new delhi indias national sports federations nsfs have been banking on the support of sponsors and corporate houses to host international events in the country these days be it the yonex sunrise india open badminton meet in delhi or the prestigious mens hockey world cup in odisha had it not been for private sponsors public sector undertakings psus and corporates the badminton association of india bai and hockey india hi would have struggled to host these tournaments in hockeys case its the odisha state government which is the official sponsor of the mens and womens teamsreason the ministry of youth affairs and sports myas hasnt been able to provide the countrys 60odd nsfs the financial assistance under the scheme of assistance to national sports federations as all of them are awaiting the renewal of annual recognition for the current year this has seriously impacted the federations plans to conduct their national meets fund the hosting of international events and send teams abroad for global championshipsas per the governments revised norms of assistance both badminton and hockey events would have received a hosting sanction fee of up to rs one crore from the sports ministry as per their eligibility at least 12 countries and 120 athletes must participate in the tournament but since their annual training and competition calendars actcs havent been finalised yet owing to the nonrenewal of their recognition they are running the show on their own by banking on outside monetary supportlike it happened in the case of junior wushu world championships in indonesia or the south asia sepaktakraw tournament in bangladesh the indian teams for both the events went at their own expense later in the month the indian mens and womens boxing teams will have to travel for the under22 asian championships in bangkok from january 1726the sports authority of india sai too finds its hands tied it cant transfer the money into the nsfs bank accounts pending the renewal of their annual recognition sai though has found a way out its been depositing the amount directly into the players accounts so that they can continue to train and travel abroad for championships which has primarily been an nsfs responsibility currently there are 61 nsfs recognised by the ministry as per the information available on its websitethe delay on the part of the ministry was primarily because of a delhi high court order on rahul mehras petition last year which had ordered to stop the centre from extending monetary grants and funds to the nsfs that do not comply with the national sports code the ministry must file an affidavit in the court detailing the status of nsfs compliant with the code after the courts approval the ministry can grant recognition to these sports federations