Mumbai: The Board of Control for Cricket in India adopted the proposed amendments to its constitution at a special general body meeting here on Thursday.

The motion for a straight three-year term for the principal office-bearers (president, secretary, jt. secretary and treasurer) and five vice-presidents and the senior and junior national selection committee was modified to two years, with a provision which allows them to contest for an additional year. "On the basis of their performance, they can contest for a third year," said BCCI vice-president Shashank Manohar.

Mr. Manohar, who briefed the press, said a debate was held on the extra vote the chairman (BCCI president) to break a deadlock. "It's been unanimously decided that the chairman would have the right to exercise his extra vote."

Support to WCAI

The SGM also set a one-year time frame to each of its playing member associations to establish a women's wing.

"We will support the Women's Cricket Association of India (WCAI) for one year in all aspects, from offering all infrastructure support and assisting in their bilateral series in India and abroad. All associations except CCI and NSC, Kolkata, have to use the BCCI subvention money for the development of cricket, including women's cricket in their respective States. We will not recognise the present State associations because most of them are defunct and in some a cases the secretary is not even a primary member of the State association," said Mr. Manohar.

The BCCI also amended its aims and objectives to set aside a corpus for the development of other sports. "We had decided to set aside Rs. 50 crores at the working committee meeting. Well, it can be Rs. 50 or Rs. 100 crores. We will decide on the sum after the modalities to support promising sportspersons in other sports are finalised. We will give the money to the individuals, not to the associations,'' said Mr. Manohar.

The SGM also authorised Mr. Pawar to appoint different committees for the 2011 World Cup.

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