- What is IOC?
- What is Indian Olympic Association?
- Jurisdiction over Sports
- How can Union Government regulate sport?
- National Sports Development Code 2011
- What does National Sports Code say about elections?
- Delhi High Court verdict on IOA/NSF election
- Why did IOC ban IOA?
- Implication of IOA’s Suspension?
- De-recognition by Government ?
- Why Archery and Boxing Banned?
- Mock Questions
What is IOC?
- International Olympic Committee.
- It is the supreme authority for organizing Olympic Games.
- Created by Pierre de Coubertin (the father of Modern Olympics)
- Motto: Citius, Altius, Fortius (Latin) =Faster, Higher, Stronger.
- HQ: Switzerland.
Next Olympics:
City | Country | Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Winter Olympics | Sochi | Russia | 2014 |
(Summer) Olympics | Rio De Janeiro | Brazil | 2016 |
What is IOA?
- Indian Olympics Association IOA is responsible for sending Indian Sportsmen to
- Olympic Games
- Commonwealth games
- Asian Games
- IOA is also responsible for organizing National Games.
Jurisdiction over Sports
- Constitution of India: Seventh schedule provides the separation of legislative powers
Who | What | Total items | |
---|---|---|---|
List I | Union | Only Union (parliament) can make laws in these matters. | 100 |
List II | State | Only State legislature can make laws in these matters. | 61 |
List III | Concurrent | Both union + state | 52 |
- And only (Union) Parliament can make laws for residuary matters, i.e. topics that are not covered in Iist I, II and III
- Sports, cinema, theatre, amusement: these matters fall under jurisdiction of State List (item No. 33). So the first question is
How can Union Government regulate sport?
- For long, the National Sports Federations (NSF) and Indian Olympic association (IOA) have maintained that they’re autonomous and independent. They’re only accountable to their respective international bodies for example, BCCI to ICC, IOA to IOC.
- Therefore, Government shouldnot, cannot and must not interfere with their internal functioning!
But in 2010, Delhi High court gave following verdict:
- Yes, National Sports Federations have autonomy to conduct sports. BUT international sporting events are an essential part of diplomatic relations (Foreign affairs). That matter falls under Union list, 7th Schedule.
- Although Sports, cinema, entertainment fall under State List, 7th schedule BUT there are issues such as “whether we should participate in a sports event held in a particular country or not?” That’d require diplomatic clearance from Union Government.
- Therefore, Union Government has full jurisdiction to make regulations and laws on National Sports Federations (NSF) and Indian Olympic Association (IOA).
National Sports Development Code 2011
Ministry of Youth and Sports, created National Sports Development Code, 2011 to set out guidelines for election and working of IOA and NSFs.
The National Sports Code deals with many things such as
- Fair and transparent elections for Indian Olympic Association IOA/NSF
- Age-tenure limit for Office bearers of IOA/NSF
- Sexual harassment of Women athletes
- Selection of coaches
- Anti-Doping rules
- Making them answerable under Right to Information Act (R.T.I).
What does National Sports Code say about elections?
- You cannot serve as President of Indian Olympic Association IOA/NSF for more than 12 years. (4 years x 3 terms)
- If you’ve already held any of these posts for more than 12 years, you cannot not compete in the elections.
- If your age is 70 years or above, you’re not eligible for the post of President, Secretary General or the Treasurer of IOA/NSF.
Delhi High Court verdict on IOA/NSF election
A PIL was filed in Delhi High court that most of national sports federations are mismanaged and have become feudal empires of politicians, they donot retire and keep getting elected again and again.
This has led to gross mismanagement of Sports. For example
- For example, Mr Vijay Kumar Malhotra, age 80 (BJP) has been President of the Archery association since 1973.
- Similarly the infinitely awesome Suresh Kalmadi (Congress) has been President of Indian Olympic Association for last 19 years.
In September 2012, Delhi High Court gave judgement on this PIL and ordered IOA and NSFs to conduct elections according to the National Sports Code.
Why did IOC ban IOA?
- Indian Olympic Association IOA had to conduct elections, according to National sports code (meaning buddha-log cannot compete etc.).
