Shillong, Jan 19: Meghalaya government on Wednesday approved the proposal to relax the upper age limit for entry into government services by five years. However, few departments such as Police and those requiring more physical work have been exempted from the purview of Wednesday’s decision.
Announcing the decision after a cabinet meeting, Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma said, “(We) have decided to have age relaxation for entry into government services.”
“The age relaxation has been increased from 27 to 32 years and for Scheduled Tribe (ST) another five years will be added and that is 37,” he said.
He, however, maintained that job recruitment by the Home (Police), Forest Guards, Home Guards and Civil Defence and certain posts in the prisons department have been exempted from Wednesday’s decision. “The point for uniform posts that are there which require a slightly more physical work will have same age limit as before and there will be no change in that,” he said.
Village Health Councils
The state cabinet on Wednesday also approved the policy for Village Health Councils (VHC) of Meghalaya. Sangma informed that this is being done with the objective of focusing on the health sector at the village level.
He said that the VHCs will be created along with coordination and cooperation of the Headmen, Rangbah Shnongs and Nokmas. “The VHCs will focus mainly on important health issues that are there in the village level,” he said.
