Doping in Sports

for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports | Date - 29-11-2011


The Government has appointed Justice , 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 relating to prevalence of Doping.The terms of reference of the enquiry Committee are as under:-

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

dope testing and its integrity and promotion so that such lapses, if any, do not happen in future.

The report of the Committee is still awaited.

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

competition Core undergoing training at various for London Olympics, 2012.

Support Personnel.

surveillance and vigilance on Coaches and Support Personnel through their Employers

This was stated by Ajay , Minister of State (I/C) for Youth Affairs & Sports, in the today, in a written reply to a question by Ram Das, Singh and

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