JAN 2022

  HIMACHAL PRADESH   5 crop varieties developed by farm university experts notified Five new crop varieties developed by scientists of CSK HP Agricultural University have been notified in the Gazette of India. Vice-Chancellor HK Chaudhary, while addressing mediapersons here today, said that the varieties notified were Him Palam Maize Composite-1, Him Palam Gobhi Sarson-1, … Read more

HIMACHAL PRADESH   One district, one product scheme in Himachal Pradesh makes little headway   The much-touted One District One Product (ODOP) scheme launched by the state government to encourage setting up of processing units for local agrarian produce has failed to make much headway. Each district is to identify a food product, with special … Read more

  HIMACHAL PRADESH    6.35 lakh persons benefiting under Social Security Scheme in HP   Himachal Government is providing social security pension to 6.35 lakh persons in the state. About 4,15, 993 senior citizens, 125343 widows, single women and destitute women, 1482 leprosy patients and about 150 transgender are being covered under the social security … Read more

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Himachal CM inaugurates Dharamshala Skyway to connect with Mcleodganj   Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur inaugurated Dharamshala Skyway, a ropeway from Dharamshala to Mcleodganj in Kangra district. This 1.8 kms long ropeway has been constructed by spending an amount of Rs. 207 crore and has connected Dharamshala town with Mcleodganj. While … Read more

HIMACHAL PRADESH   HP CM inaugurates 9th women n’tl ice hockey championshi Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday inaugurated the 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship-2022 at Ice Skating Rink, Kaza in LahaulSpiti district and said that ice hockey is one of the most popular winter sports of the world.   Thakur further … Read more

HIMACHAL PRADESH   Rs 12,638 cr proposed for development of Himachal Pradesh: Jai Ram Thakur   Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur today said that an outlay of Rs 12,638 crore had been proposed under the development budget for the financial year 2022-23. “It is due to effective financial management and resource allocation that the government … Read more

  HIMACHAL PRADESH   Rural marts to boost sale of goods made by women groups   Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister Virender Kanwar today said rural marts were being set up along highways to provide marketing avenues for products being made by local women self-help groups (SHGs) and village artisans. Kanwar said a beginning … Read more

  HIMACHAL PRADESH   FDI in Himachal Pradesh rose to $7.6 m till June 2021   Notwithstanding the hardships faced by the industry in the Covid-induced lockdown, the Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in the state registered a significant increase in the quarter ending June 2021. An FDI to the tune of 7.6 million US dollars … Read more

  HIMACHAL PRADESH     HP CM inaugurates 9th women n’tl ice hockey championshi   Himachal Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur on Sunday inaugurated the 9th Women National Ice Hockey Championship-2022 at Ice Skating Rink, Kaza in LahaulSpiti district and said that ice hockey is one of the most popular winter sports of the world. … Read more

HIMACHAL PRADESH   SJVN to enter power trading business   The Sutlej Jal Vidyut Nigam will enter power trading business as the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has granted the trading licence to SJVN Limited for inter-state trading of electricity. The SJVN meets the requirements of the Act and the Trading Licence Regulations for inter-state … Read more