Centre plans tougher anti-doping law with jail term for banned substance suppliers

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The recently-amended National Anti Doping Act will be modified once again to criminalise trafficking and distribution of prohibited substances to athletes with a jail term of upto five years for suppliers, targeting even medical practitioners if they knowingly prescribe banned drugs.

Proposed amendments have been uploaded on the Sports Ministry's website for feedback from the public with the deadline for submission being June 18. Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the amended bill will be tabled during the monsoon session of the Parliament after taking the feedback into consideration.

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