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The National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) has constituted five-member review committee

National Rifle Association of India (NRAI) on 25 August 2016 constituted a five-member review committee to probe the
shooters' Rio Games debacle.
•    The committee will be headed by India's first and only individual Olympic gold-medallist Abhinav Bindra. 
•    The committee has been asked to submit the report within a maximum period of four weeks.
•    To examine and identify the causes behind shooting not securing any medals at the Rio Olympics.
•    To recommend concrete steps that NRAI must immediately undertake to ensure that this is not repeated in future
Olympics.
•    Other members of the committee include former tennis player Manisha Malhotra, who has also been appointed Convenor
of the committee, NRAI Secretary Rajiv Bhatia and two journalists.
•    Bindra, who finished at the fourth position in the men’s 10meter air rifle event in Rio, retired from the sport in
third week of August 2016.
 

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