First Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave: task force for policy, 25% global share target, and first supplement-testing referral labs
At the first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave in New Delhi on 30 August 2025, Minister Mansukh Mandaviya announced a task force for a sports goods policy and the country's first nutritional supplement testing referral labs at NFSU Gandhinagar and NIPER Hyderabad.
Summary
Union Sports Minister Mansukh Mandaviya chaired the first-ever Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave, organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in New Delhi on 30 August 2025. He announced a task force to frame a sports goods manufacturing policy, noted that 'Sports Goods Manufacturing' had just been added to the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961 under his Ministry, and set a goal of raising India's global share from 1% to 25% by 2036. At the conclave, NABL accreditation and FSSAI referral lab approval were announced for two nutritional supplement testing labs, at the National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, and NIPER Hyderabad, described as the country's first labs to test supplements for WADA-prohibited substances.
Key facts
- Date / venue
- 30 Aug 2025, The Ashok, New Delhi
- Chaired by
- Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya
- Policy step
- Task force for Sports Goods Manufacturing Policy
- Allocation of Business Rules, 1961
- 'Sports Goods Manufacturing' added under MYAS
- Target
- Global share from 1% to 25% by 2036
- Supplement testing labs
- NFSU Gandhinagar and NIPER Hyderabad (NABL accredited, FSSAI referral labs)
- MoU
- Tripartite – MYAS, FSSAI and the institutions
Practice MCQs 3 questions
At the first Sports Goods Manufacturing Conclave (30 August 2025), what target was set for India's share of global sports goods manufacturing by 2036?
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Correct answer: C — 25%
Dr. Mandaviya said India must raise its global share from 1% now to 25% by 2036.
The two nutritional supplement testing referral labs announced on 30 August 2025 are located at:
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Correct answer: B — NFSU Gandhinagar and NIPER Hyderabad
The labs are at the National Forensic Sciences University, Gandhinagar, and the Analytical Testing Laboratory of NIPER Hyderabad.
Consider the following statements: 1. 'Sports Goods Manufacturing' has been included in the Allocation of Business Rules, 1961 under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry. 2. The supplement testing labs announced in August 2025 were set up under a tripartite MoU between MYAS, FSSAI and the respective institutions. Which of the above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Statement 1 is wrong: the subject was added under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports. Statement 2 is correct.