The Lok Sabha is set to convene on Friday, with Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya scheduled to move the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 for consideration and passage.
According to a list of business issued by the Lok Sabha Secretariat, the Union Sports Minister is also expected to move amendments to the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022, for consideration and passage in the House.
The National Sports Governance Bill aims to “provide for the development and promotion of sports, welfare measures for sportspersons, ethical practices based on basic universal principles of good governance, ethics and fair play of the Olympic and sports movement, the Olympic Charter, the Paralympic Charter, international best practices and established legal standards, and to provide for the resolution of sports grievances and sports disputes in a unified, equitable and effective manner and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.”
Union Ports, Shipping, and Waterways Minister Sarbananda Sonowal will move the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, which aims to consolidate the law relating to ports, promote integrated port development, facilitate ease of doing business, and ensure optimum utilisation of India’s coastline.
The bill seeks to “establish and empower State Maritime Boards for effective management of ports other than major ports; establish the Maritime State Development Council for fostering structured growth and development of the port sector; and provide for the management of pollution, disasters, emergencies, security, safety, navigation, and data at ports.”
The Lower House is also expected to take up Private Members’ Bills (PMBs) in the evening. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Rajiv Pratap Rudy will propose amendments to the Mental Healthcare (Amendment) Bill, 2024, including changes to Section 2.
In addition, various reports of the Committee on the Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) will be presented in the House. BJP MPs Ganesh Singh and Ramvir Singh Bidhuri will present the eighth and ninth reports on the following subjects:
-Implementation of various measures/schemes for the welfare of OBCs under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment)
-Formulation and implementation of the Reservation Policy for OBCs in posts and services under the Government of India and Union Territories, and measures undertaken to secure representation of OBCs in employment and their welfare in various departments, organisations, and institutions under the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions
Congress MP Saleng A. Sangma and BJP MP Manju Sharma will present reports of the Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice, highlighting the action taken by the government on recommendations from earlier reports on Appointment of Notaries, Specific Aspects of the Election Process and Their Reform, and Review of the Functioning of Recruitment Organisations of the Government of India.
Earlier on Thursday, the Lok Sabha passed the Manipur Appropriation (No. 2) Bill, 2025. The House also passed the Manipur Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Bill, 2025.
The appropriation bill seeks to authorise the payment and appropriation of certain sums from the Consolidated Fund of the State of Manipur for services in the financial year 2025–26.
Both bills were passed amid uproar in the House, as the opposition demanded a discussion on the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Bihar.
The bills were passed after brief remarks by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, who also criticised opposition parties for their protest. (ANI)