# Meghalaya sets 30-day limit for electrical drawing approvals 2026-10-09T00:48:01+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 1 independent outlet The Meghalaya government has given the Electrical Inspectorate a 30-working-day deadline to approve or reject electrical drawing applications under the Right to Public Services Act, 2020. The Personnel and Administrative Reforms (B) Department notified the new service on 29 September, adding it as Serial No. 236 to the notified list. Deputy Electrical Inspectors in Shillong and Tura will handle applications for their respective regions, and the Senior Electrical Inspector has been named the appellate authority. The service has also been added to Meghalaya’s online Right to Public Services platform for application submission and tracking. The change brings a defined time frame and an appeal route to what was previously a service without a prescribed delivery period. The state's investment single-window dashboard separately lists a 10-day target for the same approval, indicating the two systems may run as separate tracks. ## Indian Opinion Analysis The new 30-day deadline replaces an open-ended process for electrical drawing approvals in Meghalaya, a change that directly affects businesses, homeowners and contractors who previously faced uncertain wait times. The notification places the service under the Right to Public Services Act, 2020, creating a statutory obligation for the Electrical Inspectorate to act within the prescribed period, with appeal to the Senior Electrical Inspector if it fails. A separate single-window investment clearance system still shows a 10-day target for the same approval, suggesting two parallel tracks may operate. The practical impact depends on whether the new deadline reduces actual clearance times or merely formalises existing delays. ## Coverage - theshillongtimes.com Leads with the statutory change, names the notification date and serial number, adds context on parallel systems This brief was synthesised by AI from the source linked above. Tags: Electrical Inspectorate, Meghalaya, Right to Public Services Act 2020, Shillong Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/meghalaya-sets-30-day-limit-for-electrical-drawing-approvals/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/meghalaya-sets-30-day-limit-for-electrical-drawing-approvals/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the report linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/