MINISTRY STATES NSG ACT RULES, LAYS DOWN CRITERIA FOR FEDERATIONS

Announcing a tiered eligibility criteria for the inclusion of Sportspersons of Outstanding Merit (SOM) in national federations, the sports ministry on Monday notified the rules for the implementation of the National Sports Governance Act.

- HT Correspondent

The rules outline the framework for the inclusion of at least four SOM - 50% of them women — ‘with voting rights in the general body of national federations. It also outlined the election procedures and disqualification criteria for members of national and regional sports bodies.

The eligibility criteria for sportspersons to be defined as SOM has been spread across 10 tiers, with descending order of achievements.