Union Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports derecognised the Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) for violating National Sports Development Code of India, 2011.
The issue pertains to malpractices in election of PCI President.
About
PCI was founded in 1992.
It was then earlier named as ‘Physically Handicapped Sports Federation of India’.
It is the national body responsible for selecting athletes to represent India at Paralympic Games (or Paralympics) as well as other international athletic meets.