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3 weeks ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: In a new beginning of strategic partnership between two Congress ruled states, inked a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Telangana government for establishing two mega hydel projects — the 400 MW Seli and 120 MW Miar Projects in the tribal district of Lahaul-Spiti district.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: Faced with a “tough financial position” and reduction in Revenue Deficit Grants, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday flew to Delhi to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and apprise her about “serious challenges” on the fiscal front.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla, March 20 -- Faced with a "tough financial position" and reduction in Revenue Deficit Grants, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu on Thursday flew to Delhi to meet Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and apprise her about "serious challenges" on the fiscal front.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: Death The death of Vimal Negi, a Chief Engineer at Himachal Pradesh Power Corporation, whose body was recovered from Bhakra dam, eight days after he went missing, has sparked a political uproar and protests in Shimla with Opposition BJP and employees of the board seeking a high-level probe by Central agency, primarily the CBI.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: Navigating a tough fiscal position and the state’s debt exceeding Rs one lakh crore, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu presented a Rs 58,514 crore tax-free Budget for 2025-26 in the state Assembly. The budget largely focuses on boosting agrarian development, rural economy, job creation and promotion of tourism.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: As he gets ready to present his third budget in the state Assembly for the year 2025-26 on Monday, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said Himachal Pradesh was on a clear trajectory of development, financial stability and additional resource mobilisation aimed to make the state fully reliant by 2027. Sukhu claimed the previous BJP government had “tried to push the state to financial bankruptcy and did nothing to plug-tax leakages and revenue generation.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla, March 16 -- As he gets ready to present his third budget in the state Assembly for the year 2025-26 on Monday, Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu said Himachal Pradesh was on a clear trajectory of development, financial stability and additional resource mobilisation aimed to make the state fully reliant by 2027. Sukhu claimed the previous BJP government had "tried to push the state to financial bankruptcy and did nothing to plug-tax leakages and revenue generation.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: The Economic Survey Report presented in the state Assembly on Thursday indicates a slight improvement in Himachal Pradesh’s growth rate for the financial year 2024-25, with an anticipated increase from 6.6 percent to 6.7 percent.
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1 month ago | 
millenniumpost.in | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla: The Himachal Pradesh government has raised the minimum income limit for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families to Rs 50,000 per month, ahead of the Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu presenting next year’s budget on March 17. The decision was taken during the state Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Sukhu here on Tuesday evening. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Anirudh Singh took to social media to announce the decision.
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1 month ago | 
htsyndication.com | Ashwani Sharma
Shimla, March 12 -- The Himachal Pradesh government has raised the minimum income limit for the Below Poverty Line (BPL) families to Rs 50,000 per month, ahead of the Chief Minister Sukhwinder Singh Sukhu presenting next year's budget on March 17. The decision was taken during the state Cabinet meeting, chaired by CM Sukhu here on Tuesday evening. Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Anirudh Singh took to social media to announce the decision.
