Overview

• WADA’s 2023 figures placed India at the top with a 3.8% doping positivity rate among nations testing more than 5,000 samples.
• The National Anti-Doping Agency expanded testing to a record 5,606 samples in 2023, enhancing both in-competition and out-of-competition coverage.
• Athletics led with 61 adverse analytical findings from 1,223 tests, weightlifting had 38 positives from 451 samples, and NDTL Delhi recorded a 3.63% lab positivity rate.
• India’s Anti-Doping Act 2022 has yet to be implemented after WADA flagged objections to certain provisions, triggering scheduled amendments.
• The sports ministry will require monthly doping awareness sessions for athletes and test nutritional supplements at specialized labs to curb infractions.