5 Indian sports issues that new Sports Minister Jitendra Singh urgently needs to address

2.Curbing the doping menace

This is another issue that should assume equal, if not more, significance, along with the boxing issue. The doping scene in India has been a matter of concern for several years, particularly the one involving some of the promising weightlifters.

After enduring a dope-free 12 months in 2014, the menace it seemed made a comeback in 2015 when several weightlifters found themselves in trouble and as many as 26 of them were provisionally suspended by the international body.

It is an issue that sport in India has faced for many years and stringent measures on the part of the government are very much required to ensure the name isn’t tarnished further.