Shillong, Aug. 2: The Meghalaya cabinet today approved a policy of providing government jobs to "generous people" who donated land to the government for various development projects and to establish government offices.

The cabinet also approved a proposal of the state personnel department to increase reservation from three to four per cent in connection with the appointment of persons with disabilities in various government departments, as well as two per cent reservation for sportspersons who represent the state and brought laurels by participating in various regional and national events.

Chief minister Mukul Sangma said the policy would ensure that "generous people" who provided land to the government get government jobs in Grades III and IV.

Mukul said there are several instances of land donation by individuals and communities to the government for various purposes and therefore the government needed a policy to ensure that the donors are given jobs in the government.

In case of donation of land by an individual, a member of the donor's family would be provided a job, while in case of donation by a community, the government would ask traditional institutions to select and recommend the names of the people who deserve to be given jobs.

Following the merger of Plan and non-Plan budget, the state cabinet also approved the proposal of the finance department to rationalise the budget by providing separate grants for every department of the government.

The cabinet has also approved a proposed legislation - The Meghalaya Protection of Interest of Depositors (in financial establishments) Bill, 2017 - to protect the interests of depositors in the state.

"Besides banks, we have a number of non-banking financial institutions in the state where people are depositing money," Mukul said.

He said the bill would be introduced in the Assembly session likely to be held next month.