In the first budget after the election, the Congress government in Himachal Pradesh led by Chief Minister Sukhvinder Sukhu on Friday presented a budget of Rs 53,413 crore for 2023-24 with the focus on tapping renewable energy, strengthening state's mainstay agriculture and horticulture sectors, women's empowerment and, with a promise to create 90,000 jobs.
In the populist but deficit budget, Thakur, who holds the finance portfolio, announced no new taxes. "This is the first-...
Eyeing to develop as 'green state', Himachal budget focuses on rural economy, job creation
Himachal Pradesh has an estimated per capita income of Rs 201,271 for financial year 2021-22 (first revised) compared to Rs 150,007 at the national level, an income gap of Rs 51,264, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu said on Thursday, with the economic growth expected to be 6.4 per cent, shrinking by 1.2 per cent this fiscal.
Himachal is progressive due to steady efforts of the hardworking people and by the implementation of progressive policies, he informed the assembly, citing the st...
Himachal Pradesh likely to post 6.4 pc growth, shrink by 1.2%
Defying Covid-19 protocols amidst the scare of the new Omicron variant, crowds of holidaymakers have descended onto Himachal Pradesh's popular tourist resorts Shimla, Narkanda, Dharamsala, Kalpa, Manali, Dalhousie and elsewhere, the highest-ever arrival of tourists in the history, to ring in the New Year with carnivals and musicals amidst a snowy landscape.
After a day of snowfall in Manali, Kalpa and other destinations on higher reaches, turning them more picturesque, the Met Of...
Highest-ever arrival of tourists in Himachal to ring in New Year
