Economic Survey: Himachal Pradesh’s Per Capita Income Increased by 10 Percent to Rs 2,22,227

Mar 16, 2023

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Himachal’s economy has shown signs of recovery after the Corona period. The state’s GDP and per capita income have increased in the last one year.

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu placed the report of the economic survey on the floor of the Vidhan Sabha on Thursday in the budget session of the Vidhan Sabha.

In the Economic Survey, the state’s gross domestic product at constant prices has increased by Rs 8,143 crore to Rs 1,34,576 crore. The state’s GDP on current parts has gone up to Rs 1,95,404 crore.

With this, the per capita income in the state has increased from Rs 2,01,271 to Rs 2,22,227. This is Rs 51,607 more than the national per capita income.

The contribution of agriculture and allied sectors to the state’s GDP has increased to Rs 24,847 crore. This is an increase of 2 percent from last year.

The contribution of the industrial sector is expected to be Rs 79,284 crore. This includes the mining sector as well. The contribution of the industry sector is expected to increase by 7.1 percent.

The tourism sector in Himachal is also showing signs of recovery. One crore 51 lakh tourists have come to Himachal in the year 2022 after the shortage of tourists due to Corona in the last two years, due to which the revenue is expected to increase.

As far as inflation is concerned, the state-level wholesale price inflation has come down from 15.4 percent to 5.0 percent from April to December in the current financial year.

The consumer price index has fluctuated between 3.2 and 7.2 percent. Himachal Pradesh has moderate inflation in the current financial year. That is, the inflation rate has been said to be controlled.

The Economic Survey report states that women in Himachal Pradesh are participating more actively in economic activities than at the all-India level and in neighboring states.

This percentage is around 50.5%. As far as unemployment is concerned, Himachal has recorded the lowest unemployment rate of 4% in comparison to all the neighboring states and all India level.

This rate has been 4.1% at all India level, 7.8% in Uttarakhand, 6.4% in Punjab and 9.0% in Haryana. Now the budget will be presented by the state government on Friday. This will be the first budget of Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.

Both Ends of the Second Major Tunnel of the Bhanupalli-Berry Rail line will Meet in the Year 2024.

Mar 16, 2023

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Both ends of the second major tunnel of the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Berry rail line of strategic importance will be connected in the year 2024. Excavation of 650 meters of this 2,900-meter-long tunnel has been completed in six months.

The tunnel is being excavated from both the ends. This tunnel is being constructed under the second phase of the project.

One end of the second major tunnel of the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Berry rail line is in Jhajjar and the other end is in Mahabali.

Excavation is being done from both the ends of the tunnel. Excavation has been done up to 300 meters from one side and 350 meters from the other side.

Tunnel work started in September. 26 major and minor bridges, and 20 tunnels will be constructed on the Bhanupalli-Bilaspur-Berry railway line.

Work has started on 16 tunnels, out of which both ends of eight tunnels have been found. Tunnel No. 10 is the longest tunnel of the project, which is 3,800 meters.

It is being constructed in Mahla. At the same time, the work of other tunnels is also in full swing. The target to complete this project has been set as March 31, 2025.

The central government is trying to complete this project up to Bilaspur in 2024 itself so that the train can reach here till the Lok Sabha elections.

On the other hand, the officials of Max Infra, the tunnel construction company, said that eight and nine tunnels are being constructed under phase two.

Both ends of the 285-meter-long tunnel number nine have been found. The work of the second major tunnel number eight of the project is going on at a fast pace. This tunnel will be broken through by the year 2024.

Hamirpur Number one in Water life Survey, First Place in Monthly Survey of January 2023

Mar 16, 2023

The state’s most literate district, which has won the first prize in centrally sponsored schemes like Good Governance, Pradhan Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana, and Swachh Bharat Mission at the national level, has also got the first position in the Jal Jeevan Mission survey.

In fact, in the water life survey started at the national level, district Hamirpur has secured the first position in the monthly survey for January-2023.

The Jal Jeevan Survekshan was launched at the national level on October 21, 2022 by the Vice President. Under this survey, the availability of drinking water in all households and public institutions in the rural areas of the districts across the country and all the parameters related to it are assessed every month.

District Hamirpur has almost 100 percent fulfilled the parameter of providing water to every household.

