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13 Members Expert Committee Formed to Review Sports Code

(New Delhi) 13 Members Exepert Committee Formed to Review Sports Code
Olympic bronze-medallist shooter Gagan Narang,
former football captain Bhaichung Bhutia and
national badminton coach Pulella Gopichand
have been named in a 13-member expert committee formed by the Sports Ministry to review the controversial Draft National Sports Code 2017
Besides the trio, the committee will also have World Championships bronze-medallist long jumper Anju Bobby George. The expert committee will be headed by Supreme Court judge Justice (Retd) Mukundakam Sharma as its chairman.
The panel will also feature a representative from the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), which has rejected the document in current form as it seeks to put an age and tenure cap on sports administrators.