Former Uttar Pradesh cadre bureaucrat Devesh Chaturvedi (IAS:1989:UP) has been named as Chairman of the National Sports Board (NSB). Besides, former Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) CEO P K Garg has been appointed as the other member of the board.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) approved the two appointments and the duo would have a three-year term.
Chaturvedi, an IIT Kanpur graduate, served as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture and Farmer Welfare, from August 2024 to February this year.
The board is an all-powerful body with overriding powers to grant or suspend recognition of all National Sports Federations (NSFs) and even “collaborate” with the international bodies.
A sports organisation needs to be recognised by the NSB to be eligible for grants or any other financial assistance from the Union Government.
The NSB, empowered by the National Sports Governance Act, is supposed to de-recognise a national body that fails to hold elections for its Executive Committee or commits “gross irregularities in the election procedures.”
Further, failure to publish annual audited accounts or “misused, misapplied, or misappropriated public funds” would also invite suspension from the NSB, though in consultation with the concerned global body.
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