India's Cabinet rejected the Sports Bill in August following strong opposition from cricket officials in prominent Government positions who feared that it would make them more financially accountable. 

Maken has now redrafted it but kept in the contentious aspects of the Bill, including fixing tenures and setting an age limit of 70.

Instead he has dropped plans to introduce a sports ombudsman and a national sports development council, which was supposed to be comprised of leading Indian citizens to help advise on the future of sport in the country. 

Another new aspect of the Bill is a law that would prevent the Sports Minister, officials of Sports Authority of India and the sports department from contesting elections of national governing bodies and the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) for five years after they have worked in these departments.

The Bill had already attracted the attention of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), who feared that it imposed too much Governmental control on sports governing bodies, which is against the Olympic Charter, and threatened India with suspension from London 2012.

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