Shillong, Oct 17: Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has said the State government is pursuing with the Centre for creation of a separate Indian Administrative Service (IAS) cadre for Meghalaya.

“I have been pursuing the creation of a separate Meghalaya cadre since 2019, and I am hopeful this will soon be achieved”, he said during the annual conference of the Meghalaya Civil Service Officers’ Association (MCSOA) held here today.

When Meghalaya was carved out of Assam in 1972, the states began sharing a joint cadre for All India Services, such as the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS), and Indian Forest Service. The demand for a separate cadre is a long-standing issue for Meghalaya and is seen as a way to improve governance and administrative independence.

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