Shillong, August 26: The Meghalaya Cabinet on Tuesday endorsed the recommendations of the 2025 MPSC Reforms Committee, aimed at enhancing transparency, accountability, and efficiency in the state’s recruitment processes.
The Committee has proposed a series of short-term, medium-term, and long-term measures, with the Cabinet approving several immediate initiatives. Short-term measures include the formation of multiple interview boards to expedite recruitment, clear interview protocols, conflict-of-interest safeguards, and mandatory declaration of assets and liabilities by the MPSC Chairman and members.
Other approved steps include publishing an annual MPSC calendar and reports, setting up a grievance redressal cell, maintaining candidate roll numbers throughout recruitment, publicly disclosing interview marks and candidate scores, strict confidentiality of question papers, and releasing answer keys with a defined challenge window. The reforms also emphasise addressing corruption and vigilance cases under the Meghalaya Lokayukta Act, 2014.
Officials said these reforms aim to restore public confidence in the MPSC and strengthen merit-based recruitment. Medium-term and long-term reforms will be implemented in subsequent phases to further modernise the Commission’s functioning.
