New Delhi, May 20 -- The Sports Ministry on Monday issued guidelines and timelines the Indian Olympic Association (IOA), Paralympic Committee of India (PCI) and national sports federations (NSF) have to follow to conduct National Games and national championships. According to a letter sent by the ministry, IOA must submit a copy of its agreement with the host and other agreements for hosting the National Games six months in advance. It has set timelines for IOA to submit details on forming the Games Technical Conduct Committee (GTCC), competition programme, eligibility criteria of participants/states and teams. These are among a range of instructions. Adhering to these instructions are mandatory to get the ministry's approval to hold the National Games and national championships. "Based on the submissions and satisfaction of the requirements, the Ministry may seek additional information or require certain measures or steps to be undertaken to issue an approval to the said federation and the Host, which shall be required for hosting of the National Games or National Championships. Should no further requests be made by the Ministry within 15 days of due submission of all details, the approval of the Ministry shall be deemed to have been granted in respect of the event," the ministry's letter says. It says "no person may seek a trademark registration in India or claim any other exclusive intellectual property rights in the name of National Games or National Championship without the prior written consent of this Ministry." Interestingly, the IOA constitution says, "IOA have full and complete jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the designation of the city and to organize the National Games every two years." The ministry wrote to IOA and NSFs that with India taking steps towards hosting the 2036 Summer Olympics and Paralympic Games and other major events, national events should be "hosted with well-defined standards, adhering to proper norms". The ministry said compliance with these guidelines will be reviewed at the time of annual recognition of federations in terms of the sports code....