on the 28th july, 2006 bill no   vii  of  2006 the  constitution  (amendment)  bill,  2006 a billfurther to amend the constitution of indiabe  it enacted by parliament in the fifty-seventh year of the republic of india as follows:—1  (1) this  act may be called the constitution (amendment) act, 2006(2) it shall come into force with immediate effectshort title and commencement52 after article 38 of the constitution, the following article shall be inserted, namely:—insertion of new article38a38a (1) notwithstanding anything in this constitution, the union shall strive topromote and develop with special care,—(a) sports and sports persons right from the grass root levels to enable them to compete at international competitions;(b) sports infrastructure such as stadia with necessary facilities, gadgets and tracks of international standards with sufficient number of coaches and allied services to groom up players;(c) sports at school and college levels by making it compulsory for all the students;5(d) sports at village to national levels by holding sports melas and competitions from time to time;(2) parliament may by law regulate the sports associations and federations so that they seriously promote the sports for which they have been set up3 in the seventh schedule to the constitution,—amendment of the seventh schedule10(i) in list i - union list, after entry 68, the following entry shall be inserted, namely:—''68a sports''; and (ii) in list ii - state list, in entry 33, the word ''sports'' shall be omitted statement  of  objects  and  reasonsours is the second most populous country in the globe after china though china has a dominant presence in sports at international level, we have not made even our presence felt in international sports activities except in cricket, which is played only in few countries of the commonwealth in the olympics and other international sports meet, our performance is very dismal in fact, no sincere efforts have ever been made by us to arrest the declining standards of sports in the country  our sports bodies have been politicized and instead of promoting sports they generally promote individual interests and are marred with politics it is a pity that though our country is endowed with various climatic conditions suitable for developing all kinds of sports and games, we are nowhere in the arena of sports in the worldone common reason cited for this poor state of affairs in sports is that the subject is in the state list of the seventh schedule to the constitution and because of poor economic condition of most of states, sufficient focus is not being given to sports activities in the country both by the centre as well as the states it is felt that in order to give proper attention and promotion to sports, the subject of 'sports' should be transferred to union list from the state list it is also necessary to have a national sports policy to encourage all sports activities and games in the countryhence this billsantosh  bagrodia annexure extract from the constitution of india seventh  schedule (article 246) list i—union  list     68 the survey of india, the geological, botanical, zoological and anthropological surveys of india, meteorological organizations      list ii—state  list     33 theatres and dramatic performances, cinemas subject to the provisions of entry 60of list i: sports, entertainments and amusements      rajya  sabha———— a billfurther to amend the constitution of india————(shri santosh bagrodia, mp)mgipmrnd—1762rs(s3)—28-07-2006