patiala fixing tenures of officials is a good way to improve the functioning of national sports federations nsfs in the country injeti srinivas joint secretary in the union sports ministry has saidthe ministry had studied the functioning of few top nations and realised that this was a good way to improve the working srinivas told reporters here last nightin its bid to crack down on nsf heads who have been occupying the posts for extended periods of time the sports ministry had recently issued a statement in which it stated that the nsf chiefs in office for more than a decade will have to step down after their current term expiresthe ministry had modified a 1975 regulation according to which indian olympic association chief suresh kalmadi and several nsf chiefs including v k malhotra archery sukhdev singh dhindsa cycling vk verma badminton captain satish k sharma aero club and bs adityan volleyball cannot seek a reelection after their present term expiressrinivas said that the centre cannot prepare a uniform sports policy for all the states as every state has a right to formulate its own sports policysports is a state subject matter and we cannot have a centralised policy he saidsrinivas cited the examples of punjab and haryana saying they can focus on hockey boxing or wrestling while many states may go for water sportssrinivas was here to attend the convocation ceremony at the national institute of sports nisasked about the preparations regarding the upcoming commonwealth games he said that all the construction work would be completed by june 30indias chances in the games are very bright the players have worked really hard as far as the preparations are concerned they are complete he said