It is said that water has reached one lakh ten thousand houses in the district under this Jal Jeevan Mission. Secondly, NABL-accredited labs have been set up at Hamirpur, Bhota, Bhoranj, and Nadaun in the district to check the purity of water.

Thirdly, in rural areas, VWS (Village Water Sanitation) committees have been formed to create awareness about water and to preserve water sources, which take care of the natural water sources and schemes of the villages.

Apart from this, training has been given to five women in every village to test water samples. Not only this, but they have also been provided with water sample test kits.

Matter of Pride for the District

According to DC Hamirpur Dev Shweta Banik, it is a matter of great pride for the district to get first place in the water life survey.

The Union Ministry of Jal Shakti has released the January-2023 data of this survey and Hamirpur has secured the first position in the category of ‘Best Performing Aspirants’.

He has congratulated the residents of the district and especially the officers and employees of the Jal Shakti Department. He also congratulated the officers and employees of Rural Development, Agriculture, and other related departments.

CM Inaugurated Chauli Bridge on Khadmukh-Holi Road, 10 Panchayats will be Benefited

Mar 15, 2023

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Wednesday virtually inaugurated the newly constructed Valley Bridge at Chauli on Khadmukh-Holi road in Bharmour Assembly Constituency of Chamba district through virtual mode from Shimla.

The bridge here had collapsed on February 3 this year and this 190 feet long new bridge has been constructed in just one and a half months at a cost of about Rs 2.50 crore.

About 15 thousand people of 10 gram panchayats will be benefited by this. Congratulating the Public Works Department for completing this bridge in record time, the Chief Minister said that Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh showed special interest in it and gave his valuable cooperation in completing the bridge construction in time.

Stressing on better road infrastructure in the state, CM Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that the present government is determined to provide the best of road connectivity to the people so that they do not face any inconvenience in their daily activities.

He said that in view of the convenience of the passengers, the Public Works Department has been instructed to give priority to the work of maintenance and expansion of roads.

He said that the National Highways Authority of India has agreed in principle on the Rs.10,000 crore Shimla to Matour and about Rs.12,000 crore Pathankot to Mandi four-lane project. With this, along with convenient travel, people’s time will also be saved.

Covid Attack in Solan: Health Department Orders to Increase Sampling

Mar 15, 2023

Corona has started spreading again in district Solan. After the arrival of 34 cases of corona in the district, the department has issued orders to double the sampling. Now the department will test 80 to 90 samples daily.

Let us tell you that in January, when the entire Himachal along with Solan became corona free, people heaved a sigh of relief that the epidemic finally got over, but now the corona virus has started becoming active again.

Chief Medical Officer Dr. Rajan Uppal said that orders have been given to increase corona sampling in all the five health medical blocks of the district.

The department is alert regarding Corona cases. All people are urged to protect themselves from seasonal viral and wear mask in crowded places.

Fagli festival: Where Obscene Abuses are Tightened by Wearing a Mask

Mar 15, 2023

Himachal Pradesh is world famous for its ancient culture and traditions. One or the other Jatra (fair) and the festival is celebrated in every village of Himachal Pradesh.

Each festival is associated with some or the other ancient legend. Fagli festival is celebrated in some areas of Himachal.

An years-old tradition is followed even today in Kullu district of Himachal Pradesh whose name has been given as Fagli in ancient times.

The Fagli festival is held in the month of February. The celebration of this festival starts from Sankranti and lasts for about a month. It is customary to use obscene abuses in this festival.

In this festival, some special people of the village wear masks on their faces and do obscene abuses and acts.

Women, children, and elders participate in it together, but those who serve obscenity do not even heed on this festive day. Actually, this festival is celebrated according to Dev tradition.

A similar festival was also organized at Gushaini in Banjar district. The fagli festival- mask dance is organized every year from 13 to 15 February in different villages of Tirthan valley.

Demonic forces are driven away from the village by a few selected people by performing mask dance and hurling obscene abuses.

Where and When is it Celebrated?

In Himachal Pradesh, the custom of Faguli can be seen in different villages of Lahaul Spiti, Kullu, Manali, and Kinnaur districts of Himachal Pradesh.

There are various customs and colourful stories focusing on this festival. It seems that based on those beliefs this festival is celebrated differently in all the above-mentioned places.

Why this Festival is Celebrated

According to mythology, the village was terrorized by a demon named Tundi. The demon would eat someone or the other every day. The villagers were very upset s, they went to Manu ji to solve this problem.

