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The Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) connected Friday (January 1, 2026) restored the delegation of powers to the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh for appraisal and support of projects costing up to ₹100 crore nether the delegation of fiscal powers rules (DFPRS).
In an authoritative bid of MHA, the Ministry said it has approved “the delegation of powers for appraisal and support of projects up to ₹100 crore nether DFPRs, 2024, to the Administrators, LGs” of Union Territories without legislatures, including Ladakh.
"I americium directed to notation to convey the support of the competent authorization for the delegation of powers for appraisal and support of projects up to ₹100 crore nether DFPRs, 2024, to the administrators and LGs of the Union Territories of Ladakh, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu and Lakshadweep, (subject to the definite condition)" Under Secretary to the Government of India, MHA, Lendup Sherpa said successful an order.
The bid comes a period aft the MHA had withdrawn the existing delegated powers of the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh to o.k. schemes and projects up to ₹100 crore, arsenic good arsenic the powers of Administrative Secretaries to o.k. projects up to ₹20 crore.
As per the caller order, the powers volition beryllium exercised by the Lieutenant Governor “in consultation with Secretary (Finance), Financial Advisor equivalent of the respective Union Territory,” and taxable to the availability of capable budgetary provisions.
The Ministry besides clarified that “the delegated powers shall not beryllium further re-delegated.” It further said details of each proposals approved nether the delegated powers volition person to beryllium furnished to the Department of Expenditure done the MHA connected a quarterly basis.
The Ministry added that the powers of the Lieutenant Governor to authorisation expenditure connected schemes, from in-principle support to last approval, would proceed nether regularisation 16 of DFPRs, 2024, but “only aft appraisal and support of schemes by the acrophobic authorities” successful accordance with existing Finance Ministry guidelines.
The bid stated that the delegation of powers has been issued “in supersession of earlier order” dated September 19, 2025, and has been approved by the Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance.
