Official gazette

The National Sports Governance Act: The Central Government has notified the commencement of select provisions of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025. The law will now come into force from January 1, 2026, and will govern the functioning of the national sports federations in the country.

The National Sports Governance Act, 2025 (25 of 2025) was notified in the Official Gazette on August 18, 2025. Section 1(2) of the Act provides that the Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint, and that different dates may be appointed for different provisions of the Act.

Accordingly, in exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 1 of the National Sports Governance Act, 2025, the Central Government has appointed January 1, 2026 as the date on which the provisions of sections 1 to 3, sub-sections (1), (2) and (4) of section 4, sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 5, sub-section (5) of section 8, sub-section (1) of section 11, sections 14 and 15, sub-sections (1) to (7) and (10) of section 17, sections 30 and 31, and sections 33 to 38 of the said Act shall come into force, the government informed in a release on Wednesday.