Manu ji found a solution to this problem. A girl from the Dhaugari clan of the village was very beautiful, seeing whom anyone would have fallen in love with her.

God Manu told the villagers to propose marriage to that girl in front of the demon and in return put a condition that he would take the girl and leave without causing any harm.

The villagers did the same and the demon was fascinated by the form of the girl and accepted the condition of the villagers.

Seeing the girl’s sacrifice, the God Manu said that henceforth this festival would always be celebrated in her honor and she would be welcomed with special dishes and then she was sent off with pomp.

Since then this festival is celebrated and even today Fagli festival is started from the house of the same girl.

Special Dishes are Made

On this day, people make Aksu, Geeche, Chile (Anklu), Garani, Puri, and other types of dishes and invite guests and feed them. Hospitality is done with a drink called Lugarhi.

You can also enjoy this festival in district Kullu in the month of Magh and Phalgun.

Double Lane Road Ready Till Samdo Border; Another Strong Fort of India on the Border of China

Mar 15, 2023

India has strengthened security on its border with China. BRO 108 RCC (Border Road Organisation) has glazed the Hindustan Tibet Strategic Road from the China Occupied Tibet border to Samdo border.

Along with double-laning of the road from Nako to Chango in Kinnaur at a height of 10,000 feet above sea level, the tiring work has also been completed.

Army vehicles will now be able to reach Samdo border easily in all weather conditions without any hindrance. Along with the Indian Army, advance posts of ITBP are also established in Samdo, who keep an eye on the nefarious activities of China for 24 hours.

The double-laning project on the Chandigarh-Shimla route via the Kinnaur to Samdo border of the Lahaul-Spiti district adjacent to China-occupied Tibet border is fully ready for army vehicles.

Earlier, army vehicles had to travel very slowly from Nako to Chango at a height of 10,000 feet on a kutcha road, but BRO 108 RCC completed the road in a very short time at such a height amidst bitter cold and snow. Along with making it double-lane, tiring work has also been completed on it.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has also encouraged the army soldiers by reaching the Samdo border on Diwali. Samdo border has great importance from a strategic point of view.

A few kilometers from here, the border of China-occupied Tibet begins. MLA Ravi Thakur said that BRO is playing an important role in strengthening the border while working in adverse weather on the Indian borders. -hdm

Big Blow for Central Employees, will not Get the DA of 18 Months that was Stopped at the Time of Corona

Mar 15, 2023

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Giving a big blow to the central employees, the government has said that the 18-month dearness allowance withheld to the central employees and pensioners during the Corona epidemic will not be given to them.

Union Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chowdhary, in a written reply in the Lok Sabha, said that there is no plan to give arrears of three installments of Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) to central employees and pensioners.

Chowdhary said that various central government employees’ and pensioners’ associations had given several applications to the government regarding the release of 18 months’ DA and DR.

The government had banned dearness allowance to central employees and dearness relief to pensioners during the Corona period.

The Union Minister of State for Finance said that the decision to stop the dearness allowance issued on January 1, 2020, July 1, 2020 and January 1, 2021 was taken due to the economic disruption caused by the Corona epidemic, to reduce the financial burden on the government.

The government had saved an amount of Rs 34,402.32 crore through this. The government clarified that at present the budget deficit is twice the provisions of the FRBM Act, so it is not proposed to give DA.

It is clear that crores of government employees have been shocked by this news and their hopes of getting their arrears have been dashed. The employees have been waiting for their outstanding DA amount for a long time and were demanding the government to take an early decision on it.

Fined up to Two Lakh Rupees

Due to this decision of the Center, the central employees have got a penalty of up to two lakh rupees. The DA arrears of Level-1 employees range from Rs 11,880 to Rs 37,554.

Similarly, the DA arrears of Level-13 employees range from Rs 1,23,100 to Rs 2,15,900. Level-14 employees were expected to get Rs 1,44,200 to Rs 2,18,200 as DA arrears.

Water Cess will be Imposed on Power Projects in Himachal

Mar 14, 2023

A bill to levy water cess on the state’s power projects was introduced in the Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly. The government claims that this will not put any burden on the general public.

State’s Deputy Chief Minister and Jal Shakti Minister Mukesh Agnihotri introduced a bill regarding imposition of water cess on power projects in the House on the first day of the budget session of the Vidhansabha.

