In an effort to meet the shortage of IAS and IPS officers in the North-eastern States, the Centre has decided to post officers from other services to the region. “Central Service and Central Secretariat Service officers who are willing to work in the North-East may be posted on non-cadre posts in the Secretariat of the States,” said a draft policy finalised by Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT). Besides, the officers of all-India services belonging to the North-East cadre may be allowed to shift to one of the cadres in the regions except their home State, Arunachal Pradesh and Mizoram which are part of the Union Territories cadre. The DoPT has decided to relax the existing guidelines to allow officers from other cadres to work in the North-East on inter-cadre deputation.