Powers to decide on aid for sports lie with Lt Governor: Bedi

Puducherry Lieutenant Governor Kiran Bedi Friday said the powers to decide on grant-in-aid for associations or federations promoting sports and games in the Union Territory lie with the Lieutenant Governor and such powers cannot be delegated.

Talking to newsmen after attending a 'At Home' reception hosted here by the territorial Director General of Police S Sundari Nanda as part of 'Police Raising Day', Bedi said, "It is the responsibility of the Lieutenant Governor to decide on the grants for sports associations."