Prior to the beginning of its Assembly session on November 5, the Meghalaya cabinet has approved a proposed legislation that will address the issue and punishing the erring officials.

Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Friday said the legislation – the Meghalaya Rights to Public Services Bill, 2020 will be tabled in the assembly in the coming autumn session. The CM said, “The objective of coming up with the Bill is to ensure that a specific timeline is given for any kind of service that the government is providing to the people like caste certificate, driving license and others. With this Act in place, officials who are in the position to give these services will be legally responsible for punishment if the particular service is not given in a specific period of time”.

Sangma said this will ensure that the overall delivery of service improves at the grass-root level.

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