RAS question
What is the minimum number of qualified members required on the National Sports Election Panel under the National Sports Governance Rules, 2026?
Correct answer: (C) 20.
Under the National Sports Governance Rules, 2026, the National Sports Election Panel roster must contain at least 20 qualified members at all times.
Explanation
The required minimum is 20 because the Rules do not treat the National Sports Election Panel as an ad hoc or optional list. The cited PIB release says the roster of the National Sports Election Panel must, at all times, contain at least twenty members who satisfy the qualifications specified under the National Sports Governance Act, 2025. This sits within a wider governance framework covering the composition of sports bodies, election procedures and disqualification criteria for National Sports Bodies and Regional Sports Federations. The purpose, as reflected in the question’s explanation, is to support fair and transparent elections in National Sports Federations by keeping a sufficiently large pool of qualified election personnel available.
Why the other options are wrong
- (A) 10 is below the minimum because the Rules require the panel roster to contain at least twenty qualified members at all times.
- (B) 15 is still short of the statutory floor stated in the cited PIB release, which fixes the minimum at twenty qualified members.
- (D) 25 overstates the requirement; the Rules set a minimum of twenty qualified members, not twenty-five.
Concept
This tests governance reform in sports administration, especially the institutional mechanisms used to make federation elections credible. RAS asks such questions because sports governance rules combine current affairs with statutory and regulatory design.