BCCI will still not come under the rit of RIT. The Sports Ministry has amended the National Sports Governance Bill. Accordingly, only those sports organizations have been brought to their jurisdiction, which receives government grants and assistance.
BCCI does not take any grant from the Ministry of Sports. However, various organizations are often demanding BCCI under the RTI.
Sports Minister Mansukh Mandavia introduced the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 in the Lok Sabha on July 23. The bill has provisions to create a National Sports Governance Institute, National Sports Board, National Sports Election Panel and National Sports Tribunal for the development of sports. There has also been a demand to send the bill to GPC in Parliament.
Article 15 was amended In Article 15 (2) of the bill presented in the Lok Sabha last month, it was stated that any recognized sports organization would be considered a public authority in respect of the use of its functions, duties and powers under the Right to Information Act (RTI) Act, 2005.
The changed provision states that only those organizations will come under the RTI, which receives funds or help from the government. Now RTI will only apply to institutions operating on government funds. This means that BCCI will no longer fall under the RTI. A source from the ministry said that government help is not limited to money only. If a sports organization has a infrastructure or any other facility for organizing events, it can also be brought under RTI.
The government already made efforts The government has previously tried to bring the BCCI under the RTI, but this has always been a complex thing for the BCCI. The board has constantly opposed to bringing itself to the RTI. Because the board does not depend on government assistance like the other National Sports Federation (NSF). The correction of the bill ended with these doubts.
Once this bill becomes a law, the BCCI will have to register itself as the National Sports Federation as the 2028 is going to debut in the Cricket T20 format at the Los Angeles Olympics.
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