- If IOA did not follow National sports code, it’d amount to contempt (disrespect) to Delhi High court’s’s order = Jail time for IOA officials.
- So they conducted elections according to National Sports Code, in Dec 2012.
- But Internation Olympic Committee (IOC) did not like it. Not one Bit.
- IOC had repeatedly told the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) not to follow the government’s sports code for the elections because it would imply that Government is interfering in sports. That’ll be a violation of the Olympic Charter and compromise of sports autonomy.
- Therefore when IOA conducted the elections, IOC suspended IOA.
Implication of IOA’s Suspension?
It leads to following consequences:
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) gives about 90,000 dollars per year to every nation’s Olympic association + other monetary help in training, coaching, scholarships etc. India will no longer receive it.
- The officials of Indian Olympic Association, will not be invited by the IOC to attend its events like the Olympics and Paralympics.
- Indian athletes will not be allowed to compete under the Indian flag.
- However, Indian athletes can to compete as “as Independent Olympic Athletes” But that means whatever new medals Sushil Kumar or Mary Kom wins, they will not be counted as medals won by “India”.
This is not the first time. Other countries have been banned in past
Country | Why suspended? |
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for its apartheid policy (i.e. policy of discriminating between black and while people). |
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For Government interference. |
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for not forming their national Olympic Committees. |
But then things are sorted out with “dialogues and peaceful negotiations”.
De-recognition by Government ?
- Except BCCI, no sports federation in India gets earns truckload of money. So they depend on Government for ca$h and patronage.
- If any Sports Federation doesn’t fall in line with Government regulations then Government can “De-recognize” it.
Derecognition leads to following outcomes:
- Those Sport federations will not receive cash from Government.
- They cannot use word “India” while sending teams into international sporting events.
- They cannot claim exemption in custom duty payment while importing sports equipments from abroad.
- Athletes who win the tournaments organized by such unrecognized NSFs, cannot claim job-reservation in Railways, Income Tax Department etc under Sports Quota.
Why Archery and Boxing Banned?
- After IOC suspended IOA, the Government of India also got in “mood and tempo” and has derecognized Indian Archery and Boxing associations. But the reason is different.
- Recently Archery Association held elections for its president and same Mr.Vijay Malhotra (age 80) got re-elected. Similarly Boxing federation’s election was not held in transparent manner.
- So this is against the National Development Code.
- Besides Delhi High Court had ordered Government that if any National sports federation doesn’t follow the code then you must deregonize it.
Solution?
Once Archery and Boxing associations will have conduct elections again, and comply with National Sports Code,then they’ll be “re-recognized” (if there such a word in dictionary).
Mock Questions
Q1 Find Correct Statements:
- Next Winter Olympics = Vancouver, Canada
- Next Summer Olympics = Madrid, Spain
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both
- None
Q2. Find Incorrect Statements:
- International Olympic Committee (IOC) is a specialized agency of UN.
- Motto of Olympics is Citius, Altius, Latius
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both
- None
Q3 Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
|
Marriage and Divorce |
|
Sports |
|
Betting and Gambling |
- Only 2
- Only 1 and 3
- Only 2 and 3
- Only 1 and 2
Q4. Wrong Statements
- In 2012, Kabaddi World cup was held at Chandigarh, Punjab.
- The mascot for this game was JAANBAZ, the eagle.
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both
- None
Q5. Which of the following is not a function of Indian Olympic Association?
- Sending Indian Athletes to Asian Games.
- Sending Indian Athletes to Commonwealth Games.
- Only 1
- Only 2
- Both
- None
D
D
B
B
D
hi mrunal sir,
IOC donot want IOA to follow govt code.. and if IOA doesnt follow govt code, Indian govt will not recognize it.
what is the wayout to get recognised by both IOC and Indian govt?????
1.d
2.a
3.b
4.d
5.d
Hi,
If anybody has got zip file of all these articles
Can you please mil to me also?
er.sahil_chugh@rediffmail.com
thanks .
nitishpathode@gmail.com
Thanks in advance…
Varun n aam aadmi….
right answer is D,C,B,A,D……..
respected sir
me too want a zipped pdf file of all your articles .would u please please please help me out?
