 bill  no 221 of  2018 the national sports development commission bill, 2018 byshri nihal chand chauhan, mpa billto provide for constitution of national sports development commission for the overall development of sports, improving the quality of basic sports facilities in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental theretobe it enacted by parliament in the sixty-ninth year of the republic of india as follows:—1 (1) this act may be called the national sports development commission act, 2018(2) it extends to the whole of indiashort title, extent and commencement2 in this act, unless the context otherwise requires,—definitions(a) "commission" means the national sports development commission constituted under section 3;(b) "fund" means the sports development fund constituted under section 7;5(c) "sports" means all types of sports played at national and international level;and(d) "prescribed" means prescribed by rules made under this act103 (1) the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a commission to be known as the national sports development commission for carrying out the provisions of this actconstitution of national sports development commission(2) the national sports development commission shall consist of:—(a) a chairperson; (b) five members;15(c) such number of experts associated with the field of sports as may be necessary for development of all sports; and(d) ex- sports persons having recognition as advisors and who have represented the country, to be appointed by central government in such manner as may be prescribed20(3) the central government shall provide such number of officers and staff as may be required along with technical experts to the commission for the effective management and functioning of the commission(4) the salary and allowances payable and other terms and conditions of appointment of the chairperson, members, experts, advisors and officers and staff of the commission shall be such as may be prescribed254 every state government shall send detailed information to the commission with regard to the following:—(a) total number of national and international level players participated in sports events in the state;30(b) participation of the state in different sports at national and international level and corresponding results;obligation of state governments to send information about sports and players to the commission(c) level of basic facilities related with sports in the state; (d) exploring the potential of  fresh talents in rural areas; and (e) making list of popular sports competitions and their results at state level35suggestions to the state governments5 (1) the commission shall, after obtaining information from all the states regarding different sports and players in the state, from time to time shall, make the following suggestions to the state governments:—(a) expansion of the scope of the sports and achieving excellence at national and international level;(b) development of structural frame work currently working and improving its quality;40(c) providing assistance to the national sports federations and other institution associated with sports;(d) strengthening the sports by imparting training in sports;(e) encouraging the players associated with sports at all levels; (f) encouraging the participation of women, backward tribals and budding youthat rural level; and(g) encouraging the interest of people towards all types of national sports5(2) the central government shall, for the purposes of sub-section (1), appoint agroup of experts to analyse and study the assistance and resources being provided by it to the commission6 the central government shall, by notification in the official gazette, constitute a fund to be known as sports development fund for implementing the provisions of this actconstitution of sports development fund10power to remove difficulty7 if any difficulty arises in giving effect to the provisions of this act, the centralgovernment may make such order or give such direction, not inconsistent with the provisions of this act, as may appear to be necessary or expedient for removing the difficulty:provided that no such order shall be made after the expiry of the period of two years from the date of commencement of this act15act to have overriding effect8 the provisions of this act and rules made thereunder shall have effectnotwithstanding anything inconsistent therewith contained in any other law for the time being in forcepower to make rules9 (1) the central government may, by notification in the official gazette, make rulesfor carrying out the purposes of this act20 25(2) every rule made under this act shall be laid, as soon as may be after it is made,before each house of parliament, while it is in session, for a total period of thirty days which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions, and if, before the expiry of the session immediately following the session or the successive sessions aforesaid, both houses agree in making any modification in the rule or both the houses agree that the rule should not be made, the rules shall thereafter have effect only in such modified form or be of no effect, as the case may be; so, however, that any such modification or annulment shall be without prejudice to the validity of anything previously done under that rule financial memorandumclause 3 of the bill provides for establishment of a national sports development commission for improving the quality of basic sports facilities and development of sports in the country it also provides for appointment of chairperson, members, experts and advisors and officers and staff to the commission clause 5 provides for appointment of group of experts clause 6 provides for the constitution of a sports development fund the bill, therefore, if enacted, will involve expenditure from the consolidated fund of india it is estimated that a recurring expenditure of about rupees hundred crore per annum will be involved from the consolidated fund of indiaa non-recurring expenditure of about rupees two hundred crore is also likely to be involved memorandum  regarding  delegated  legislationclause 9 of the bill empowers the central government to make rules for carrying out the purposes of this bill as the rules will relate to matters of detail only, the delegation of legislative power is of a normal character statement of objects and reasonsin a vast country like india, there is no dearth of talent but despite having so many talented persons, we have not been able to establish as a sports power at the international level except one or two sports, we are unable to perform according to our talent there has been some improvement today in the field of football and olympic events as compared to previous years, but still there is scope of  improvement in this regardthe need is to establish a national sports development commission to give due attention to the issues related with all round development of sports in the country and especially the talents in  rural areas and women players a framework is required to be prepared in order to improve the performance of india in the competitions organised at international level till now, only some selected categories of sports have got special attention in the country due to which hidden talents in various fields of sport has found it difficult to make much headway all categories of sports require equal attention in addition to strengthening of basic infrastructure of sports in the countrythe bill, therefore, seeks to establish a national sports development commission for the overall development of sports, improving the quality of basic sports facilities in the country and to make india as a sports powerthe bill seeks to achieve the above objectivesnew delhi;nihal chand chauhannovember  20, 2018———— a billto provide for constitution of  national sports development commission for the overall development of sports, improving the quality of basic sports facilities in the country and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto————(shri nihal chand chauhan, mp)