The eight-point policy is the first sports policy of the Nepal government. The policy assigns the SCC to instruct, regulate and coordinate sports agencies as well as mobilize resources. [break]
According to the policy, the youth and sports minister will co-chair the SCC, where finance, home, defense, education, local development, tourism and health ministers would be members.
Likewise, secretaries of the ministries as well as representatives of National Planning Commission, Nepal Olympic Committee (NOC), National Sports Council (NSC) and Nepal National and International Players´ Association would be included as the members of SCC.
The SCC can include experts, coaches and technical personalities in its body. However, the policy has excluded representation of national sports associations in the council.
The SCC would take over NSC as the apex sports governing body of the country once it is formed.
"The present structure has very less space for stakeholders. The policy now provides that space," said Sushil Rana, secretary of MoYS.
However, the present structure of NSC is untouched by the policy though the Sports Policy Drafting Committee led by NOC President Dhruba Bahadur Pradhan had suggested establishing National Sports Authority (NSA) in place of NSC and full autonomy of national sports associations.
"The Drafting Committee has suggested the structure of NSA but we continued with the present structure after a long discussion within the ministry and NSC," said Secretary Rana.
The policy speaks about celebrating a National Sports Day every year, at least 30-minute daily sports break in every office, high-altitude sports, sports tourism, infrastructure development for the development of sports within the country, among others.
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