Overview
- A nine-member panel led by Abhinav Bindra submitted a 170-page report to Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, who said all recommendations will be implemented.
- The report proposes an autonomous National Council for Sports Education and Capacity Building to regulate, accredit and certify sports administration education and ongoing training.
- It calls for a specialised sports administration cadre and for sports-governance modules to be embedded in IAS and state-cadre induction and advanced courses.
- The panel finds deep capacity and coordination gaps across the Sports Authority of India, national federations and state departments, with ad‑hoc staffing, unclear accountability and weak execution.
- Recommendations include structured pathways to prepare athletes for mandated governance roles and reforms to address NSF over‑centralisation, limited transparency and the lack of full‑time CEOs or domain directors.