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The NRAI membership is open to associations/institutions/individuals as defined under section 3 and 4 of Rules and Regulations of NRAI reproduced below:
Category of Membership:
Non – Resident Members: The Governing Body may enroll, a non-Resident as a Member, any person of good status and position or eminence, of a foreign nationality, being resident within or out of the Republic of India and who is interested in the furtherance of the aims and objects of the NRAI on payment of such fees as may be laid down by the Governing Body, such membership shall cease immediately and automatically when, by proclamation by the President, the Nation to which the member belongs or the country in which the member resides ceases to be friendly with the Republic of India.
Non – Resident Organisations: Any Organisation composed, wholly or in a major parts, of the citizens or subjects of a foreign country which meets the enrolled under a appropriate category of the organisation membership or the non-resident organisation membership. Such membership shall cease immediately and automatically under the condition set forth in Rule 3 (a) supra.
Institutional Members: Any club or any other recognized institution or association, established for the objects of sports, marksmanship, conservation of wild life and National/ Civil defence, may be affiliated by the NRAI without voting right on compliance with sure procedures/ requirements as may be prescribed by the Governing Body, from time to time, and on payment of affiliation fee as may be decided by it.
Organizational Member: Any organization of an all India standing may be given the status, as that of a State, or that of a Union Territory, with or without, voting rights as may be decided by the Governing Body from time to time.
State Rifle / Shooting Association: Only one State/ Union Territory Shooting Association from each State/Union Territory shall be admitted as a member of NRAI. A State/Union Territory Rifle/Shooting Association can be called, as such provided; it has a minimum of two District Rifle/Shooting Associations/one Shooting Club respectively.
(f) The present Life and Annual members of NRAI will be grouped into two separate units namely: “Wild Life Association of India” and “Shooters Association of India” respectively and will be given the same status and voting rights as are given to other State Associations.
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EXPLANATION:
(I) Life Members: The Governing Body may induct any person of good status and position or eminence who is interested in the development of Shooting sport and is resident of India and is also interested in the furtherance of the aims and object of the NRAI on payment of such one time fee as may be laid down by the Governing Body from time to time. Such members shall be life members of NRAI and grouped under the category of “Wild Life Association of India”.
(II) Annual Members: The Governing Body may induct any person of good status and position of eminence who is interested in the development of Shooting sport and is resident of India and who is also interested in furtherance of aims and objects of the NRAI as “Annual Member” of NRAI and grouped under the category of “Shooters Association of India”. Such persons shall be admitted to membership on payment of such initial fee and yearly annual subscription as may be laid down by the Governing Body from time to time. The annual subscription fee payable to NRAI by Annual member shall fall due on 1st day of April every year, irrespective of the date of their admission. If a member does not pay within the stipulated time or within the grace period of 30 days, he/ she could pay the same with a late fee of 10%. However his membership shall stand terminated automatically if the fee with the late fee is not paid for two consecutive financial years. The renewal of annual membership shall be at the discretion of the governing body of NRAI.
(III) All the present and future life and annual members of NRAI having valid membership will continue to be grouped into two separate units namely “Wild Life Association of India” and “Shooters Association of India” respectively. These will continue to be part of NRAI and will be given the same status and voting rights as are given to other State Association / Units. That both these units namely “Wild Life Association of India” and “Shooters Association of India” would for all intents and purposes continue to function as constituents of NRAI under complete supervision and control of NRAI. The election for the four representatives for General Body from each category of membership will be conducted by the NRAI in a manner decided by Governing Body of NRAI after giving notice of one month. Voting right to Life and Annual members will restricted only to those members who have completed one year membership in their respective category and are not disqualified by any other Rule.
(IV) Any vacancy in General Body arising out of Life and Annual members during the term of the General Body due to the death, resignation or expulsion of the representative of the said class of membership in the General Body shall be filled by the Governing Body of NRAI but such nominated members shall remain in the General Body for the balance of the term only.
(g) A District Rifle Association can be called as such, provided it has a minimum of two Rifle Clubs affiliated to it.
(h) Rifle Shooting Clubs would be affiliated to District or State Rifle Association and would comprise of any group of not less than ten citizens of the Republic of India who form a club with the intention of learning and promoting the sport of shooting.
Where the State Rifle Associations are not existing the District Rifle Association/Rifle clubs may be affiliated direct to the NRAI with no voting rights.
(j) No person shall be eligible to become, or continue as a member in any category, if he/she and or his/ her spouse is or becomes a dealer of arms and or ammunition. If a member or their spouse starts the business of arms and or ammunition at any stage after becoming member of NRAI, he/she or both, as the case may be, shall cease to be member of NRAI.
However, arms dealers who are existing old members, i.e. who became member before the declaration of barring Arms Dealers becoming member was introduced and effected by NRAI, shall remain members of NRAI, but they will not be entitled to purchase any arms and or ammunition from NRAI. Further, in case a member, who had given a declaration that he / she is not an arms and or ammunition dealer, at the time of submitting the membership application form shall automatically cease to be a member in case he / her spouse becomes an arms and ammunition dealer, at any time after becoming a member of NRAI. The arms and or ammunition dealer may remain or become member, as the case may be, if he/ she or his/ her spouse has stopped the business of arms and or ammunition.
If any declaration given by any member – at the time of becoming a member- is found to be false, such member shall cease to be member with immediate effect.
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AFFILIATION & REPRESENTATION:
An Institution desirous of affiliation with the NRAI, would apply on Appendix ‘A’. Similarly, applications from any other category of member shall be made on the prescribed form and placed by the Secretary General before the Governing Body for consideration.
The provisions of this constitution will be fully binding on its affiliated units and all categories of members.
The Governing body shall have the right to accept or refuse affiliation to any Association or Organization and an application from any category of membership may also be accepted or refused by the Governing Body at its absolute discretion.
The said admitted members, except the individual category of members, on receipt of written communication of admission to membership by NRAI, the newly inducted member shall deposit the notified admission fee and subscription charges, within one month. The affiliated units/association with voting rights shall also submit in the prescribed form (Appendix B) names of its nominated members to represent the said affiliated unit/member to the General Body of NRAI. The said nominated members shall not be replaced by the affiliated units/ Associations, till tenure of General Body. However the replacement may be made in the case of death or resignation of the General Body member.
Every affiliated association/unit shall hold elections of its General Body, as per its constitution. The affiliated association/unit shall give prior twenty-one days written intimation under registered post to the Secretary General of NRAI, of holding such election specifying therein date, time and venue of the election.
Life membership fee: Rs. 21000/-, Membership Card Rs. 75/- plus service Tax @ 10.30 Rs. 2171/- (Total Rs. 23246/-)
Annual membership fee: Admission Fee Rs. 7500/-, Membership Card Rs. 75/- , 5 years advance Membership Fee @ Rs. 500/- per year plus Service Tax @ 10.30% Rs. 1038/-(Total Rs. 11113/-)
Admission fee: Rs. 500/- plus Service Tax @ 10.30% (Total Rs. 552/-) per year
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