He said that the water flowing in the rivers and tributaries of the state could generate income.

This tax on electricity generation is imposed in other states as well. There is a lot of debt on the state, but the tax income is less. This step will generate an income of Rs 4,000 crore.

He has signed this bill brought by him at 2.08 in the night. This tax will be imposed on big projects and there will be no burden on the general public.

During the discussion on the bill, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said that this bill has been brought after studying the arrangements of Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

The government will also take steps on other sources of increasing income in the coming times. He said that apart from the chairman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board, NTPC and NHPC have also been discussed about the cess last Monday.

Compromise may also have to be made regarding this cess at many places. If this cess appears to be a burden on any project, then it will be considered. The state is estimated to earn about Rs 4,000 crore from this.

Participants from all over the Country Got Registered for Special Short Online Course in NIT, Hamirpur

Mar 14, 2023

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NIT Hamirpur is conducting a five-day Online Short-Term Course (STC) on Machine Learning and its Applications in Information Security, Computer Vision, and Natural Language Processing from March 13 to 17.

Pro. HM Suryavanshi Director, NIT Hamirpur is the Patron of the STC, while Dr. Naveen Chauhan is the Head of the Department of CSE.

STC Coordinators Dr. Jyoti Srivastava and Dr. Mohit Kumar said that the expert lectures will highlight the latest developments on highly relevant topics such as Machine Learning, Information Security, Computer Vision, NLP, and IoT.

He informed that participants from across the country have registered for the STC.

Experts from reputed institutes and universities across the country have been invited to disseminate their knowledge. The STC was inaugurated by Professor HM Suryavanshi Director, NIT Hamirpur.

During the ceremony, Prof. Zainul Abedin Jafri (Jamia Millia Islamia) were also present. Pro. Suryavanshi emphasized the role of NIT Hamirpur in the dissemination of cutting-edge knowledge.

Pro. Anoop Kumar Dean Faculty Welfare emphasized on the importance and timeliness of STC.

Dr. Naveen Chauhan (Head DOCSE) briefed about the various programs and facilities offered by the Department of CSE related to research in emerging areas of AI, Machine Learning, Information Security etc.

After the opening ceremony, Prof. Jafri delivered an expert talk on Computer Vision Based Health Monitoring and Analysis. Pro. KV Arya (IIITM Gwalior) and Prof. Sudeep Tanwar also shared his expert knowledge.

More Jobs Opportunities will be there with the Announcement of Budget on March 17; Decision on Recruitment Legislation and Most Recruitment in Education Department itself

Mar 14, 2023

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Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s first budget is also bringing thousands of jobs in the state.

The youth are expecting a decision on one lakh government jobs from this budget, on the other hand, according to the Congress pledge, it can also be announced to make recruitment legislation during this period.

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will present his first budget on Tuesday, March 17 in the budget session starting. Employment in this is a major announcement.

The Congress has promised to create five lakh job opportunities before coming to power.
Out of this, one lakh government jobs have been created by the cabinet under the chairmanship of a cabinet sub-committee industry minister Harshvardhan Singh Chauhan.

Although the cabinet sub-committee has not been able to finalize its recommendations, but the Industries Minister has publicly stated that a target of one lakh will be met under the 20000 government employment formula every year.

If this is the case, the Chief Minister will have to give details of the recruitment in the first year of his government in the budget.

By the way, the Chief Minister has said in the paper leak controversy of the Hamirpur Staff Selection Commission that the government wants to make new recruitments after April, so work has been intensified on the new recruitment agency. Now it will be interesting to see how many posts will be announced in this budget.

It is expected that there will be the most recruitment in the Education Department. The Education Minister himself has described 12000 posts as vacant and is going to start with the recruitment of pre-nursery teachers.

Large departments and boards like PWDA Water Power and Electricity Board are short of employees and the government has to decide on the budget itself.

Talking about the previous budget, the then Chief Minister Jairam Thakur announced the filling of 30000 functional posts in the budget. However, he could not meet this goal. The NTT recruitment policy has not been finalized on time.

Due to this, about 4700 posts remained vacant. The former government was able to keep the multi-task worker in the Education Department and the Public Works Department, but they get very little honorarium. The case of recruitment of teachers was also slow.

JBT recruitment remained in court for a long time and most of other recruitments could not be completed due to entangles in the court.

