Outlook India: New Delhi: Friday, August 31, 2018.
The status of national
sports of India was not confirmed, the Sports Authority of India told the
Central Information Commission.
Information
Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu today directed the SAI to collect information
from the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on the national sports and
provide to an RTI applicant.
One Keshav Khandelwal
had filed an RTI application with the SAI seeking to know the national game of
India and whether hockey was the national game of India or not.
When he did not get a
response, he filed a complaint against the SAI before the Central Information
Commission, highest appellate authority in the matters pertaining to the RTI
Act which heard the matter last week.
During the hearing, the
SAI official said the application was transferred to the Ministry of Sports and
Youth Affairs but there was no further correspondence from it.
"He stated that
the status of national sports of India is not confirmed and the response to the
RTI application could not be provided in the form of 'Yes' or 'No',” Acharyulu
noted in the order.
In the order issued
today, the commissioner directed the SAI official to collect the information
from the MOYAS regarding declaration of the national sports of India and
provide it to Khandelwal. ABS ABS DIP DIP
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