Meghalaya govt spent â¹5 crore to pay idle lottery staff
The Meghalaya government had spent over â¹5 crore to pay the employees of its Directorate of State Lotteries (DSL) which has been inactive since 2008. The DSL had virtually stopped functioning after the government stopped all lottery schemes introduced in 2001. The 27 employees remained with the dormant directorate and were paid just to sign their attendance registers till 2016. 