India has never had a sports law in force, but the recently-introduced Sports Bill, officially called the National Sports Governance Bill (NSGB), 2025, is set to change the structure of sports governance in the country. 

Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, Mansukh Mandaviya, introduced the Bill in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, with the leading bullet point being the formation of a National Sports Board (NSB), which will be an independent regulatory body assuming responsibilities that previously came directly under the sports ministry.

No statutory sports Act yet 

Reforms like the National Sports Code 2011 and the National Sports Policy 2025 have drawn up the guidelines of sports administration in the country until now. There has never been a statutory structure or an Act. As far as the legislative process of a Bill turning into an Act, the NSGB getting introduced in the Lok Sabha is only the initial stage, followed by publication in the official gazette and rounds of hearing before a vote of consent. It will then be presented in the other House (Rajya Sabha) for readings and voting. Consent of both the Houses is mandatory before the Bill goes to the office of the President of India for a final approval in order to get officially notified and become an Act.