Therefore, everyone is watching the recruitment legislation of the new government. The Congress has promised the youth before the election that it will create a recruitment legislation in which the entire process will be completed in six months till the appointment is advertised. Now it has to be seen what happens about the recruitment legislation in the budget.

A Supplementary Budget will Come on the First Day of the Session

On the first day of the budget session of the assembly, a supplementary budget is being kept by the state government on Tuesday. Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will present a bill in this regard.

Actually, the expenses have been more than the previous budget, under the supplementary budget, you have to pass the assembly. Jairam Thakur presented a budget of 51365 crores last year.

How much cost has been incurred this year, it will be known from the supplementary budget. It will be introduced on Tuesday and passed on Wednesday.

Snowfall in South Portal of Atal Tunnel, Bad Weather Forecast for Five Days

Mar 13, 2023

Snowfall started in the high peaks of Lahaul and Manali. On Monday afternoon, snowfall started in the South Portal of Atal Tunnel.

The administration has instructed the local people and tourists to avoid unnecessary travel in bad weather. Travel only in case of emergency.

A yellow alert has been issued for thunderstorms on March 13, 14, and 17 in Himachal Pradesh. There are also chances of rain and snowfall in many areas of the state.

Changes in the weather have been predicted due to the activation of Western Disturbance. The weather is likely to remain bad in most areas of the state till March 17.

Snowfall and rain have been warned in district Kinnaur till March 15. In view of this, Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur Torul S. Ravish told that people have been instructed not to go to high-altitude areas.

Deputy Commissioner Kinnaur said that even after warnings, many people go to the hilly areas, putting their lives at risk.

According to the forecast of the Meteorological Center, there may be heavy rain and snowfall in the district during this time period. Keeping this in view, all citizens and tourists should not do trekking in high-altitude areas. Also stay in safe places in your homes.

He has urged all Gram Panchayat heads, NGOs, trackers and citizens to spread this message to as many people as possible so that any untoward incident can be avoided.

In the event of any natural disaster or incident, people can inform the District Disaster Management Operation Center on telephone numbers 8580819827, 9459457587, 01786-223155, 51, 52, 53, 54, and toll-free number 1077.

B.Ed Entry not Approved in JBT Recruitment, Trainees will Take Out rally with Guardian

Mar 13, 2023

JBT recruitment counseling will be held home district only

A delegation of JBT / D.El.Ed Trained Unemployed Association, District Mandi met ADM Mandi Ashwani Kumar and handed over a memorandum to the Education Minister regarding their demands.

Meanwhile, District President Sabeer Khan said that the trainees of DLED educational training institutes of Mandi district are continuously protesting against the JBT recruitment started by the Deputy Director Office of Primary District Education.

He said that today, in the representation of the district committee, the students have sent a memorandum to the Education Minister, through which it was demanded that the B.Ed degree holders should not be included in the JBT batch-wise recruitment started by the Deputy Director of Primary District Education.

Go, because the trainees of all the DLED educational training institutes of the state are protesting against this by boycotting the classes.

He said that above all this matter is still under consideration in the Supreme Court and the result of which can come anytime.

He said that the trainees of JBT / D.El.Ed demand through a memorandum that till the final decision of the Supreme Court, the education department should not include B.Ed degree holders in JBT batch-wise recruitment and recruitment based on old R&P rules.

He said that a peaceful protest rally will be taken out tomorrow from Seri Manch to the office of the District Deputy Director (Primary Education Department) to protest against JBT batch vice recruitment and will hand over the memorandum to Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu through District Deputy Director of Primary Education.

He also appealed to the parents of JBT candidates to participate in this rally for the sake of the future of their children.

Recruitment of the Class 3 Group will be Done Through Public Service Commission

Mar 13, 2023

Recruitment Class 3 Group will be Done Through Public Service Commission

Finally, the Public Service Commission has agreed to take Class III or Group C recruitments after the dissolution of the Hamirpur Staff Selection Commission. It has been agreed upon in the internal meeting of the Public Service Commission.

However, the commission will seek additional staff and resources from the state government in this regard. The reply to the reference received from the state government will be sent back this week itself.

After this, the state government will have to bring Group C recruitments under its purview by amending the regulation of the Public Service Commission in the cabinet, but the biggest problem is that the Public Service Commission will not take records of such recruitments, which are on the radar of vigilance investigation.