Hi Mrunal,
Plz chk
NAME No.Of items
Union List:- 97
State List :- 66
Concurrent List:- 47
Reference :- http://www.constitution.org/cons/india/shed07.htm
That webpage has outdated information. Please check page #13.2 of Indian Polity by M.Laxmikanth. Correct numbers are 100, 61, 52.
@abhimanyu :dats correct..but den dey added 92(A),2(A) n ol…and hence in all union list has 100 subjects..same is the case with other two!
ok thnx :-)
Can anyone mail the zip files to the following I’d
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very gud analysis sir………. can u guys send me also all d zip files
my email-id saikapian.vivek@gmail.com
Please mail me the zip files of all the topics on this site at
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thanks
But the main point is, if at all union GOVT was allowed to set guidelines to NSF and IOA based of foreign and diplomatic relations by delhi high court, union GOVT setting the age and tenure limit does not come under the Foreign affairs (diplomatic)scenarios, then why can’t courts recognize this and restrict activities of GOVT with sports federation only to taking decisions on foreign affairs scenarios?????, let the sports authorities be autonomous and completely follow the IOC constitution and Olympic charter in the best interest of our sport persons, agree ppl?????,
@All: if anybody has subject wise documents of previous articles, please send it to, sanjayrsaliyan@gmail.com
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Thanks in advance…
plz send me also budy
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Thanks in advance…
is there any budy who got the zip files…
1 d
2 d
3 b
4 a
5 d
hey,
please send me the zip files also…i’ll b gr8ful ..
thanks
“they didn’t like it. not one bit ” is it straight out of the Dark Knight? When Joker tells the story about his father … anyways thanks Mrunal awesome article ..
you’re right.
nice article sir,
brother kindly also sendme the zip file of all the articles………..
here is my id sabyasachi.mukharjee@gmail.com
Zip file please thanks. shekhar.biradar@gmail.com
any body got the zip files please share by uploading in google docs…etc
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1)d (bcz both statements were wrong)
2)c (both are incorrect-bcz IOC is a non governmental body and its motto is Citius, Altius, Fortius)
3)b(bcoz only 2 is correct. Marriage and divorce is in concurrent list and betting&gambling is in state list)
4)a ( bcoz stmt says kabaddi world cup held at chandigarh but it happened all over punjab- opening ceremony at bathinda and closing ceremony at ludhiana. stmt 2 is right)
5)d ( none of stmts is wrong)
for 4th Question, matches were held only in Punjab and for none Chandigarh was venue. The 2nd option is true.
So option is (b) only..
sorry for typo …its option (a)
1-d
2-c
3-b
4-a
5-d
good, all of your answers are correct.
can any one plz send me the zip files of mrunal articles
here is my mail id
hanireddyisika7@gmail.com
bhaiyo plz send the zip files if anyone got. er.sahil_chugh@rediffmail.com id hai apna. i will b grateful.
ok sir i like it
MRUNAL BHAI ,
thank you for this conspicuous explanation of current controversy regarding IOA .IOC and indian govt , but here i m sry for digressing from d discussion n seeking ur wise opinion on DIRECT BENEFIT TRANSFER SCHEME ,recentally in d hindu mr. pani article (http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/cashing-in-on-schemes-for-poor/article4143870.ece?homepage=true) itched govt so hard that our minister for rural develoment had to intervene to overtly explain(http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/op-ed/no-need-for-hype-but-certainly-a-hope/article4185360.ece) DBT n eradicate d premise which mr. Pani germinated regaRding DBT . tat’s d introduction to d story of my doubt n here goes d doubt………..
. so while reading mr. pani’s viewpoint he talked about “MULTIPLIER AFFECT ” n being an economic amateur i couldn’t get it that how could this DBT add to inflation by this multiplier affect ??
so i request u to take charge of the situation n educate me about this ;
thnk u
infinitely awesome Suresh Kalmadi–very funny.
Anyway,sir i would like to know what websites and news papers you follow for this broad understanding.
For that i would say,
it is the much insight and dedicated study by Mrunal sir in past which enable him to write such perfect and unique articles.
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There is no such website or single book or newspaper to develop this capability.
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