Sports Ministry invites public feedback on Draft National Code against Age Fraud 2025

The draft comprehensively tackles age fraud, focusing on safeguarding genuine athletes and maintaining the integrity of sports competitions across the country. This revision comes nearly 15 years after the last update, marking a significant overhaul of the existing framework to promote fair competition, ethical governance, and greater accountability in Indian sports.

New Delhi:  The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has put in the public domain the Draft National Code Against Age Fraud in Sports (NCAAFS) 2025 for inviting comments/suggestions from the general public and stakeholders, as part of the consultation process. This addresses age fraud comprehensively, aiming to protect genuine athletes and uphold the integrity of sports competitions nationwide. This revision has been undertaken almost after 15 years marking a significant update to the existing framework to ensure fair competition, ethical governance, and enhanced accountability in Indian sports.

The Code aims to ensure fair competition by preventing age fraud, which compromises the integrity of sports, implement a robust verification system for age determination through a centralized database, introduce strict penalties for athletes, coaches, and officials found guilty of falsifying age records, enhance transparency and accountability in sports governance by aligning with international best practices. Noting uniformity nationwide.

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Stakeholders and the general public are requested to submit their suggestions/comments to the Ministry, preferably by email at section.sp3-moyas[at]gov[dot]in, by 31.03.2025. Draft NCAAFS 2025 can be accessed at https://yas.gov.in/sports/draft-national-code-against-age-fraud-sports-ncaafs-2025-