India, Dec. 18 -- India has once again topped the global doping charts, as per data analysed by the World Anti Doping Agency - underlining gaps in the country's anti-doping efforts.

Testing remains a concern. Though the National Anti Doping Agency's numbers show an impressive rise in testing numbers and a plateauing of positivity rates over the past few years, there is room for even more testing. France, which recorded the second highest number of adverse analytical findings, tested 11,744 samples against India's 7,113.

The bigger problem, however, is that performance has become a high-stakes matter for sportspeople in India. A few years ago, lack of awareness would have explained the use of banned substances, but now enough information...