India’s Parliament accelerated its pre-monsoon legislative agenda on 12 August, with the Rajya Sabha approving the National Sports Governance Bill, 2025 and the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Bill, 2025. The measures, already cleared by the lower house, are designed to establish an athlete-centric governance framework, standardise constitutions of national sports federations and bring greater transparency to selection, funding and dispute resolution processes. They also strengthen India’s anti-doping regime ahead of the 2026 Asian Games by aligning domestic rules with World Anti-Doping Agency codes. Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said the governance overhaul would give athletes statutory representation in decision-making bodies, while NCP lawmaker Praful Patel called the reform vital for ending legal wrangles that have hamstrung federations. The anti-doping amendments expand testing authority and raise penalties for violations, moving enforcement powers from ad-hoc panels to an independent tribunal. Earlier in the day, the Lok Sabha passed two sectoral measures: the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2025, which eases exploration licences and seeks to attract private investment into critical minerals, and the Indian Ports Bill, 2025, aimed at bolstering cooperative federalism through a Maritime State Development Council to harmonise centre-state port regulation. Shipping Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said the port measure would streamline clearances and boost capacity at non-major ports.