Support Personnel at training institutes and surprise collection of samples.

iii) Distribution of educational material related to dope related issues amongst Sportspersons, Coaches & Support Personnel.

iv) Increase in Seminar/Workshops/Teaching Sessions with Athletes and Coaches.

v) Closer surveillance and vigilance on Coaches and Support Personnel through their Employers

This was stated by Mr. Ajay Maken, Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the Lok Sabha today, in a written reply to a question by Mr. Ram Sundar Das, Mr. Ravneet Singh and Kumari Meenakshi Natarajan