Shri Kuldeep Kumar, Industries Minister who also holds the portfolio of Cooperation presided over the closing function of Cooperative Week held at the Regional Institute of Cooperative Management at Chandigarh today. Speaking on occasion, the Minister said that the Cooperative movement could bring change in Indian economy especially in rural areas, therefore, there was a [...]

Rs. 389.51 crore had been earmarked for speedy development of the tribal areas of the State during current financial year. This was revealed by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister while presiding over the 37th State Tribal Advisory Council Meeting here today. He said that the State Government had earmarked 9 percent of its Annual Budget [...]

A meeting of Information Nodal Officers of all the departments was held here today. Shri Dinesh Malhotra, Director, Information and Public Relations presided over the meeting. Shri Malhotra stressed upon timely flow up of information for press releases, features and success stories so that news reaches to the public well in time. He requested the [...]

Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister today dedicated the Tribal Community Hall at Dhalli, Shimla to the people of the State. The Tribal Community Hall had been completed at a cost of Rs. 1.20 crore and consisted of two big halls, ten suites and two dormitories. Chief Minister appreciated the endeavour of the Tribal Development Department [...]

Bruno Lafunt, Global Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge accompanied by Guillaume Rox, Group Executive Vice President, Co-President Cement Division, Uday Khanna, Chief Executive Officer India, Neeraj Abhoury, Vice President, Corporate Affairs and J.L. Sud, Geo-Mining Liaison Consultant and the Senior Executives of the Group called on Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister here today to express [...]

Shri C.R.B. Lalit, Managing Director, HPMC said at New Delhi today that popular Himachal fruit wines like Apple wine, Plum wine and Pear wine will be star attractions for foreign tourists in new year eve parties in Goa this year. Shri C.R. B. Lalit said that a Memorandum of Understanding had been reached between State [...]

Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, today launched the online payment facility, to begin with, for 37,000 consumers of Ridge, Sanjauli, Boileauganj, Chhota Shimla and Idgah City Electrical Sub Divisions, of Shimla town by clicking the mouse of the computer. He registered himself on the website address http://www.hpseb.com/mybill/ and paid his electricity bill by opening his [...]

The State Government would be exploring the possibilities of finding modes of procuring loan from various banks and financial institutions to the young and enterprising entrepreneurs to enable them undertake execution of the hydel power projects in the progress of the State. This was revealed by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister while addressing an impressive [...]

Shri Ajay Thakur, General Manager, Himachal Pradesh Tourism Development Corporation disclosed at New Delhi today that five lakh people visited in Himachal Pavilion in 26th India International Trade Fair at Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. He said that printed material based on tourism and other informative literature were distributed to the visitors during the trade fair. [...]

According to Press note issued by Information and Public relations department of HP government, Himachal CM said that family adopting permanent family planning modes after the birth of one girl child would be rewarded Rs. 25,000.

Rohru, Shimla: HP Chief Minister said that the State had initiated effective steps to check female foeticide and the endeavours were visible since the male-female sex ratio was coming at par. He said that sex determination had been banned in the State and no clinic permitted to conduct such tests. He said that any person [...]

Rohru: HP Chief Minister said that women were the most significant part of the society and were instrumental in maintaining the social status besides contributing towards the farming sector. He said that his Government had dedicated the current financial budget to the women of the State, as a number of new schemes were started for [...]

The Gaiety Theatre on the Mall was being restored and renovated to emerge the best theatre in the midst of capital town to promote cultural activities in the State. This was revealed by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister while addressing the audience of the One Act Play ‘DANSH’ staged by Language, Art and Culture Department [...]

The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet in its meeting held here today decided to provide three percent reservation to ‘Self Help Groups of Women Entrepreneurs’ in allotments of shops and stalls in the municipalities areas of the State, including Municipal Corporation, Shimla, by amending the Leasing out of the Stalls/Shops Constructed by the Municipalities in Himachal Pradesh [...]

The State Government has regularized 70,000 daily wagers and work charged completing minimum prescribed tenure of service during last three years and process to regularize thousands of others was in progress. This was revealed by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, while addressing the State Level Meeting of the Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), held [...]

The State was planning to give facelift to Shimla town for which the City Development Plan has been prepared which would involve funds over Rs. 3900 crore. This was disclosed by Shri S.S. Parmar, Chief Secretary while presiding over the meeting of senior officers convened here today for witnessing a Presentation of India Infrastructure Finance [...]

The State Government was contemplating upon the proposal to carry a detailed survey to identify the families which had no house to live in so that a special campaign could be launched to provide the same to them. This was revealed by Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister, while presiding over the State Level Planning, Development [...]

A Government spokesman said here today that ‘Doordarshan, Shimla would telecast the ‘Live-Phone-in-Programme’ of Shri Virbhadra Singh, Chief Minister on 25th November, 2006 between 6.00 PM to 7.00 PM. The Spokesman further said that Doordarshan, Shimla would telecast the prorgamme under its ‘Jansabha’ programme in which the people of the State could directly take up [...]