12. (1) The administration of the Council shall vest in the Executive Committee which shall deal with any matter within the competence of the Council. (2) In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing provision, the functions of the Executive Committee shall be-(a) to regulate the expenditure of the Council;(b) to appoint, with prior approval of the Government, officers and other employees of the Council on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed;(c) to establish coaching centres and encourage proper training of coaches, referees and sportsmen at all levels of sports;(d) to allocate funds, grants and subsidies to the national sports organisations and other sports organisations and to call for their audited accounts to probe into;(e) to approve the appointment of officials to accompany any sports team going abroad;(f) to recognise national sports organisations and to issue such directives as may be deemed necessary in the interest of promotion of sports;(g) to consider and approve the affiliation of a national sports organisation to international sports association, federations and the like; and(h) to execute all decisions of the Council.