The Information and Broadcasting Ministry has notified several sporting events as that of national importance under the Sports Broadcasting Signals (Mandatory Sharing with Prasar Bharati) Act.
The notification, which supersedes the earlier one issued in March 2021, has declared all Olympics Games, Commonwealth Games and Asian Games as events of national importance.
The following list is not exhaustive: under the cricket category, all official One-Day, Twenty-20 and Test matches played by the Indian men’s and women’s cricket team and all International Cricket Council (ICC) Test matches featuring India; semi-finals and finals of ICC men’s and women’s One-Day international World Cup; semi-finals and finals of ICC men’s and women’s Twenty-20 World Cup have been recognised. All semi-finals and finals of ICC Champions Trophy (One Day);all semi-finals and finals of ICC World Test Championship; semi-finals and finals of ICC Men’s and Women’s Asia Cup (Twenty -20 and One-Day International); and India playing matches, semi-finals and finals of Under-19 World Cup are also in the list.
