Bcci Under Rti

BCCI, earlier this month forced to come under NADA's ambit, a landmark development that has opened up the possibility of the cricket board becoming a National Sports Federation as per government norms.

BCCI has been directed to put in place, within 15 days, online and offline mechanisms to receive applications for information under the RTI Act.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is covered under the Right to Information Act and answerable to the people of the country, the Central Information Commission ruled on Monday.

The Central Information Commission has directed the sports body and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to explain why should cricket controlling body of the country, the BCCI, be not answerable under the RTI Act in light of various judicial orders and a recent law commission report.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the sports body and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to explain.

There have been demands to bring the cash-rich cricket body under RTI to usher in transparency.

In July 2016, the Supreme Court had asked the commission to recommend whether the cricket board can be brought under the Right to Information Act.

The Justice RM Lodha panel suggested some major changes in its report, one of which recommended that the Board of Control for Cricket in India should come under the Right to Information Act and also that one state needed only one cricket association. The panel has also given a clean chit to IPL COO Sundar Raman.

Supreme Court has barred N. Srinivasan from contesting in BCCI elections till he relinquishes commercial interests in cricket. Former India spinner Bishen Singh Bedi feels it is not a moment to celebrate but take further actions to clean the sport.

Sarbananda Sonowal also said the government will take more steps to bring transparency in the working of the National Sports Federations.

Justice Mudgal said that all the sports bodies, including the BCCI, will have to come under the RTI once the Sports Development Bill 2013 is passed by the Parliament.

The Central Information Commission today adjourned a crucial hearing on declaring the Indian cricket board as public authority under RTI Act after the sports body produced a stay from the Madras High Court.

A contentious clause in the Draft National Sports Development Bill states that only those federations who come under the RTI ambit will have the right to use 'India' as the team's name. The Indian cricket Board is an independent sports association.

Asked whether the Board should be brought under the RTI to rein in corruption, Jagdale said it won't help.

Maken, who holds Housing portfolio at present, said the Centre has already taken a stand before Central Information Commission (CIC) that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be under the ambit of the Information law.

BCCI, earlier this month forced to come under NADA's ambit, a landmark development that has opened up the possibility of the cricket board becoming a National Sports Federation as per government norms.

BCCI has been directed to put in place, within 15 days, online and offline mechanisms to receive applications for information under the RTI Act.

The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is covered under the Right to Information Act and answerable to the people of the country, the Central Information Commission ruled on Monday.

The Central Information Commission has directed the sports body and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to explain why should cricket controlling body of the country, the BCCI, be not answerable under the RTI Act in light of various judicial orders and a recent law commission report.

The Central Information Commission (CIC) has directed the sports body and the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports to explain.

There have been demands to bring the cash-rich cricket body under RTI to usher in transparency.

In July 2016, the Supreme Court had asked the commission to recommend whether the cricket board can be brought under the Right to Information Act.

The Justice RM Lodha panel suggested some major changes in its report, one of which recommended that the Board of Control for Cricket in India should come under the Right to Information Act and also that one state needed only one cricket association. The panel has also given a clean chit to IPL COO Sundar Raman.

Supreme Court has barred N. Srinivasan from contesting in BCCI elections till he relinquishes commercial interests in cricket. Former India spinner Bishen Singh Bedi feels it is not a moment to celebrate but take further actions to clean the sport.

Sarbananda Sonowal also said the government will take more steps to bring transparency in the working of the National Sports Federations.

Justice Mudgal said that all the sports bodies, including the BCCI, will have to come under the RTI once the Sports Development Bill 2013 is passed by the Parliament.

The Central Information Commission today adjourned a crucial hearing on declaring the Indian cricket board as public authority under RTI Act after the sports body produced a stay from the Madras High Court.

A contentious clause in the Draft National Sports Development Bill states that only those federations who come under the RTI ambit will have the right to use 'India' as the team's name. The Indian cricket Board is an independent sports association.

Asked whether the Board should be brought under the RTI to rein in corruption, Jagdale said it won't help.

Maken, who holds Housing portfolio at present, said the Centre has already taken a stand before Central Information Commission (CIC) that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) should be under the ambit of the Information law.