Hundreds of women from different parts of Shimla district today met Chief Minister Thakur Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu at Oak-Over, Shimla and expressed their gratitude for providing Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi.
The Chief Minister said that the state government has fulfilled its fifth election guarantee by implementing the Indira Gandhi Pyari Behna Sukh Samman Nidhi Yojana. He said that the state government was committed to the welfare of every section of the society and many innovative initiatives and schemes were being implemented.
The government has fulfilled five of its guarantees in just 13 months of its regime, the first being providing OPS to benefit 1.36 lakh government employees he said adding further that Rajiv Gandhi Start-up Scheme of Rs 680 crore was launched with the objective of providing self-employment opportunities to the unemployed youth so as to encourage entrepreneurship. He said that the government has also made a historic increase in the support price of cow and buffalo milk and in the support price of wheat and maize to promote natural farming.
The Chief Minister said that the state government faced various challenges arising due to the disaster last year with determination and was continuously making efforts to strengthen the economic condition of the state and has taken several initiatives to enhance its resources. The State Government has adopted a zero tolerance towards corruption, he reiterated.
Mayor Municipal Corporation Shimla Surinder Chauhan expressed his gratitude to the Chief Minister and urged to set up Shimla Haat in the town. Education Minister Rohit Thakur, Chief Parliamentary Secretaries Sunder Singh Thakur and Ram Kumar Chaudhary, Vice Chairman State Planning Board Bhawani Singh Pathania, MLA Vinod Sultanpuri, Vice Chairman HIMUDA Yashwant Chhajta, Deputy Mayor Uma Kaushal, OSD to the Chief Minister Ritesh Kapret and other dignitaries were present on the occasion.
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