SHILLONG, Sep 13: The Cabinet, on Monday, approved the Contingency Fund of Meghalaya (Amendment) Bill 2021 to meet additional and unforeseen expenditure by different departments.
Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has stated that the corpus of the Meghalaya Contingency Fund is to be raised from Rs 305 crore to Rs 505 crore.
The contingency fund is supposed to be held on behalf of the Governor by the Special Secretary/Secretary to the Government of Meghalaya in the Finance department to enable advances to be made by him out of the fund for the purpose of meeting unforeseen expenditure in excess of the sanctioned grant or in respect of a new service not provided for in the budget.
Meanwhile, the Cabinet has also approved the amendment to the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission Rules 2014.The rules will be called the Meghalaya Human Rights Commission Amendment Rules, 2021.
In addition, the Cabinet also approved the amendment to the Tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed by the Department of Telecommunication, GoI, IT & Communications Department, GoM, and BBNL in order to ensure speedy implementation of the BHARATNET Project in Meghalaya.
The panel of names for selection to the post of the President of the Meghalaya State Consumer Dispute Redressal Commission & the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Commissions has also been approved.
The Cabinet has also given the thumbs up to the extension of the services of Major (Dr.) KI Singh as the Zila Sainik Welfare Officer for another three years.
The proposal to repeal the Meghalaya Medical Attendance Rules 1981 and pass the Meghalaya Medical Attendance Rules 2021 to include new provisions and new categories of treatment under the Medical Attendance Rules for medical reimbursements for government employees has also been approved by the Cabinet in order to allow the overall process on medical reimbursement to be more structured.
