In what comes as a massive relief for the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI), the Sports Ministry has amended the RTI-related provision of the National Sports Governance Bill. According to the amendment, the government has placed only those bodies under its ambit which rely on government grants and assistance and BCCI doesn’t fall in that category unlike a majority of other National Sports Federations (NSFs).

Clause 15 (2) of the the bill, which was tabled in the Lok Sabha by Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on July 23, stated that “a recognised sports organisation shall be considered as a public authority under the Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005 with respect to the exercise of its functions, duties and powers under this Act.”

Since the presentation was the bill,........

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