It may be noted that till now the paper leak cases of JOA Post Code 965, JOA Post Code 939, JOA Post Code 817 and Drawing Master Post Code 980 are under investigation.

Out of these, except for postcode 817, four FIRs have been registered in all the other cases.

About 73 candidates are also being questioned regarding postcode 817. In this case, also the Vigilance Bureau can register a new case.

Apart from this, in its status report of the Vigilance Bureau, the possibility of a paper leak has been raised in total of 18 recruitment examinations.

This status report forms part of the records of the State Government and has also been added to the reference made to the Public Service Commission.

This means that the Public Service Commission will not be able to take a decision on declaring the result of taking the process forward regarding all these recruitments.

Although the Public Service Commission is ready to make new recruitment regarding these postcodes.

In the whole matter, the government is now waiting for written consent from the Public Service Commission.

It is noteworthy that the Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu government of the state had suspended the Hamirpur Staff Selection Commission on December 26, 2022, after the paper leak case came to the fore.

It has since been disbanded on February 21, 2023, after layers of paper leaks were revealed. Now the staff posted there is in the circular school of the state government and an OSD has been posted to take and deliver the records.

Journalist-Turned-Politician, Now Deputy Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, Know who Mukesh Agnihotri is

Mar 13, 2023

Congress leader Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has been sworn in as the 15th Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh. Mukesh Agnihotri has taken oath as Deputy CM along with him.

Mukesh Agnihotri is counted among the veteran leaders of Congress. Earlier, he had hoisted his flag in journalism. Let’s know about his political journey.

Mukesh Agnihotri, who came to politics from journalism, is the first Deputy Chief Minister in Himachal politics. Mukesh is handling the political legacy of his father Omkar Nath.

His father has also contested the assembly elections on a Congress ticket. After his defeat, Mukesh was fielded by Congress from Santoshgarh constituency.

Mukesh Agnihotri, a resident of Gondpur Jaichand in Una district, entered politics directly from the legislature.

Mukesh was born on 9 October 1962 in Sangrur, Punjab, to Omkar Chand Sharma, a DPRO. His early education took place in Una district only.

His elder brother is Dr. Rakesh Agnihotri, a physician. He has three sisters. His daughter Aastha Agnihotri, who has studied abroad, is doing PhD.

Wife Simmi Agnihotri is a professor. Agnihotri’s in-laws are in Mandi city. Mukesh took an MSc degree in Mathematics.

Then later did Post Graduate Diploma in Public Relations and became a journalist. Mukesh Agnihotri has served as a journalist in Shimla and Delhi for nearly two decades before joining politics.

While doing journalism in Delhi itself, Mukesh’s closeness with the top Congress leadership increased. Later he was one of the close associates of former CM Virbhadra Singh. From here he stepped into politics from journalism.

In the year 1993, Mukesh’s father Pandit Omkar Chand Sharma was made the vice-chairman of the State Agro Packaging Department when Virbhadra Singh became the CM.

Mukesh’s father Omkar Sharma was fielded by the Congress in the 1998 assembly elections from Santoshgarh constituency, but he had to face defeat from the BJP candidate Pandit Jaikishan Sharma.

Congress made Mukesh a candidate in the 2003 state elections. Mukesh won the election for the first time.

In 2007 contested from Santoshgarh constituency and won. Due to delimitation in the year 2012, Santoshgarh went to the Una Vis area.

For the third time, Mukesh contested from Haroli constituency and won. In the year 2017, he registered for his fourth consecutive term, but the government was formed by the BJP.

BJP’s Attack vs 100 Days of Work, Himachal Pradesh Budget Session Likely to Be Stormy

Mar 13, 2023

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The budget session of the Himachal Vidhansabha is starting on Tuesday, March 14, for which Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania will also hold an all-party meeting on Monday.

This is the second session of the Congress government formed three months ago, while this will be the first budget for Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu.

On the pretext of this session, the government has a chance to bring on record the works done within 100 days.

Also, keeping in view the promises Congress has made for the next five years and the direction to keep them will also be decided from the first budget itself.

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu has fully launched the Sukh Aashray Scheme for orphans and destitute people and the state government has also taken a decision in the cabinet regarding old pension.

Though pension rules and SOP are yet to be notified in this regard, promises like Rs 1500 to every woman, 100000 government jobs, and 300 units of free electricity are yet to be fulfilled.

