Deputy Chief Minister in-charge District Council Affairs, Prestone Tynsong, on Wednesday said the matter relating to the proposed revenue enhancement to the three Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) is under examination.

Hub News got in touch with Rakesh A Sangma, the chairman of the High Powered Committee (HPC) of the Garo Hills Autonomous District Council (GHADC) and representative of the Council in the meeting, to learn more about the meeting as well demand(s) specific to the GHADC.

A delegation of the 10 Autonomous District Councils (ADCs) from the North East region will be meeting the Union Home Minister Amit Shah in New Delhi on Tuesday for seeking his intervention into the need for the Centre to speed up clearing the proposed amendment of the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution of India during the Parliament session.

Shillong, Mar 7: Deputy Chief Minister incharge District Council Affairs Prestone Tynsong on Wednesday informed that a committee has been constituted to study and...

Speaking to reporters, Tynsong said that recently the Governor had constituted the delimitation committees of the two ADCs – Khasi Hills Autonomous District Council and Jaintia Hills Autonomous District Council.

“We have already sent our proposals to the State government for final sanction and clearance,” KHADC chief Pyniaid Sing Syiem told reporters on Thursday.

The Chief Minister, alongside Speaker of the Meghalaya Legislative Assembly Thomas A. Sangma and State Cabinet Ministers, called on PM Modi in New Delhi on Tuesday and submitted a memorandum to the latter, seeking his intervention on matters such as ILP, externally funded projects, inclusion of inclusion of Khasi and Garo Language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution and Assam – Meghalaya border dispute, among others