[rti4empowerment] BCCI to come under the RTI Act

 

Maken for RTI extension http://epaper.timesofindia.com/Daily/skins/TOINEW/navigator.asp?Daily=TOIBG&showST=true&login=default&pub=TOI New Delhi: Sports minister Ajay Maken wants BCCI to come under the RTI Act as that would lead to greater transparency in its working. Again, this is a move that BCCI is certain to oppose. Ministry insiders claim that the BCCI, despite being registered as a private body under the Societies Bill, comes under national sports federations umbrella since it enjoys tax exemption — considered a grant-in-aid.     The BCCI does not want to comment. "We haven't heard from the ministry or the sports minister about anything in this regard. The BCCI will not like to comment on this issue," BCCI chief administrative officer Ratnakar Shetty said.     Maken seems ready for a long battle. He said: "I will take it up to the cabinet and push it hard. We are determined to take it further. We can't have special dispensation for a body just because it is cash-rich and has influential figures in it. It has to be just like any other sport. It has to be a public authority. It has to follow the norms as other sports do."     The National Sports Development Bill proposes to make it mandatory for all sports federations to comply with National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) norms. While the ministry is okay with the BCCI complying with ICC and their accordance to WADA in the case of international events, they are peeved that samples of cricketers collected in domestic events should be sent abroad for testing.     It is learnt that the BCCI has entered into a multi-million-dollar agreement with a Swedish anti-doping laboratory for its anti-doping programme. The BCCI team has reportedly already indentified a pool of domestic players — from across all age groups — and the sample collection is due to begin with the onset of the season in late September.     "It shouldn't happen," said the minister. "We can't have different norms for different set of sports. Once the bill comes, they have to follow the law. For any international competition, the international body has to decide where it has to be sent. But for the national competition, the samples have to come to NADA.     "Samples can't be sent outside the country," he reiterated. "And it can be done once the bill is passed."

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