The code compliance of the National Anti-Doping Agency (NADA) was a matter of pride for India in the sixth conference of the International Convention against Doping in Sport, organised by UNESCO in Paris recently.
Good rating
“India’s rating is good. It has improved to 71%. The stress was on strengthening anti-doping programmes in various countries and enhance compliance,” said NADA director-general Navin Agarwal on his arrival.
“There are several countries which want to comply with the code but are not able to do so due to the lack of education and awareness. So the importance was on propagating value based education programme on anti-doping.”
Agarwal said the need to support poor countries in the field of anti-doping was also discussed at the conference.
Lingering cases
Sharing his views on the some lingering anti-doping cases, including that of well-known shot-putter Inderjeet Singh, in the country, Agarwal said, “Inderjeet has been asking for a witness who is not willing to depose before the panel.
“We cannot force anyone to depose. So we are proposing legislation on this.”