In these three months, the Congress government has decided to close the government offices opened by the previous Jairam government from April to November. Just before the budget session, 19-degree colleges were denotified.

The process of closing about 300 schools has started. BJP is already protesting against this in all the districts. Now in the next phase, this protest will be expressed within the assembly.

During the budget session itself, there can be a deadlock between the two sides on this issue. Because of this, the BJP can also take a decision to surround the assembly during the session itself.

Budget Session Schedule Released

The budget session of the assembly will run from March 14 to April 6 and 18 meetings have been proposed in it.

As per the pre-decided schedule, on the first day, there will be a condolence proposal on the demise of former Karsog MLA Mansaram.

Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu will present the budget on March 17 and there will be a holiday on March 18 and 19. The budget will be discussed from March 20 to March 23 and the demands for grants will be discussed on March 27.

The budget will be passed on March 29. So far, about 800 questions have come for the budget session. Some bills from the government side will also be passed in this budget session.

MLA will Make a Strategy Today

The ruling Congress and the opposition BJP will hold their Legislature Party meetings on Monday evening itself and a strategy will be chalked out for the budget session.

The opposition party BJP is also angry with the statements of Assembly Speaker Kuldeep Singh Pathania.

Pathania’s statement was hit back by former Assembly Speaker and BJP MLA Vipin Singh Parmar and Parmar was warned by Pathania.

Now it has to be seen what the meeting of both the legislative parties on Monday decides.

Just Before the Budget Session, the Government Denotified 19 New Degree Colleges, 4 Institutes of Kangra

Mar 10, 2023

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Following the cabinet decision, Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu’s government has denotified 19 degree colleges opened in the last months of the BJP government.

A notification in this regard was issued by the Education Secretary on Friday. A total of 23 degree colleges were opened after April 2022 in the Jairam government.

According to the notification issued by Education Secretary Abhishek Jain, 19-degree colleges have been denotified.

These include Degree College Swarghat and Balhsina in Bilaspur District, Degree College Mashrund in Chamba District, Degree College Galod and Lamblu in Hamirpur District, Degree College Baranda, Kotla, Ridkmar and Chadhiar in Kangra District, Degree College Pangana, Pandoh and Baga Chanaugi in Mandi District.

Apart from this, Degree College Jalog and Sanskrit College Singla have been denotified in Shimla district.

Degree College Staun in the Sirmour district is now closed. Degree colleges Mamlig, Chandi and Baruna have been closed in Solan district. Whereas the Sanskrit college opened in Jagatsukh of Kullu has also been denotified.

Altogether, 17 degree colleges and 2 Sanskrit colleges have been denotified as per the new orders.

Of the newly opened colleges, 5 had 0 admissions. This means that only 4 of the colleges opened in the Jairam government have survived.

These include Nohradhar in Sirmour district, Kupvi in Shimla district, Banikhet Degree College in Chamba district and Chhatri Degree College in Siraj of former Chief Minister Jairam Thakur.

Assistant professors from denotified colleges will be transferred in a day or two. The teachers who were posted on deputation are being transferred back to the old college. The cabinet had taken a decision in this regard only last week.

Cement Company Accepted the Cemands of Truck Operators, Agreed on Many Issues

Mar 10, 2023

Cement company accepted demands of truck operators

Many demands of truck operators have been accepted by UltraTech Company. This will benefit the operators.

An administrative meeting was organized with the operators at Bilaspur Deputy Commissioner Office Bachat Bhawan, in which many officials including Deputy Commissioner Bilaspur Abid Hussain Sadiq participated. During this the problems of the operators were discussed.

The parking of operators, GPS and other issues were agreed upon by the company. On the other hand, Daulat Singh Thakur, General Secretary of Kharsi Transport Cooperative Society, said that the company has accepted many demands, which will benefit the truck operators.

He said that the company has been requested not to reduce the freight charges, otherwise the operators will have to bear the loss.

Fourlane update: Shimla-Mataur, Pathankot-Mandi NH will be Fourlane, in-Principle Consent Received for 22 Thousand Crores

Mar 10, 2023

Fourlane Update: Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu, while presiding over the review meeting of the National Highways Authority of India on Thursday, during his recent visit to Delhi discussed various issues raised with the Union Road Transport Minister regarding the development of road infrastructure in the state.

Delhi Authority member Manoj Kumar was specially present in this meeting. The Chief Minister said that strengthening road connectivity in the state is the topmost priority of the state government.

