Meghalaya Cabinet Approves Amendments to Four Service Rules

SHILLONG: The Meghalaya Cabinet has approved amendments to four service rules.

The four amended service rules are as follows: The Meghalaya Accounts Service Rules, 1996; The Meghalaya Local Fund Audit Service Rules, 1996; the amendment of Rule 5 of the Meghalaya State Electricity Regulatory Commission Rules, 2003; and The Meghalaya Food and Civil Supplies Rules, 2001.

Chief Minister Conrad K. Sangma told reporters, "As you are aware, departmental promotions have been stopped, and that becomes a problem; hence, these amended rules have to be in place."

He added, "These are basic amendments made to incorporate certain OMs. In some cases, wording and nomenclature had to be changed, and in others, changes were necessary to comply with decisions made by the Cabinet. These are routine amendments required in these four service rules."

Meanwhile, the Union Cabinet is set to give approval to the construction of a 160-km high-speed corridor connecting Shillong with Silchar to be set up on a greenfield alignment at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore, making it one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the Northeast. The announcement is likely to be made shortly.

Once completed, the high-speed corridor would reduce the travel time between the two towns to around four hours and will also help ease travel between Assam, Mizoram, Manipur, and Tripura. The four-lane project was conceived in 2017 as part of the central government’s Bharatmala program. It is anticipated that the new route will accelerate the region’s economic growth.

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