The Government of Meghalaya had issued a series of notifications to facilitate ease of doing business

Posted On - 22 March, 2025 • By - King Stubb & Kasiva

In order to simplify the business regulations and ease of compliance of labour laws and bring transparency and accountability in the information dissemination and appropriate implementation, the Department of Labour, Skill Development & Employment mandates vide Notification No. LE &SD.39/14/Pt/487 dated February 5, 2025 that all the applications are submitted online with no requirement for submission of a hard copy through the Invest Meghalaya Portal and no applications would be accepted offline for the following services:

  1. License/ Renewal for contractors under provision of The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
  2. Registration of principal employer’s establishment under provision of The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970
  3. Registration of establishments employing building and construction workers under the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996.
  4. Registration of establishments under the Inter State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act, 1979
  5. License/ Renewal for contractors under Inter State Migrant Workmen (RE&CS) Act,1979
  6. Certificate of registration/renewal for a Motor Transport Undertaking under the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961
  7. Registration/Renewal of Shops & Establishments under the Meghalaya Shops & Establishments Act, 2003
  8. Registration/Renewal of Migrant workers under The Meghalaya Identification, Registration (Safety & Security) of Migrant Workers Act, 2020. 

The portal shall also have online dashboard for various services, facility for submission of online applications, payment, tracking and monitoring, downloading the final signed certificate/licenses/document & third-party verification for the purpose of the authenticity of the approval or registration among other facilities.

A single online window system has also been implemented for issuing all registrations/licences pertaining to services under various labour laws vide Notification No.LE&SD.39/14/Pt/488 dated February 5, 2025.