The National Highways Authority of India should speed up the four-lane road projects being implemented in the state. The state government has simplified and time-bound all other processes including forest clearances.

The state government will provide all possible help to the authority in the development of roads.

He said that the authority has agreed in principle to prepare a four-lane road from Shimla to Matour worth about Rs 10,000 crore and from Pathankot to Mandi worth about Rs 12,000 crore.

Along with this, the National Highways Authority of India will prepare a concept paper to prevent landslides and falling of stones etc. due to the cutting of mountains during the expansion of roads in the state.

He said that about 300 crore rupees will be spent through NHI on the project to stop the falling of stones and debris etc. on these roads during rains.

Due to better road connectivity, the inflow of tourists will increase here and better facilities will also be available to them.

The Chief Minister said that the State Government has decided to develop Kangra as a tourism capital and from this point of view also the Pathankot-Mandi and Shimla-Mataur four-lane road projects are important.

He said that the detailed project reports of various packages of the Pathankot-Mandi four-lane road project should be prepared soon, except for the 19 kilometer stretch near Mandi town.

Public Works Minister Vikramaditya Singh, Chief Parliamentary Secretary Sanjay Awasthi, Principal Secretary to Chief Minister Bharat Kheda, Principal Secretaries RD Nazim and Onkar Chand Sharma, NHAI Regional Officer Abdul Basit and other senior officers were present in the meeting.

Make DPR of Hamirpur bypass soon

The Chief Minister directed that the DPR of Hamirpur bypass should be prepared soon. The CM said that the state government is also promoting the operation of electric vehicles.

In such a situation, the authority should also make provision for charging stations at a proper distance for electric vehicles in these four-lane road projects.

The process to provide compensation for the land acquired for these projects has been expedited and necessary instructions have been issued to the concerned Deputy Commissioners in this regard.

Bus port will be built with the help of NHAI

Preparation of business model of bus port in collaboration with NHAI and necessary cooperation from NHAI in the development of rope-way projects in the state, especially Himani Chamunda and Bijli Mahadev rope-way, was also discussed in detail in the meeting.

Apart from this, matters related to increasing the speed limit of vehicles in plain areas of four-lane roads, providing way-side facilities along these roads and allocation of revenue were also discussed.

Ranital-Bilaspur Rail Line will be Surveyed, the Report Sought from District Administration on 100-kilometer Rail Line

Mar 10, 2023

The survey has been ordered for laying the rail line from Ranital to Bilaspur. Chief Operation Manager Survey Northern Railway has sought an immediate report from the district administration.

This survey is to be done for laying a 100-kilometer rail line from Ranital to Bilaspur. The district administration has called for reports from the lower officers coming in its area.

This rail line will have 12 stations within a radius of 100 km, including Ranital, Balugaloa, Jwalaji, Nadaun, Jatiala, Harkhalsa, Hamirpur, Bhota Jari, Babheli, Panol, and Bilaspur stations.

Railways have to give this report on a priority basis. In this survey report, it has to be disclosed how many historical places are there within this 100-kilometer radius and how many cities come within this route.

How much population is there in this area and how much traffic is there. How many people travel on this route daily and the number of potential passengers will also have to be told.

It will determine the amount of agricultural produce and farming land. According to the information received, the district administration is engaged in this work.

People say that the rail line from Ranital to Bilaspur will not only benefit the citizens of Himachal, but also the devotees of the mother who come here.

It is notable that devotees coming to Kangra Devi and Maa Jwalaji Shaktipeeths reach here from northern India.

Now that Ranital station is connected to the big rail line, then it will prove to be a boon for the devotees coming from Delhi and other states because after the formation of the four-lane, the distance from Ranital to Kangra will be reduced to just 12 kilometers and people will be able to reach Jwalaji. The devotees have to travel 15 kilometers from Ranital Railway Station.

Pathankot to Jogindernagar rail line has been lobbying in the past for broad gauge. If the Ranital-Bilaspur rail line is connected to the broad gauge, not only will the devotees get its benefit, but businesses will also get a boost.

The survey of towns, villages, and historical places falling within this 100-kilometer radius has started. It is understood that the Railway Authority is serious about this issue and has called for an immediate report.

If work is done on the blueprint prepared by the Railway Department, then the fate of Himachal will change, the number of passengers will increase and business will increase.

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