**Summary of the Official Notification: National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025 Enforcement**
**Issuing Authority**
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports (Department of Sports), Government of India, issued this notification under the authority of The Gazette of India: Extraordinary (Part II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)).
**Primary Purpose**
The notification, identified as S.O. 3929(E), serves to officially appoint the commencement date for the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025 (26 of 2025). Exercising the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the said Act, the Central Government has designated **July 16, 2026**, as the date on which all provisions of the Act shall come into force.
**Key Data and Administrative Metrics**
* **Notification Date:** July 16, 2026 (Ashadha 25, 1948).
* **Enforcement Date:** July 16, 2026.
* **Act Reference:** National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025 (Act No. 26 of 2025).
* **Gazette ID:** CG-DL-E-16072026-274559.
* **Registration Number:** REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99.
* **File Number:** F. No. J/13/2026 –SP-V-Part (1).
* **Authorized Signatory:** Vineel Krishna Ravella, Joint Secretary.
**Publication Details**
The document was uploaded by the Directorate of Printing at the Government of India Press, Ring Road, Mayapuri, New Delhi-110064, and published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.
Key Entities Referenced
National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025: The primary legislative amendment being brought into force to regulate and strengthen anti-doping measures in sports.
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports: The central ministry responsible for the notification and oversight of the National Anti-Doping framework.
Section 1(2) of the National Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025: The specific legal provision that grants the Central Government the authority to appoint the commencement date for the Act.
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EXTRAORDINARY
भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण्ड (ii)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (ii)
प्राजधकार स ेप्रकाजित
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
स.ं 3765] नई दिल्ली, बृहस्ट्प जतवार, िुलाई 16, 2026/आषाढ 25, 1948
No. 3765] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2026/ASHADHA 25, 1948
यवु ा कायक्रय म एव ं खले मत्रं ालय
(खले जवभाग)
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 16 िुलाई, 2026
का.आ. 3929(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार राष्ट्रीय डोपपंग रोधी (सिं ोधन) अजधजनयम, 2025 (2025 का 26) की धारा
1 की उपधारा (2) द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, 16 िुलाई, 2026 को उस तारीख के रूप म ें जनयत करती ह,ै
जिसको उि अजधजनयम के उपबंध प्रवृत्त होंगे।
[फा. स. ं ि/े13/2026–एसपी-V–भाग (1)]
जवनील कृष्ण रावेला, संयक्ु त सजचव
5460 GI/2026 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(ii)]
MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
(Department of Sports)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 16th July, 2026
S.O. 3929(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the National
Anti-Doping (Amendment) Act, 2025 (26 of 2025), the Central government hereby appoints the 16th day of
July 2026 as the date on which the provisions of the said Act will come into force.
[F. No. J/13/2026 –SP-V-Part (1)]
VINEEL KRISHNA RAVELLA, Jt. Secy.
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