Meghalayan age limited

The Meghalayan Age Limited (MAL) is a State Govt. company under the aegis of the Planning Department, which has been incorporated under Section 2 (45) of the Companies Act, 2013.


The company has been named so as to create awareness and benefit from the name accorded to the current geological age that we live in. It is called ‘The Meghalayan Age’, the onset of which about 4,200 years ago was marked by a mega-drought that crushed a number of civilisations worldwide. The evidence for the same was first recorded in the Mawmluh cave located in Sohra (Cherrapunjee) in Meghalaya.


MAL works in collaboration with the Tourism Department, the Planning Department, the PWD, the Soil and Water Conservation Department and other stakeholders on projects related to the holistic development of tourism.


It must be noted that the government is the full owner of MAL and it complies with all the statutory, legal and financial requirements.

MISSION

VALUES

The Mission of the company is to build customer networks and provide support for enhancing the quality and quantity of service systems for meeting changing market demands. Develop the institutional, technical, technological, financial, infrastructural, legal, and human capacity of sub-project proponents in collaboration with various institutions.

The Mission of the company is to build customer networks and provide support for enhancing the quality and quantity of service systems for meeting changing market demands. Develop the institutional, technical, technological, financial, infrastructural, legal, and human capacity of sub-project proponents in collaboration with various institutions. Develop the institutional, technical, technological, financial, infrastructural, legal, and human capacity of sub-project proponents in collaboration with various institutions.

FUNCTIONS OF

MEGHALAYAN AGE LIMITED

  • Channelling funding through external funding agencies
  • Implementing externally aided projects
  • Tourism promotion and branding
  • Conducting festivals
  • Protection of heritage
  • Creation/upgradation of tourism infrastructure

wHY MAL?

MAL, as an agile organization works on new-age activities such as branding and promotion of tourism, conducting festivals/events and archaeological studies. It also runs the physical ‘Meghalayan Age’ store in New Delhi and an online e-store for the same. Further, competitions and events such as Ateliers Meghalaya, and the creation of logos and videos are also being taken up through the MAL.



For instance, the operations of the ‘Meghalayan Age’ store and the sale of food products under the ‘Meghalayan Age’ brand require an FSSAI certification. This certification has been obtained by MAL as it cannot be issued for government departments.



Another example is that of small but regular payments that have to be made to artists and event managers for the Meghalaya Grassroots Music Project (MGMP). These payments are to be made on a weekly basis and would conventionally take a longer period if done through government departments.