The Central Information Commission (CIC) has asked the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and the Sports Authority of India(SAI) to put up annual schedule of sporting events in the country on their websites. <br/><br/>Information Commissioner Sridhar Acharyulu said, such a proactive disclosure was mandatory under the Right to Information Act.<br/><br/>The order came on a plea of Deepak Sandhu who had sought certified copies of roster of various sporting events conducted in a year that come under the sports ministry, the Sports Authority of India and their subordinate authorities. <br/><br/>He had also sought sports calendar for 2015-16. Having failed to get any information, Sandhu had approached the Central Information Commission.<br/><br/>The CIC slammed the sports ministry for not providing roster of sporting events to the applicant. It also directed the Sports ministry and the SAI to update their official websites with the roster and schedules to avoid sports lovers from filing RTI requests for such routine information. <br/><br/>The Commission asked for a compliance report before 15th of next month. The CIC in its order observed that the sports ministry was expected to have at least the schedule of various sporting events for the year.