July 20, 2023 9:57 PM

Govt issued instructions to all NSFs from time to time on prevention of sexual harassment in sports: Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur in RS

Sports Minister Anurag Singh Thakur has said that provisions of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition, and Redressal) (POSH) Act, 2013 are applicable to all National Sports Federations (NSFs), as applicable to any entity defined in the Act. In a written reply in Rajya Sabha today, Mr Thakur said, the NSFs are bound to take action in terms of the extant legal provisions in the cases of sexual harassment reported to them. He said, the Ministry has also issued instruc...