New Delhi
Sports Minister Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore issued a stern warning to the National Sports Federations (NSFs), saying there would be zero tolerance for misgovernance. Rathore said there cannot be any alternative to the core principles of governance in sports.

“Sixty-five per cent of India’s population is below 35. It is our PM’s vision (Khelo India Initiative) to promote sporting culture in the country. So there would be zero tolerance in terms of misgovernance in sports,” Rathore said.

“The federations will have to think beyond their turfs. There would be massive amount of transparency in terms of team selection, results. Everything has to be open and sharing,” he added.

Rathore, 47, said from now on the Ministry will only take policy decisions on sports, the execution of which will be left to the professionals. “We are in the process of hiring CEOs to look after all the programmes,” the Sports Minister said. “From now on, we will be assessing the coaches every year,” he added.