Meghalaya
- Investment and Industrial
Policies
Advertisement
Policy
With a view to secure wide publication
publicity and coverage of all concerned sections of the
population, through an integrated arrangement for the issue
of Government advertisements, the Governor of Meghalaya
is pleased to specify, that with immediate effect.
Education
Policy (Draft)
The State of Meghalaya came into
existence on 21st January 1972. However, although a White
Paper was brought out by the Education Department in 1988,
there has been no attempt to frame a clear cut State Policy
on Education. The Constitutional Amendment of 1976 placed
Education in the Concurrent list of the Constitution of India.
This has brought about a sharing of responsibilities between
the Central and the State Governments. More importantly, for
a resource poor State like Meghalaya this has meant a welcome
infusion of funds from the Central Government. The State will
therefore, frame its policy within the broad parameters of
the National Policy on Education 1986(NPE1986) and share the
responsibilities and functions as partners with the Central
Government in the implementation of the objectives of the
NPE 1986.
Information
Technology Policy
The Information Technology (IT)
vision, mission, objectives, plans and strategies of the
Government of Meghalaya as enunciated below has been formulated
keeping in view the desirability for accelerating the State's
economic development and maximizing the people's benefits
through its widespread application in various spheres.
Mining
Policy 2010 (Draft) New
The Meghalaya Mineral Policy has
been drafted with an aim to facilitate systematic, scientific
and planned utilization of mineral resources and to streamline
mineral based development of the State, keeping in view,
protection of environment, health and safety of the people
in and around the mining areas. The Policy will also dwell
in ensuring optimal
utilization of available mineral resources, realisation
of vast mineral potential, generate revenue for socio-economic
development, uplift the economy of the State and enhance
employment opportunities.
Sports
Policy New
The Department of Sports and Youth
Affairs further acknowledges the importance of making every
youth, both urban and rural, to actively participate in
sports, games, physical education and youth activities towards
achieving a good health, a high degree of physical fitness,
increased performance in academics, accelerated individual
productivity and overall development of their personality.
Such activities are also a means of value addition to the
social responsibilities when the potential human resources
are moulded into a positive force. Achieving excellence
in sports, besides broad basing sports and physical education,
and creation of necessary infrastructure is the motto of
the State Sports Policy 2008.
Power
Policy
Meghalaya, "the abode of clouds",
became a full-fledged State on January 21, 1972. It is bounded
on the north and on the east by the state of Assam. On the
south and west is Bangladesh. Meghalaya lies between 20°
l' N and 26° 5'N latitude and 85° 49'E and 92°52'E
longitude.
The total area of the State is 22,429
square Kilometres with a population of 23,18,822 (2001 census).
The population density per square kilometre is 103. They
are predominantly inhabited by the tribal communities namely
the Khasis, the Jaintias and the Garos, who are the descendants
of very ancient people having distinctive traits and ethnic
origins.The principal languages in Meghalaya are Khasi and
Garo with English as the official language of the State.
Khasi and Garo languages and literature have developed mainly
because of the initiative of the Christian Missionaries.
The State has a unicameral legislature.
