New Delhi: The govt is considering disbanding the Association of Indian Universities (AIU) and School Games Federation of India (SGFI) over alleged irregularities in their functioning and administrative mismanagement, sources told TOI on Tuesday.
With the govt set to introduce the ‘National Sports Governance Bill 2025 ’ in Parliament on Wednesday, there was a growing demand in the sports ministry’s corridors to establish two new national federations with a professional setup for school and university games, replacing both administratively-marred incumbent sports bodies.
“Yes, there’s a thought to disband both AIU and SGFI and put two new sports federations in place after holding proper elections and having a right set of people. The ministry has been receiving a lot of complaints from athletes on how AIU and SGFI function. It will take some time, but with a new sports bill around, which will soon become an Act, the time has come to bring more accountability into the functioning of these two bodies,” a ministry official said.