SHILLONG, Sept 26: Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma on Monday said that he would take up with the Centre on the concern over its decision to withdraw special benefits to All India Services (AIS) officers belonging to the North East cadres.

“Yes, I will be taking up the issue with the central government,” Sangma told reporters.

The Centre has recently withdrawn special benefits including additional monetary allowance given to All India Services (AIS) officers belonging to the North East cadres.

AIS officers comprising Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service (IPS) and Indian Forest Service (IFS) belonging to the Assam-Meghalaya joint cadre, Sikkim, Nagaland, Tripura and Manipur cadres were entitled to a special allowance of additional 25% basic pay among other incentives while being posted in Northeast.