After nine years in the Meghalaya High Court, the state government notified a CPF scheme for 30,000 teachers in April 2026. By May 9, the same government had issued an opt-out option — making the scheme voluntarily abandonable before a single payment was processed.
The Meghalaya government's new Centralised Provident Fund scheme for approximately 30,000 deficit grant-in-aid school and college staff, notified in April 2026 under Conrad Sangma's NPP-led administration, lasted approximately one news cycle before teachers launched a statewide protest calling it a "fake CPF." Their objections were specific: the government's own contribution was set at 2–4% (against standard NPS rates), withdrawal was capped at 50% rather than the usual 60%, and the scheme covered categories of employees it was never supposed to include. The case these teachers have been pursuing in the Meghalaya High Court has been active since 2017 — meaning the government had nine years of litigation to work out the details before notifying a scheme that united 30,000 people in rejection within days. By May 9, 2026, facing a statewide poster protest, the government quietly allowed all affected staff — serving and retired — to opt out entirely and withdraw their accumulated CPF balances. The Meghalaya High Court case is ongoing. The scheme the government spent nearly a decade arguing about is now, effectively, a choice no one appears to be choosing.