The Meghalaya Cabinet has approved additional leave of up to six months for government servants undergoing organ transplantation, adding to the existing leave provisions.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma stated, “The cabinet has decided that government servants undergoing transplantation of human organs will be given additional leave of up to six months for that particular operation or transplantation to take place. This is over and above the other provisions for leave.”
In another decision, the Cabinet approved amendments to the Meghalaya Building and Other Construction Workers’ (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2008. These amendments aim to provide enhanced benefits to registered laborers, covering medical assistance, education for children, welfare pensions, disability pensions, and family pensions.
The Cabinet also approved an amendment to the Meghalaya Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006, aligning it with the 15th Finance Commission’s recommendations. The amendment sets the state’s borrowing ceiling at 3.5 percent of the Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) for the financial year 2024–25.
“We have passed the amendment to the Meghalaya Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2006, to allow the state government, as per the Government of India’s provisions, to increase the fiscal deficit limit from 3 percent to 3.5 percent of GSDP. This adjustment, done annually, ensures that the state complies with the permissions granted by the Government of India,” the Chief Minister explained.