Overview
- The Cabinet’s decision confirms the service status of bonded nurses and paramedics recruited between 2008 and 2012 and closes a long-pending employment dispute.
- Recruitment will not be conducted for these posts since the earlier appointments are now officially recognized.
- The government cleared the Meghalaya Pharmacist Service Rules to establish a formal framework for pharmacists in the state.
- New Meghalaya Mental Health Care Rules will govern mental health institutions and rehabilitation activities that previously lacked a structured policy.
- Lease renewal powers for most government lease lands were delegated to Deputy Commissioners to speed processing, and judicial service rules were amended with judiciary-recommended changes including Khasi or Garo language requirements.