In the Parliament, Sports Minister Vijay Goel told that three hundred and seventy-nine Indian sportspersons were caught for doping in the last four years.In a written reply to a question in the Rajya Sabha, he listed the number of dope offenders in the last four years, according to information received from National Anti-Doping Agency. 96 sportspersons returned positive in 2013 while the number of dope offenders in 2014 and 2015 were 95 and 120 respectively. Upto October this year, 68 sportspersons flunked dope tests, taking the total number of dope offenders in the last four years to 379.Mr Goel said that the Government has framed National Sports Development Code (NSDC) of India, 2011 which has been effective from 31st of Janyary 2011 for healthy development of sports in the country. He said, the NSFs are required to comply with the provisions of NSDC which includes strict compliance of the government guidelines to prevent unethical practices in sports such as doping.The question was whether the government has issued any directions to the Sports Authority of India and sports federations to ensure that doping issues do not happen in future.