India, April 8 -- The Meghalaya cabinet approved a newly proposed scheme on Tuesday to provide free electricity, mobile recharges, and petrol costs to retired chief justices and former judges of the high court of the state, confirmed chief minister Conrad . Sangma.

Under this scheme, retired high court judges will receive an electricity allowance of 1,000 units per month, a mobile allowance of Rs.4,200 per month (plus taxes), and petrol expenses of up to 100 litres per month, according to a news agency PTI report.

This initiative falls under the Retired Judges' Secretarial Assistant and Domestic Help Rules of 2013, as noted by CM Sangma in his media briefing following the Cabinet meeting.

In addition, the cabinet approved amendments to...